Black light experiments with possible hominid material in hard Breccia underground at #Risingstar

Link to author's copy of Cazenave et al's new paper on the calcar femorale (available for 50 days) authors.elsevier.com/c/1ey29AlZXQDS…

New microCT scans of medieval craniodental remains from St. Gregory's Priory (curated at the University of Kent) available for research and teaching at human-fossil-record.org

16th C distal tibia showing Harris Lines in the CT volume, but also seemingly corresponding areas of low density in the cortical bone. Interesting 🤔

I have been finding these spherical 'bony' concentrations in some skeletons I am microCT scanning. Would appreciate any thoughts as to what they are. Tumor?

Pleased to be hosting Daniel Green next week (October 18th). Join us in person or on Teams - Meeting ID: 364 802 260 819 Passcode: xqiCfm @UniKentSAC

For those interested in primate tooth crown nomenclature please see our new paper in PeerJ (Simon Chapple lead author) PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment peerj.com/articles/14523

For over 25 years National Museums of Kenya has made medical CT scans of our fossil humans available for scientific research. A new large addition of available microCT scans can now be viewed at human-fossil-record.org

In collaboration with the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart EliAmson a microCT scan of the Steinheim hominin cranium is now available at Human Fossil Record.org: human-fossil-record.org/index.php?/cat…

For those interested in primate tooth cown variation, a new paper led by Simon Chapple. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev…

👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽 Some more of my PhD research is out! This time we explore the cortical structure of great ape intermediate phalanges 🦴🦧 Zewdi Tsegai Cazenave Marine Matthew Skinner @TracyKivell onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Want to study Neanderthal teeth? In collaboration with Dr. Gregory Abrams @Grego_Abrams and Espace museal d'Andenne, MicroCT scans of Neanderthal fossils from Scladina Cave, Belgium can now be requested through human-fossil-record.org

Come and see the fossil remains of your ancestors! The DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History is excited to announce that applications to access microCT scans of Swartkrans fossils can now be submitted through human-fossil-record.org (human-fossil-record.org).

Please also find me on BlueSky @matthewskinnerPhD.bsky.social