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
šØNew articlešØOur #research on #elephantšand #strontium #isotopes in #teethš¦·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
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RT @NewsfromScience: In a major blow to scientists who had NIH grants terminated by the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court has toā¦.
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Justices rule lower court had no authority to compel restoration hundreds of studies on diversity, transgender health, and other sensitive topics
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RT @TurkanaMiocene: Check out the TMP's newest paper, led by Daniel Green, Tim Cleland and Kevin Uno with many other TMP members, on Miocenā¦.
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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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RT @ERC_Paleorigins: š¢JOB ALERTš¢. We will soon offer 2 fully-funded PostDoc positions to join the ERC-STG PalaeOrigins: Tracing the Epipaleā¦.
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RT @ICArEHB: š Postdoc in Palaeolithic Archaeology.Join the ERC Starting Grant WRAP ā Western Rift Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments projeā¦.
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RT @TransmitScience: All the details are here: š #TScourses #KeepLearning #ScienceForAll #EquityInScience #Academicā¦.
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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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RT @ScienceMagazine: Beaks have grown longer and larger, and ranges have expanded to follow the feeders. Learn more: .
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RT @CIA_UCL: We love #functional #morphology in our Centre (relating an animal's shape to how it moves, eats . ). Here's an interesting aā¦.
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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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RT @ashleyshammond: Look at this amazing group of humans I work with! Our big group will be dispersed soon across other institutions but Iā¦.
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RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - .
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Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States - Volume 51 Issue 2
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RT @MPI_EVA_Leipzig: Different ways of āgetting a gripā. How ancient human relatives in South Africa used their #hands reveals varying leveā¦.
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RT @KevinSalesse: šØ I am hiring!. Join me at Masaryk University as a postdoc researcher in human #bioarchaeology & #isotope analysis. Workā¦.
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RT @nytimes: Breaking News: The Trump administration dismissed all the scientists working on the governmentās premiere report on the effectā¦.
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The Trump administration told researchers it was āreleasingā them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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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 @CommsBio Learn more about the study here:
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Communications Biology - Comparisons of 87Sr/86Sr data from the tusk and molar enamel of a zoo elephant suggest that a microsampling-modeling workflow is the best practice strategy for geospatial...
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RT @csmithbioanth: Grateful to Dr. Jasmine Pan and @CommsBio for the opportunity to share my journey of using art as a gateway into scienceā¦.
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Communications Biology - In this Q&A, Christopher Smith, Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History, discusses his journey from medical illustration to evolutionary...
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RT @YohannesAmbaye: My take on how the human story should be told.
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Nature - Yohannes Haile-Selassie wants to shift the trajectory of palaeoanthropology in fossil-rich Ethiopia away from its long colonial heritage.
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The KSL also reported on our recent work published in @CommsBio and what Misha can teach us about forensics and paleoecology. Our original paper:
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Communications Biology - Comparisons of 87Sr/86Sr data from the tusk and molar enamel of a zoo elephant suggest that a microsampling-modeling workflow is the best practice strategy for geospatial...
Results from research made possible by an elephant named Misha are guiding scientists and may impact the illegal ivory trade. #elephants #hoglezoo #utahnews.
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The University of Utah @UUtah .wrote a great article about our recently published paper in Communications Biology. The link to the article here: link to our original article here:
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