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Senior researcher @Dip_Bio_Unipi. I am a paleoanthropologist interested in Human evolution, Geometric Morphometrics, Cross-Sectional Geometry, R. #aphantasic

Pisa, Italy
Joined September 2019
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Thrilled to share our new study, the first to use EEG to explore brain activation during early hominin tool use, with fascinating insights! Congrats to Simona Affinito and team! @geobiodiversity @uni_tue Link: nature.com/articles/s41598-0… Press Release: shorturl.at/sHkMX
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Thrilled to share our new open-access paper, which explores early hominin tool-use efficiency through a novel experimental approach! Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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We are not advertising one, but TWO fossil preparator positions @SMNStuttgart . Wherever you are from, consider joining our team! ⚒️🦣🐚🦖 naturkundemuseum-bw.de/en/jo…
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Join Bones Lab! 🦴 We're hiring a one-year Postdoc to analyze prehistoric human remains in South America. Deadline: August 27th. #Postdoc #Anthropology #Archaeology #SouthAmerica bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/asseg…
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🐙New paper alert🐙Check out our latest work: Nautilid beaks: unsuspected disparity and palaeoecological interpretation | Lethaia idunn.no/doi/full/10.18261/l… #rhyncholites #rhynchoteuthis
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Un prima e dopo così non l'avete mai visto: lui è Rakus, un maschio di orango di Sumatra che vive in Indonesia. E si è "medicato" la ferita con una poltiglia di piante masticate: si tratta di automedicazione? è intenzionale? Alle 11.30 con @bettapalagi @Unipisa, e poi #MuseodeiFuturi
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Hey #AABA2024, don't forget to also check the virtual sessions for those who could not join you in L.A.!
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Just defended my Ph.D. thesis on the Sexual Dimorphism of Human Modern Crania at @iphes. Huge thanks to my jury for evaluating me - @DanyCNogueira, #CostantinoBuzi, and #PaulOHiggins. Also, a special thank you to my supervisors @AntProfico and Carlos Lorenzo. #PhD @universitatURV
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Its great pleasure to present my lastest work support by @moazenlab at @AHEADmeeting_ So happy to meet @AntProfico Costantino Buzi & @Fede_anatomy who helped a lot during past years, finially in person👏👏👏 Also a wonderful talk from colleague from @UCL @PaleoNicole – at Tarragona, Espanya
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Se puede meter a @davidgraeber y @davidwengrow y el Cristo del Gran Poder en una charla sobre la subsistencia en el Paleolítico inferior y la Academia? Sí, se puede. Gracias al @AHEADmeeting_ por invitarme a pasarlo bien.
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🟠 ¿Qué #indicadores usar para determinar el dimorfismo sexual en humanos modernos mediante sus #cráneos? Un nuevo estudio apunta a que la abertura de la #cavidad #nasal podría ser mejor medida que la región occipital 🔗 Más detalles: bit.ly/3FoaNyi
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For #FossilFriday, an exemple of what @BrainPaleo can do! From the Cro-Magnon 1 skull to its brain reflecting its real neuroanatomical characteristics!
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For the first time, scientists have captured step-by-step how this “hammer” forms in developing hammerhead sharks. Learn more: scim.ag/4kP @NewsfromScience
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Let's take a moment to appreciate this honorable mention from the #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition, which demonstrates the early nervous system formation in a quail embryo. bit.ly/45ft0IC Photo Cred: Dr. Melanie White & Jianxiong Wang
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The application portal for the @WennerGrenOrg Dissertation Fieldwork Grant: buff.ly/3RlAJS6 and Post-PhD Research grant: buff.ly/44SL8YL …is open! ⏰ Deadline: Nov. 1st, 11:59 PM EST If you have questions email [email protected]
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The current attack to Christian Greco by Italian "politicians" is an attack to culture and to cultural integration. Read more about Greco's great job as Director of the Museo Egizio in Turin and sign to state your support! ipetitions.com/petition/in-s… #Archaeology #BioArch #AHEAD23
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