Deming Yang
@demingyang
Kalbfleisch Postdoctoral Fellow @AMNH, Hominin evolution, eastern Africa, faunal change, teeth, stable isotopes, and Bayesian models
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Grateful to Dr. Jasmine Pan and Communications Biology for the opportunity to share my journey of using art as a gateway into science. It was a pleasure to discuss how creativity can shape and enhance scientific exploration! nature.com/articles/s4200…
20 years ago, on April 22, 2005, Misha the zoo elephant was moved from Vallejo, CA to Salt Lake City, UT. Her relocation inspired a suite of studies about isotope turnover, including my recent one published in Communications Biology Learn more about the study here: nature.com/articles/s4200…
Different ways of ‘getting a grip’. How ancient human relatives in South Africa used their #hands reveals varying levels of dexterity & climbing ability. Study Science Advances led by Samar Syeda 🇵🇰 & Tracy Kivell. #hominins American Museum of Natural History tinyurl.com/mwk5eb63 & doi.org/10.1126/sciadv…
We love #functional #morphology in our Centre (relating an animal's shape to how it moves, eats ...). Here's an interesting article & great images on #elephantine #giants, and the trade-off between size/range of #locomotion. #elephant #mammoth #biology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
Beaks have grown longer and larger, and ranges have expanded to follow the feeders. Learn more: scim.ag/4jMUmNu News from Science
Interested in applying for this funded PhD with me UCL Institute of Archaeology ? Get in touch to discuss this project or to develop your own project idea! Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection. trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/human…