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Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.
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Biological Anthropologists! The AABA (US) IDEAS Program is welcoming applications for BOTH Student Scholars and Faculty Scholars.
The Faculty Scholar deadline is October 15th, and the Student Scholar deadline is October 31st. Please share this call widely!
Flyers for each, below:
If you are post-PhD ๐ and interested in biological anthropology ๐งฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆด๐, consider becoming a "Faculty Scholar" in the AABA IDEAS Program!
IDEAS = Increasing Diversity in Evolutionary Biological Anthropology
Check out the link below ๐
Free to access! Download Dr. Sievert's article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
17.04.2025 21:17 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Dr. Lynnette Sievert - a short video summary of her Yearbook pub, ""Evolutionary Perspectives, Comparative Approaches, and the Lived Experience of Menopause."
youtu.be/dm3IDoDyWPw
Want to hear more about comparative studies in primate behavior? Read Aaron Sandel, Jeremiah Scott, & Jason Kamilar's new paper in the 2024 Yearbook!
03.04.2025 17:51 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Katy Weisensee made a short, fun, and informative video summarizing her just-out Yearbook paper (with Madeline Atwell) on PMI estimation in Forensic Anthropology.
Check it out: youtu.be/LMrm1dI4slI
Interested in qualitative analyses but don't quite know how to approach it?
Read "Rigorous and Systematic Qualitative Data Analysis in Biological Anthropology" from an incredible line-up of authors from multiple bioanthropological fields.
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
2024 YBA cover image: Interview on menopause being conducted as part of Lynnette Sievert's work (covered in Menopause piece)
The 2024 Yearbook of Biological Anthropology issue is finally out!
We have five great articles that are free to access and free to download (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/26927691...)
Stay tuned for more content on each of the papers!
Hi everyone! The Yearbook of Biological Anthropology is now on BlueSky! Please give the journal a follow: @yearbookbioanth.bsky.social
12.02.2025 19:27 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ฃ Students: applications for Pollitzer Student Travel Awards to attend #AABA2025 in Baltimore are due on January 6! Apply now! bioanth.org/about/willia...
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๐ฃ Early career researchers: Applications for the Cobb Professional Development Grant are due January 6! Apply now! bioanth.org/about/cobb-p...
03.01.2025 02:01 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Students attending AABA2024: we have a volunteer program! Help the association during the conference and
@biologicalanth.bsky.social
will waive your meeting registration fee! More info here and application due by Feb 20, 2024: bioanth.org/meetings-and...
What? I'm intrigued. How did you manage that? Who makes the course pack?
15.01.2024 02:28 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I gotcha. Sending it your way.
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Book cover of The Rediscovery of America, Native People and the Unmaking of US History
Book cover of The Rediscovery of America, Native People and the Unmaking of US History with Ned Blackhawk, a Native man with long white hair, speaking at a podium behind the book.
Ned Blackhawk, a Native man with long white hair, speaking at a podium. A sign on the window says you are on Indigenous land
Listened to Ned Blackhawk discuss his book The Rediscovery of America at UConn. Can't wait to read this history of Natives from a Native point of view, from a source of strength!
20.10.2023 18:36 โ ๐ 27 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
#Smithsonian #NMAI is hosting a #workshop for #teachers wanting to incorporate classes on #indigenous and American Indian peoples into their curriculum www.teachingforchange.org/native-knowl...
18.10.2023 20:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Magical
18.10.2023 21:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Reconstructing the human past: using ancient and modern genomics 17 - 20 Sep 2024
This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually.
Registration is not yet open for this event. If you are interested in receiving more information please register your interest.
AABA IDEAS Student Scholar Program
Are you a student interested in biological anthropology? Do you identify as a member of a systematically marginalized group?
Then consider joining us at the AABA IDEAS Program Workshop! Student applications are now open!
Apply here: tiny.utk.edu/IDEAS_Student_apply
I am โจmanifestingโจ my desire to admit a new graduate student into my lab this year - in particular scholars who are interested in working on our covid vax/menstrual changes project. HMU if you have excellent undergrads who would be a good fit! ๐งช #AcademicSky
22.09.2023 15:05 โ ๐ 37 ๐ 32 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0What happened?
02.10.2023 00:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm delighted to release the first half of my new textbook in human genetics:
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"
IDEAS Program Faculty Scholars Info
BioAnth Post-PhDs:
Apply to the IDEAS Program now includes a "Faculty Scholars" Program! Apply if you are post-Phd (any level), even if you are an IDEAS alum.
The Faculty Scholars application link is now live (forms.gle/gmAF7Sy6Nx9x...)
Join us!
20.09.2023 20:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 3![So you decided to join BLUE SKY
[it's not twitter]
#1 upload an avatar
#2 set Moderation Settings
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So you decided to join BLUE SKY [it's not twitter] #1 upload an avatar #2 set Moderation Settings (box showing moderation hand symbol) Moderation (arrow pointing to) Content Filtering
(arrow pointing to drawing of toggle) Toggle to enable Adult Content THEN choose Hide, Warn, or SHOW (star) tip: images are AI moderated so some slip thru & some G-rated images get tagged as "explicit", so "Warn" may be the bet choice atm #3 Go to SETTINGS (box with drawing of toggle) toggle require alt text on images (please โฅ) (arrow points to) Home Feed Prefs (star) Use these settings to control seeing reposts & replies on your TL
![#4 Go to My Feeds
Go to "Discover New Feeds" to search for interesting feeds like "Only Posts"
Click the "+" to add the feed
(box) Go to the (gear icon) [edit my feeds] here you can pin and unpin feeds
(side note) pinned feed will appear at the top of your TL
Don't forget to "โฅ" the feed when you click on it to preview, this helps others find it!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n5f7w4v7l65vjfaljp4727ng/bafkreibcj3whin4lnxnch7auvdmnsnbwyegiyrb6aa7tmctv5uc6tbb4gi@jpeg)
#4 Go to My Feeds Go to "Discover New Feeds" to search for interesting feeds like "Only Posts" Click the "+" to add the feed (box) Go to the (gear icon) [edit my feeds] here you can pin and unpin feeds (side note) pinned feed will appear at the top of your TL Don't forget to "โฅ" the feed when you click on it to preview, this helps others find it!
Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :)
There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
