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Jon Cybulski

@jonscibulski.bsky.social

Historical ecologist and educator at #HKU #URIGSO. Humanizing #science one story at a time. Isotopes, marine biology, conservation. he/him

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Dr Jon Cybulski @jonscibulski.bsky.social talks about the story of his latest paper: Historical Ecology of the Southern Central American Pacific Coast. With @odealab.bsky.social
More: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#marinescience #centralamerica #humanspecies #sustainability

01.08.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I second the curiosity about oxygen production - what % do you have the ocean producing? I often see ~50% as well (not air as the article states, but O2 as you say)

01.08.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome postdoc opportunity with some really great people. If you are interested in spatial paleoecology, take a look and spread the word!

27.07.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have never been more honoured. My overhead mobility looking great.

14.07.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Are All Ocean Connected Marine resource use has influenced human population on the Central American Isthmus for millennia

"We are all ocean connected" stri.si.edu/story/we-are...
Official #Smithsonian press release now out!

@aesharpe.bsky.social

11.07.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I want to end by saying how special this article was to lead. It really was a beautiful team effort that brought it together, and I am very proud to have represented the Isthmus and #STRI #Smithsonian with this work. SCIENCE SHOULD BE COLLABORATIVE AND MEANINGFUL. I hope you agree, and enjoy!

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This was all part of the wonderful special edition "Shifting Seas: Understanding Deep-Time Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems" in @royalsocietypublishing.org led by editor @lukeeholman.bsky.social

Illustration: Jacek Matysiak

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Supplementary material from The Pacific coast of the Southern Central American Isthmus is a highly productive and biodiverse region with a rich human history. Although the interaction of the oceans, climate, biodiversity, and ea...

EspaΓ±ol abstract in supplements, along with espaΓ±ol case-studies as well! doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

Pay wall? DM for pdf!

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This would COULD NOT BE POSSIBLE without my wonderful co-authors and discipline experts (most not on BS) such as: @erinmdillon.bsky.social @odealab.bsky.social and the rest

Photos: @leilanilipour.bsky.social and Jorge AlemΓ‘n

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We tried hard to fuse stories of oceans, climate, biodiversity, and early human systems to bring focus to this incredible region of study, with a hope and a need to attract more attention to it in the future!

photo: @leilanilipour.bsky.social

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our work emphasises the importance of ocean–land connections for Isthmian peoples and the critical balance of livlihoods, research, and conservation efforts needed to ensure its future sustainability.

Photo: @leilanilipour.bsky.social

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We identified three major transitions of Isthmian peoples relationships with the #ocean and its resources:
1) The shift to agriculture after megafauna extinction,
2) rising sea levels and the novel ecosystems they created,
3) Spanish colonisation and the globalisation of resource extraction

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Using #STRI's vast zooarch collections, we found intersting diet trends showing the diversity of ecosystems peoples relied on over many thousands of years

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My fav part was the incredible case-studies co-authors #nicole #brigida #irene @odealab.bsky.social @erinmdillon.bsky.social told about shell fishing, the pearl oyster industry, and the history of indigenous peoples under Spanish occupation.

All BEAUTIFUL illustrations: @cookedillustrations.com

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our proudly interdisciplinary team of paleobiologists, archaeologists, anthropologists, and global change researchers worked hard to combine vast datasets that would be intersting to a wide suite of readers. Everything from zooarchaeology to sea level change!

Photo: Jorge AlemΓ‘n

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Historical ecology of the Southern Central American Pacific coast | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences The Pacific coast of the Southern Central American Isthmus is a highly productive and biodiverse region with a rich human history. Although the interaction of the oceans, climate, biodiversity and early human systems has shaped the region’s ecology, ...

🌊Just out! We reviewed the history of human-ocean interactions, focusing on the Pacific coast of the Southern Central Asmerican Isthmus (PanamÑ and Costa Rica).

Over 16K years of stories on culture, environment, and ecology!

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Illustration: Madeline Dall

10.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Very excited for our new @pnas.org manuscript investigating changes in β€œbig and little fish” ecology over the last several thousand years in the Caribbean! See awesome thread by @odealab.bsky.social below.

Go collaborative science team!!

02.07.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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