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Lara Durgavich

@ldurgavich.bsky.social

Still tinkering. Still a primate. Biological anthropologist. Mom. #SciComm enthusiast. I ❤️ animals & pop culture.

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#BostonStrong

04.03.2026 16:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can’t believe it’s f*cking snowing again. 😩😠

03.03.2026 21:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No, just using both as examples of gene-culture interaction

03.03.2026 21:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today’s topics in my “Human Variation” course: BOOBS & CANNIBALISM

(aka lactase persistence & kuru)

03.03.2026 19:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Definitely!

03.03.2026 01:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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the kind of wisdom one would hope to find in anxient tomes 🩸

01.03.2026 18:10 — 👍 3550    🔁 1515    💬 15    📌 5

#MightyMustelids

02.03.2026 03:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh no!! 😭

01.03.2026 05:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m not Catholic, but can I give up the US govt. for Lent?

28.02.2026 22:39 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

These are both from our December trip to Morocco. One is the Sahara & the other (with the balloons) is outside of Marrakesh.

28.02.2026 17:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Here’s two.

28.02.2026 16:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

28.02.2026 12:42 — 👍 16298    🔁 5046    💬 126    📌 103

Waking up this morning

28.02.2026 16:21 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is 45.

28.02.2026 04:22 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A white dog with black ears lying on a couch with his head on a pillow and a blanket covering him

A white dog with black ears lying on a couch with his head on a pillow and a blanket covering him

He’s comfy

27.02.2026 20:20 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Eureka!

27.02.2026 19:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sure, sure. But how did they get their name? That’s the real question. 🧐

27.02.2026 19:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Thanks!

27.02.2026 19:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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27.02.2026 19:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#2026MMM

27.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Thank you much my fine-tailed friend!

27.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#2026MMM

27.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

An excellent read.

“It seems unfair to lament the plight of Punch without remembering the thousands of other monkeys of all ages whose emotional suffering goes unnoticed because they are, quite intentionally, not on display for all of us to see.”

27.02.2026 05:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week's cover @thelancet.com

26.02.2026 23:48 — 👍 3111    🔁 1458    💬 44    📌 80

Conceivably, Neanderthal men tried to impress potential mates via elaborate tap-dancing competitions. Conceivably, they did slam poetry. Conceivably, Neanderthals and H. Sapient had interspecies orgy parties like a prehistoric Burning Man. Conceiv-

26.02.2026 23:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I stayed up late last night to finish my book & I have regrets. 🫩

26.02.2026 14:30 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thankfully it wasn’t too bad. Daily word games kept me busy.

25.02.2026 16:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can’t believe I forgot to bring my book with me to the RMV. 🤦‍♀️

25.02.2026 15:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It gives me immense joy that both of my children have discovered & love The Simpsons.

25.02.2026 12:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

25.02.2026 03:30 — 👍 4065    🔁 1147    💬 59    📌 104