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er-cryptid · 4 months

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Every blue-eyed person shares a common ancestor, as blue eyes are caused by a genetic mutation that occured long ago.

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silentspaces · 2 years

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I'm currently watching a video about how a species of ant fully domesticated a species of fungi. Like, that fungi cannot live on its own and was bred to the point where it can't intermingle with other fungi species. Once again my mind boggles with yet another realization that humans aren't that unique from animals in most regards.

I knew about leaf cutter ants and how they grew fungi but this video is going into the history and extent of this relationship. Anyway everyone please watch PBS' show Eons

#I wish animal the animal version of anthropology was a thing #right now I would have to become a specialist for one particular animal at a time and unfortunately I only have one lifetime #my life #man sometimes I think I really should have pursued that career in bioanthro though #I love biology and I love anthropology and the only thing bad about that class was the teacher

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bluehourbaby · 4 months

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#from my bioanthro exam study guide #strepsirrhine #that was the answer #part of it

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unlimitedhorsepower · 26 days

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Let's get to know Homos! -my professor (in a basic bioanthro course abt human evolution) (I smile I am the Homos in multiple ways)

#gabriels ramblings

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autisticbones · 1 year

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okay, so since there's interest in me throwing anthropology at star wars, here goes:

star wars headcanons, anthropology style: togruta skeletal anatomy

so this one was suggested to me by a friend, who proposed that togruta have a majority of their bones made up of cartilage, with calcium bones for the skull and spine and i thiiink legs? but everything else is cartilage. and to the best of my understanding, cartilage is not typically suitable for weight-bearing structures. it does better at shock absorption.

so, some bioanthro observations: togruta are traditionally hunters, both as individuals and in groups and hunting prey ranging from small to quite large, and so would have adaptations that suit the physical demands of a hunting lifestyle.

based on this info and some of the representations of them across star wars content, i'm going to infer that togruta are adapted for the speed and agility necessary for charging their prey with a spear or similar weapon.

as a gymnast, i know that sprinting speed, especially in the movement leading into a takeoff, comes largely from muscles around the thighs, so i'm gonna say togruta have strong, well muscled legs, which in turn tells us that the bones of their legs would have more visible evidence of muscle attachment, possibly even in individuals whose lives haven't followed the cultural tradition.

wookieepedia also tells us that togruta are spiritually connected with their planet, and prefer to go barefoot to allow that connection to be uninterrupted. from this, i'd gather that they probably have wider feet, with more splayed toes, and potentially lower rates of arch problems, bunions, etc, than humans who wear (often narrow and restrictive) shoes all of the time.

#star wars anthropology #togruta headcanons #togruta #star wars worldbuilding #this has been sitting in my drafts finished but untagged for months idk why i haven't posted it yet #q

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lexa-griffins · 10 months

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Wow that's such a cool thing to research! So are you like Dr Brennan from Bones?

😆In a way? Although when I started my undergrad my goal was to be a forensic anthropologist, by now I'm much more passionate about paleo anthropology aka human evolution, but that's something that is hard to study here, and osteology/bioanthro helps me with my goal! Although I wouldn't say no to ending up as a forensic anthropologist, it's still so strange to watch bones now that im doing my master in anthropology and have worked with skeletons when I first watched it in 7th grade and decided I wanted to be a forensic anthropologist 😅

#letter opened #i WISH i was as cool as Brennan sdjsabd #or that this country cared about anthropology at all really #even at the museum there where like 5 of us working on a small ass room

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freakosupreme · 6 months

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15 questions, 15 mutuals

thank u @riddlercore for tagging me :)

are you named after anyone? — my given name yes and my chosen name kind of. mostly i just liked it because it was cowboy esque but also maybe perhaps a breaking bad character just slightly

when was the last time you cried? — ummmmmm i think when i watched portrait of a lady on fire lmao

do you have kids? — no and i Never Will uinless you count my current and future pets. 3 cats chica calvin and daisy and my weird crusty dog lucy :)

what sports do you play/have you played? — none ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

do you use sarcasm? — not really>?? sometimes its like "oh i have to u-turn thats so cool and awesome" and its like half a joke and half me trying to find a gentler way to say fuck i fucking hate u turns raarghgrhgrh

what’s the first thing you notice about people? — hair or outfit unless they are wearing a cool shirt then i will notice their cool shirt because i love cool shirt

what’s your eye color? — greygreenblue??? never been able to tell tbh i am going to look in the mirror right now. theyre like blue on trhe outside and green on the inside idfk

scary movies or happy endings? — i do love a scary movie but im very picky about scary movies so happy endings i suppose

any talents? — drawing (i think i am pretty good at color and also drawing weird animals and drawing in many different styles) and being cool and smart about science

where were you born? — southern california born n raised :)

what are your hobbies? — making art and reading and viddy games and lately ive been making a lot of t shirt designs

any pets? — calvin chica daisy and lucy :) i love my weird ratpigdog

how tall are you? — 5'6 or 5'7? idk

favorite subject in school? — stem stuff in general but obv i love anthropology and biology.. and anthropology and biology do like a steven universew fusion dance to make beautoful biological anthropology . i love art but i always hated taking art classes (Its The ADHD) also am taking geology currently and its like so hard but also very cool and awesome and overlaps with so many other subjects i like and were talking about volcanoes rn. whats better than that

dream job? — i loooooooooove the idea of both being a researcher or being a teacher, i would especially love to get to do primate cognition studies or any reasearch on the areas where bioanthro, cultural anthro, and neuroscience overlap but like when i tell someone about the science that im excited about and then THEY get excited about it too from what i told them about it?? like the most rewarding thing ever so i think i would like being a teacher and i think i would be good at it/.... also not necessarily a dream job but i do think it would be cool to work on anthropology documentaries bc i have so many pet peeves about anthro and nature documentaries that im always like i could do this so much better let me be the art director and trhe script writer and the consultant and let me make the documentrary.

i dont have 15 mutuals ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm @wingsmachina @saladthiefsimmy hi

#this was fun i love a silly little questionarere

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maiacetus · 5 years

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this is the ideal male body. you may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

#bioanthro #biological anthropology #anthropology #homo sapiens #pleistocene

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poopyarch · 3 years

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#anthropology #primatology #bioanthro

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goalieprotectionsquad · 3 years

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lmao got blocked on twitter for responding to an acephobe’s tweet about how they are going to analyze asexuality with their bioanthropology degree, and i said bitch literally what are you talking about

#it was a bunch of tweets tho from me being like your bioanthro degree means nothing here #i have taken bioanthro #idk how that is helpful in understanding social constructs #and if they were actually a good scientist they would listen to the ppl in the community they are judging #THRILLING THOUGH IS THIS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE INITIATED TO TWITTER?#anyway I'm a little annoyed because I'd like to see their response #anyway I'm nowhere near an expert in sociology but apparently I know a lot more than a lot of ppl

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simplaertes · 4 years

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i've pretty much offically decided (for now) what part of anthropology i'm planning on going into!!!!!!

PRIMATOLOGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

primatology just seems SO AWESOME i'm super interested in everything to do with it, especially the relations between local people and the primates that live near them (and how that factors into conservation/how to use that to help conservation!!)

it's really complicated and has a huge focus on networking and prior experience which is........ terrifying......... but i think i can do it!! at least, i really want to do it!!

#aaaa it's nice to have a plan #plus my bioanthro prof is super into primatology so i have someone to help me #rambles #primatology #anthropology

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er-cryptid · 4 months

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The hyoid bone is the only bone not attached to another bone.

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gaaramutual · 3 years

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really really really hope my human evolution prof lets me do my project on neanderthals in minecraft it would rule

#rambles #she’s supposed to get back to us abt our ideas soon and i’m waiting for her to call me cringe #i’m excited to read my book i chose though it seems really interesting #bioanthro is such an interesting field i love it here

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meliorist-midoriya · 3 years

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god i wish midoriya was real and studying criminal justice aka the same fuckin degree as me so i could find the loml in uni instead of being single :’)

me x100000 omfg pls. i want to minor in criminal justice but i literally have,,,, no fuckin room in my schedule rn bc of gen ed + degree classes, along with the pre med prereqs i’m not taking bc i literally didn’t have the room in my schedule.

part of me wants criminal justice major n anthropology minor izuku, his analysis turning into a fascination and curiosity befitting anthropology. of course, this is entirely self-indulgent because i like imagining college AU izukel tutoring each other for our minor degrees bc we’re majoring in them, and struggling in premed together SDHFRBF

why isn’t izuku real ;3;

#conversations with kelley #garden visitors #speaking of college #i'm suffering #who let my bioanthro lab today be so difficult <///3

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unessay-homosapiens · 3 years

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#hunter-gatherer #Anthropology BioAnthro

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contre-qui · 3 years

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Winter Studying Challenge - 12/12/2020

Gotta love finals week. Nothing is more interesting than the auricular surface of the ilium for determining skeletal age

(actually I do love bioanthro, my brain is just fried)

Dec. 12: Does your family have any odd traditions during the holidays?

Most definitely! We're an odd amalgamation of blended/broken family with a mishmash of cynics, agnostics, and ex-Catholics. One of the strangest things we do, though, is watch Terry Pratchett's The Hogfather every single year. Both movies. One sitting. Both ruining and reaffirming the entire concept of Christmas and commercialism and belief. Just casual things.

#contrespeaks #winter studying challenge #studyblr #terry pratchett #the hogfather #productivity #finals week #bioanthropology #anthro

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