Deming Yang
@DemingYang
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Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Midwestern University, Hominin evolution, eastern Africa, faunal change, teeth, stable isotopes, and Bayesian models
Downers Grove, IL
Joined March 2019
🚨New article🚨Our #research on #elephant🐘and #strontium #isotopes in #teeth🦷is published with @SpringerNature in @CommsBio. We show how Sr is recorded in teeth and how we use such records to reconstruct migration @UofUGeo @RGGSatAMNH @k_podkovyroff
https://t.co/bK8qjMUbGV
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🐾 Our #DownersGrove Campus has received state approval to offer a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. The new Chicago College of Veterinary Medicine will include a teaching hospital for hands-on training, with the first class expected in 2028, pending accreditation.
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Have you ever seen the red river hog? This social animal can be found in groups of 20+ individuals. Using its sharp sense of smell, it tracks down snacks like fruits, seeds, grasses, & nuts. It may also eat carrion... or elephant dung if there are undigested seeds in it!
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Interested in applying for this funded PhD with me @UCLarchaeology ? 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. https://t.co/9zQhDIGjL8
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We are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for our Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Program at the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History. Deadline: November 15, 2025.
amnh.org
Fellowships for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers across disciplines.
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Online now: Beyond mutualism: the nature of domesticator–domesticate interactions https://t.co/l8Zlt8UOvG
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Come work with me! (Or Gabrielle or James) https://t.co/7YEvQMxPNr
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In a major blow to scientists who had NIH grants terminated by the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court has told the government it can refuse to restore $783 million in federal research funding.
science.org
Justices rule lower court had no authority to compel restoration of more than 800 studies on diversity, transgender health, and other sensitive topics
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Check out the TMP's newest paper, led by Daniel Green, Tim Cleland and Kevin Uno with many other TMP members, on Miocene proteins in fossil teeth! What's the take home? We hope to use protein fingerprints to study mammal and hominin phylogenetics!
nature.com
Nature - The isolation of dental proteins from fossils deposited 1.5 million to 18 million years ago in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, a tropical region, demonstrate the promise of dental enamel for...
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📢JOB ALERT📢 We will soon offer 2 fully-funded PostDoc positions to join the ERC-STG PalaeOrigins: Tracing the Epipaleolithic origins of plant management in the Southwest Asia 🔬🌱🌾🍲 See job descriptions and how to apply👇 PM us if you have questions And please share! 📧🗣️
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🔍 Postdoc in Palaeolithic Archaeology Join the ERC Starting Grant WRAP – Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments project at ICArEHB! We're exploring human prehistory through fieldwork, machine learning, and interdisciplinary research. 🔗 https://t.co/DBDXRDiXZa
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All the details are here: 🔗 https://t.co/alG7UHQ6sU
#TScourses #KeepLearning #ScienceForAll #EquityInScience #AcademicSupport #LifelongLearning #ScientificTraining #FeeWaivers
transmittingscience.com
We offer fee waivers. If you want to apply for a waiver to attend a course for free, please fill in the form below (only PhD students and Postdocs can apply).
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Beaks have grown longer and larger, and ranges have expanded to follow the feeders. Learn more: https://t.co/UKDOHj2sTy
@NewsfromScience
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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
https://t.co/urDwQKuBea
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
In this study, we examine various aspects of the functional morphology and intervertebral mobility of the elephants backbone, comparing it to that of other large herbivorous mammals, as well as to...
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Look at this amazing group of humans I work with! Our big group will be dispersed soon across other institutions but I am so excited to see what the future holds for all these lovely folks.
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Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core -
cambridge.org
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States - Volume 51 Issue 2
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Different ways of ‘getting a grip’. How ancient human relatives in South Africa used their #hands reveals varying levels of dexterity & climbing ability. Study @ScienceAdvances led by @Samar__Syeda & Tracy Kivell. #hominins @AMNH
https://t.co/sa1tz7U5CH & https://t.co/hvkwYjZH5k
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🚨 I am hiring! Join me at Masaryk University as a postdoc researcher in human #bioarchaeology & #isotope analysis. Work on past mobility, diet & funerary practices using cutting-edge lab facilities. ⏳ Apply by 1 June 2025 📍 Brno, CZ 🔗 https://t.co/FFlFvBXBcx
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Breaking News: The Trump administration dismissed all the scientists working on the government’s premiere report on the effects of climate change in the U.S.
nytimes.com
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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