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Kelsey Pugh, Ph.D.

@kpewpew

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Lover of animals, both dead and alive. @UofT @therealNYCEP and @AMNH. Paleoanthropologist. Ape. 🇨🇦

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Joined October 2012
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@BA_WMN
BA WMN
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🚨#BAWMNCiteClub #10 is from @ashleyshammond for @kpewpew et al.: The reconstructed cranium of Pierolapithecus and the evolution of the great ape face 💀 https://t.co/8uNdqit6UB #CiteWomenWednesday - submit the work of women in bioanth here: https://t.co/orTlTVOZQn
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@BklynCollege411
Brooklyn College
2 years
Anthropology Lecturer Kelsey Pugh (@kpewpew) was the lead author of a study, with @amnh and @icp_mcrusafont scientists, that reconstructed the well-preserved but damaged skull of a great ape species that lived about 12 million years ago.
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New study reconstructs well-preserved but damaged skull of a great ape species that lived about 12 million years ago.
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@washingtonpost
The Washington Post
2 years
Scientists using advanced X-ray imaging technology have reconstructed the face of a 12 million-year-old great ape, opening a window into a critical moment in primate evolution that may reveal important clues about our own origins.
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Found in a Spanish landfill, the fossils of the extinct species Pierolapithecus catalaunicus may reveal important clues about our origins.
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@AlmecijaSergio
Sergio Almécija
2 years
The recent reconstruction study of the Pierolapithecus face by our team (@kpewpew et al. 2023 PNAS) appears featured today in the Washington Post. https://t.co/0nbEBFcI3i
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Found in a Spanish landfill, the fossils of the extinct species Pierolapithecus catalaunicus may reveal important clues about our origins.
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@kpewpew
Kelsey Pugh, Ph.D.
2 years
Our recent paper on the reconstruction of Pierolapithecus and the evolution of great ape facial morphology was covered today in The Washington Post—check it out! 🦍 💀 🦧
@AlmecijaSergio
Sergio Almécija
2 years
The recent reconstruction study of the Pierolapithecus face by our team (@kpewpew et al. 2023 PNAS) appears featured today in the Washington Post. https://t.co/0nbEBFcI3i
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@AlmecijaSergio
Sergio Almécija
2 years
The Pugh et al. 2023 PNAS study is loaded with goodies: 1- All data used is available in the Supporting Information. 2- The 3D reconstruction of the Pierolapithecus face (and all its parts) can be openly downloaded from MorphoSource. 3D print time!💀 https://t.co/DQAouLZKU7
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@kpewpew
Kelsey Pugh, Ph.D.
2 years
And fyi—the 3D reconstruction is available for download on @MorphoSource for research and teaching purposes! See paper for details.
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@ccgilbs
Christopher Gilbert
2 years
Great new paper on the newly reconstructed Pierolapithecus face! Confirms likely stem hominid status for Pierolapithecus and provides implications for the ancestral great ape morphotype. Congrats @kpewpew @AlmecijaSergio @ashleyshammond and coauthors!! https://t.co/fvoUkUXUB8
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Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (~12 million years ago, northeastern Spain) is key to understanding the mosaic nature of hominid (great ape and human)...
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@kpewpew
Kelsey Pugh, Ph.D.
2 years
New paper from my postdoc at @AMNH with @AlmecijaSergio and @ashleyshammond!!
@AlmecijaSergio
Sergio Almécija
2 years
12 million years later, Pierolapithecus gets a facelift. Kudos to @kpewpew and the rest of the team! https://t.co/rFwUEGgzA3
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@ICP_MCrusafont
Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont
2 years
𝑃𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑠 , the 12-million-year-old hominid from Catalonia has received a facelift! A study led by scientists at the @AMNH , @BrooklynCollege and @ICP_MCrusafont has reconstructed his well-preserved but distorted skull
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@ashleyshammond
Ashley Hammond
3 years
Happy holidays from the @AMNH Biological Anthropology Lab. Thankful to have these folks. BALerz include @AlmecijaSergio @kpewpew @CazenaveMarine1 @Osteoficionado @NW_Post
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@ccgilbs
Christopher Gilbert
3 years
Today, we published a paper I am very proud of…Steve Frost, Hailay Reda, Frances White and I revise the estimated ages of many famous South African hominin sites based on monkey Biochronology. Let me explain…A THREAD 1/15.
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Despite recent advances in chronometric techniques (e.g., Uranium-Lead [U-Pb], cosmogenic nuclides, electron spin resonance spectroscopy [ESR]), co...
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@ashleyshammond
Ashley Hammond
4 years
The Biological Anthropology Lab reunites in Spain! The labbies have been hard at work digging the Miocene in some pretty intense heat. @amnh @RGGSatAMNH @CazenaveMarine1 @Osteoficionado @kpewpew @AlmecijaSergio
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@_martapina_
Marta Pina
4 years
Working on the 11.2 Ma sediments of #CCN #fieldwork #fossils #palaeo
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@TheRealNYCEP
NYCEP
4 years
Fossil apes, particularly species dating to the Late Miocene, are integral for evaluating the phylogenetic positions of the earliest purported hominins, as they can better inform interpretations of character evolution and morphocline polarities in hominin evolution @kpewpew
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@kpewpew
Kelsey Pugh, Ph.D.
4 years
Check out this @newscientist write up of my new JHE paper on the phylogenetic relationships of mid-late Miocene apes 🦍 🦧
@ccgilbs
Christopher Gilbert
4 years
Nice New Scientist write up of K. Pugh's @Kpewpew excellent analysis of mid-late Miocene apes in JHE!!
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@nhannahjones
Ida Bae Wells
5 years
I’ve never met this sister, Dr. Lisa Jones, but the solidarity shown me by Black women in particular during this crucible is something I will never forget.
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@nyuprimatology
NYU Primatology
5 years
Congratulations to Dr Alex DeCasien @AlexDecasien on an outstanding PhD dissertation, and an extremely polished defense! Woot woot! #PhDone
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@TheRealNYCEP
NYCEP
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Early hominins likely originated in Africa from a Miocene LCA that does not match any living ape - fossil apes remain essential to reconstruct the “starting point” from which humans and chimpanzees evolved https://t.co/PJC2BjjrKK
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