Thomas Püschel
@ThomasPuschel
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not really here, found at @tpuschel.bsky.social Associate Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology @oxford_anthro @StHughsCollege
Oxford
Joined April 2014
🚨Our newest paper on human brain evolution 🧠 ✅ This study reveals that brain expansion in hominins was primarily driven by within-species dynamics, with an accelerating trend in recent lineages! @oxford_anthro @ReadingBioSci
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The fact that rapid brain size increase was clearly a key aspect of human evolution has prompted many studies focusing on this phenomenon, and many...
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Where primates evolved | Science Sessions | PNAS
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Jorge Avaria-Llautureo and Chris Venditti explain why the evolution of primates likely occurred in cold, dry climates rather than in tropical forests.
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@ThomasPuschel 'The evolutionary singularity of human handedness’ Is human handedness exceptional? 87% R handed. Study: 2000 ind, 41 primate spp ONLY HUMANS have major handedness bias! Increase during human evolution No existing hypothesis best explains findings
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🔓Now on Peeref: The radiation and geographic expansion of primates through diverse climates 🔗: https://t.co/yBxzDXHoUc 👁️: Altmetric: 359 @avaria_jorge @ThomasPuschel @PNASNews
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One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “The radiation and geographic expansion of primates through diverse climates.” Explore the article here: https://t.co/28RUrjltjn For more trending articles, visit https://t.co/OJD5nxXJB7.
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Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold – not the tropics. Hot off the press: For @ConversationUK. #evolution #biogeography #climate #ClimateChange #anthropology #primatology #ecology #geography #fossil #fossils #FossilFriday #Primata #primate #primates
https://t.co/ft1XCoK57M
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New research overturns decades of assumptions about how – and where – our lineage began.
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Thrilled to see our discovery featured in Reuters!
WATCH: Scientists from the University of Chile unveiled findings of the Yeutherium pressor, a mammal species from the Upper Cretaceous period, providing insights into evolutionary transitions and marking the third species from this era found in Chile
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Reading announces big arctic monkeys news! ❄️🐒Research collaboration between @ThomasPuschel @oxford_anthro and @avaria_jorge @UniofReading finds that early primates evolved in cold, seasonal climates, not warm tropical forests. Read more:
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Huge @UniofReading news about cold monkeys New research from @ReadingBioSci suggests that early primates (inc. monkeys, apes and humans) survived in cold climates, not tropical forests. Do U Wanna Know more 👉 https://t.co/zT80jn4yLC
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The radiation and geographic expansion of primates through diverse climates | PNAS
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One of the most influential hypotheses about primate evolution postulates that their origin, radiation, and major dispersals were associated with e...
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Early primates evolved in colder, seasonal climates, not warm tropical forests | School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography
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Primates evolved and dispersed through diverse climates 🐒
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Primates—the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans—first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously...
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🌍❄️ New paper out! Early primates didn’t just thrive in tropical forests, they evolved and dispersed through cold & temperate climates 🐒🧊 Enjoyed being part of this collaboration led by @avaria_jorge!
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🦍Did early primates evolve in cold winters, not jungles? Our #PNAS study shakes up evolution with new evidence! See the story: https://t.co/whUqzRmKat
#Primates #Evolution #Science #NewResearch
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En 48 heures, une Angleterre insoumise émerge à l'appel de Jeremy Corbyn et Zarah Sultana. En 48 heures, 400 000 personnes ont donné leur adhésion. La première condition du succès est remplie : rompre avec le Labour, ses mensonges, son néolibéralisme et la filiation pourrie avec
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Uploaded two preprints with fantastic colleagues: one on handedness, the other on sexual dimorphism, both tackling different aspects of human evolution 🧠💪 👉 Handedness: https://t.co/75UM7uuSjZ 👉 Dimorphism:
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Looking for postdoc candidates interested in #morphology #biomechanics #FEA to join a project on lepidosaur cranial kinesis in biology and engineering with me and @FortunyPaleoBio. Great opportunity to dive into state-of-the art interdisciplinary research! 📩 jordi.marce@urv.cat
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Thrilled to have been part of this fantastic collaboration: A Dryopithecine Talus From Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès‐Penedès Basin); check out our new paper! 🦴
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Objectives The functional interpretation of postcranial remains of Middle Miocene great apes from Europe (dryopithecines) suggests a combination of quadrupedalism and orthograde behaviors without...
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