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Amber Treadway

@paleoamber.bsky.social

MS Geology, expected May 2026 | Hi! I’m Amber, a paleoanthropologist working through graduate school to get my masters in geology. Interested in anything related to human evolution and geomorphology, particularly in the Turkana Basin, Kenya.

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"This Cat Was Special"

This is my second favorite piece ever and I want more people to see it. This took MONTHS to make so I literally can’t afford to make this kind of stuff often. If you wanna see more of this idk, let me know or buy a print.

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drawing of a browt from pokemon, but it's an ugly falcon chick

drawing of a browt from pokemon, but it's an ugly falcon chick

welcome to the world, my scrungly son

27.02.2026 17:33 — 👍 7188    🔁 2098    💬 45    📌 17
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gen 10

27.02.2026 18:21 — 👍 7774    🔁 1771    💬 39    📌 10
A drawing of a pink barn owl looking into an oracle ball. The caption reads, "in every possible future... you matter, a lot"

A drawing of a pink barn owl looking into an oracle ball. The caption reads, "in every possible future... you matter, a lot"

🦉

27.02.2026 22:17 — 👍 1800    🔁 779    💬 10    📌 8
fan art of the new fire starter pokemon that resembles a pomeranian dog

fan art of the new fire starter pokemon that resembles a pomeranian dog

fan art of rowlet with the new grass starter pokemon that resembles a chick

fan art of rowlet with the new grass starter pokemon that resembles a chick

fan art of sobble with the new water starter pokemon that resembles a gecko

fan art of sobble with the new water starter pokemon that resembles a gecko

Rising from the dead to draw the new starters. I really love the dog and the bird, not sure about the gecko, but maybe it'll grow on me

27.02.2026 23:37 — 👍 4230    🔁 1190    💬 27    📌 5

Buddo! My favorite ancient enby sculpture.

www.livescience.com/55132-photos...

26.02.2026 15:44 — 👍 37    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
a,b, Successive settlement and growth of new oyster individuals generate a highly complex reef structure, shown from afar (a) and close up (b), comprising live and dead animals. c, Here we compared oyster recruitment among 16 artificial habitat units (triangles), which spanned the full range of fractal dimension, height range and surface area displayed by 28 three-dimensional models of oyster reef surfaces (crosses), obtained from natural oyster reefs. Artificial habitat units and natural oyster reef surface models were of a standardized 15 × 15 cm planar area. Oyster reef surface models were obtained from four naturally occurring S. glomerata reefs in New South Wales, Australia, using photogrammetry together with structure from motion. d, The 16 artificial habitat units used in the study resulted from crossing four levels of fractal dimension with four levels of height range, giving 11 different values of surface area across the 16 units. The experimental design explores a geometric relationship between surface area, fractal dimension and height range. Increasing the fractal dimension or height range (or both) while holding planar area constant results in an increase in surface area.

a,b, Successive settlement and growth of new oyster individuals generate a highly complex reef structure, shown from afar (a) and close up (b), comprising live and dead animals. c, Here we compared oyster recruitment among 16 artificial habitat units (triangles), which spanned the full range of fractal dimension, height range and surface area displayed by 28 three-dimensional models of oyster reef surfaces (crosses), obtained from natural oyster reefs. Artificial habitat units and natural oyster reef surface models were of a standardized 15 × 15 cm planar area. Oyster reef surface models were obtained from four naturally occurring S. glomerata reefs in New South Wales, Australia, using photogrammetry together with structure from motion. d, The 16 artificial habitat units used in the study resulted from crossing four levels of fractal dimension with four levels of height range, giving 11 different values of surface area across the 16 units. The experimental design explores a geometric relationship between surface area, fractal dimension and height range. Increasing the fractal dimension or height range (or both) while holding planar area constant results in an increase in surface area.

Oyster reefs build fast, and there are many factors contributing to that speed. One interesting factor is that the reef grows, three-dimensionally, in a way that maximizes survival of its next generation. 🧪🌊

Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

25.02.2026 15:30 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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TBI - Geology Field Camp | Study Abroad Study Abroad

Highly recommend Stony Brook's geology field camp in Turkana. If you are looking for a really amazing field school this summer, applications are open until March 1st!

www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/stud...

25.02.2026 21:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

19.02.2026 07:15 — 👍 87    🔁 26    💬 10    📌 15
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

10.02.2026 20:18 — 👍 31318    🔁 13785    💬 971    📌 1691

Oh my lord that is terrifyingggg, but also so cool that so much was intact!!!

07.02.2026 00:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 — 👍 32250    🔁 13854    💬 589    📌 1599
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

06.02.2026 09:09 — 👍 47137    🔁 19333    💬 1350    📌 795
A desert valley landscape showing bands of different colored sandstones spanning between 4-9 million years old.

A desert valley landscape showing bands of different colored sandstones spanning between 4-9 million years old.

I love the paleontological site of Lothagam in Turkana County, Kenya 💜 It's my favorite place in the world.

04.02.2026 15:07 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A photo of a white and gray colored goose in a snowy background.

A photo of a white and gray colored goose in a snowy background.

A photo of the same goose on a snowt background but with a canadian goose next to it. They are approximately the same size.

A photo of the same goose on a snowt background but with a canadian goose next to it. They are approximately the same size.

The white goose and canadian goose walking next to each other in a snowy background.

The white goose and canadian goose walking next to each other in a snowy background.

Anyone know what this white goose is? It's a cutie and I've never seen one this color before. #bird #goose

04.02.2026 13:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have adopted some really good self care habits in 2026. Now the hard part is keeping up momentum. I'm proud of myself for taking the steps to solidify self-care as a priority.

04.02.2026 02:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Pink Sea slug dragon based on Rose's Nudibranch (Ceratodoris rosacea). Sprouting tendrils all over the body and a pair of feathered wings.

Pink Sea slug dragon based on Rose's Nudibranch (Ceratodoris rosacea). Sprouting tendrils all over the body and a pair of feathered wings.

For the first time ever, I'll be offering different art postcards each month this year over on Patreon!

Starting things off with a pink sea slug dragon! It's never been in print before, so grab 'em while you can!

Click for more info:
www.patreon.com/posts/new-ar...

#seaslug #seaslugdragon

04.02.2026 00:39 — 👍 43    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 0
A photo of a pink grasshopper perched on two crossed blades of grass.

A photo of a pink grasshopper perched on two crossed blades of grass.

Ever seen a pink grasshopper? A genetic mutation called erythrism (overproduction of red pigment) leaves some individuals looking pretty in pink! Though these rare insects are beautiful, their vivid coloring makes hiding from predators more difficult.
Photo: Back from the Brink, CC BY-NC 2.0, flickr

21.01.2026 15:08 — 👍 266    🔁 65    💬 4    📌 8
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Oldest cave painting could rewrite origins of human creativity A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.

Breaking news and congratulations to the team, Sulawesi preserves evidence for the oldest art yet recorded, and strengthens claims for the early colonisation of Australia. At 68k BP this art is almost 30k years earlier than the accepted record for Europe. Bravo🏺🦣🎨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

21.01.2026 18:30 — 👍 84    🔁 37    💬 1    📌 2

Thank you!

26.12.2025 20:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What app is that? I've been wanting a better way to track my walking :)

26.12.2025 02:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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🦕❄️🧊🎄

24.12.2025 17:22 — 👍 4259    🔁 1591    💬 38    📌 5
Early Homo and Homo erectus timeline between 2.0 and 1.0 Ma and map of key sites in Africa and southern Eurasia.

Early Homo and Homo erectus timeline between 2.0 and 1.0 Ma and map of key sites in Africa and southern Eurasia.

New reconstruction of DAN5 cranium (Gona, Ethiopia) supports complex emergence of Homo erectus🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A mosaic contemporaneous with or postdating emergence of H. erectus craniodental complex ~ 1.6 Ma implies intricate evolutionary transition from early Homo to H. erectus

23.12.2025 15:00 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
3D scans of the distal radial epiphysis in the four hominoid primate species analyzed. (a) Homo sapiens; (b) Pongo pygmaeus; (c) Pan troglodytes; (d) Gorilla gorilla. 1 = Common insertion area of the radioscaphocapitate and long radiolunate ligaments; 2 = Insertion area of the short radiolunate ligament.

3D scans of the distal radial epiphysis in the four hominoid primate species analyzed. (a) Homo sapiens; (b) Pongo pygmaeus; (c) Pan troglodytes; (d) Gorilla gorilla. 1 = Common insertion area of the radioscaphocapitate and long radiolunate ligaments; 2 = Insertion area of the short radiolunate ligament.

Inferences about fossil hominin locomotion through 3D morphometric analysis of wrist ligament insertion sites🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Results show marked interspecies differences in size, orientation, and position of specific ligament insertions, reflecting divergent functional adaptations

23.12.2025 14:32 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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New anatomical details concerning the cranial structure of the early Permian stem reptile Protorothyris archeri revealed by μCT, with implications for the evolution of olfaction in reptiles Re-examination of early-diverging stem reptiles can provide valuable phylogenetic data and insights into the evolution of sensory systems during the terrestrialization of tetrapods in the late Palaeo...

New anatomical details concerning the cranial structure of the early Permian stem reptile Protorothyris archeri revealed by μCT, with implications for the evolution of olfaction in reptiles - Jenkins - 2025 - Palaeontology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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A plate of homemade italian roast beef (stracotto) over polenta and round gnochi with pesto sauce.

A plate of homemade italian roast beef (stracotto) over polenta and round gnochi with pesto sauce.

A plate of italian lemon/almond cookies.

A plate of italian lemon/almond cookies.

Italian night 💜

23.12.2025 01:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

2026 will become my year. Manifesting opportunities, friendships, and healing.

22.12.2025 16:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I graduate next semester 💜💜💜

17.12.2025 16:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
 a 0.5x angle photo of a golden retriever named Deejay. he is very close to the camera, making his snout look slightly larger than average, and his tongue is poked out slightly to reveal the perfect mlem.

a 0.5x angle photo of a golden retriever named Deejay. he is very close to the camera, making his snout look slightly larger than average, and his tongue is poked out slightly to reveal the perfect mlem.

This is Deejay. He wanted to offer you a big nose and tiny tongue during this trying time. 14/10 (IG: deejayelgolden)

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I BEGGED my parents for that book in like the 3rd grade 🤣

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