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Helen Kurki

@hkkurki.bsky.social
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Biological Anthropologist, UVic prof, sometimes I paint, draw, or pastel, occasionally I run.

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Helen Kurki @hkkurki.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New paper alert! A big thanks to the remarkable Cara Wall-Scheffler for joining me on the journey for this one. And to @paleonicole.bsky.social and Cédric Cordey for inviting us to join this Anatomical Record special issue. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The fossil record stays silent: Confusions and conundrums for hominin pelvis evolution
The evolution of the hominin pelvis is commonly modeled as a series of stages driven largely by the requirements of bipedal locomotion, reproduction, thermoregulation, and pelvic floor muscular suppo...
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/11: Male walruses are all gay until age 4 and then become bi.
Walruses with magnificent tusks lounging together on a beach.
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Wild western chimpanzees throw rocks at specific trees. While throwing, they pant hoot — a loud, long-distance communicative signal. Why do male chimpanzees throw rocks at the same trees for more than a decade? We travelled to remote Guinea‑Bissau to find out🧪 theconversation.com/why-do-male-...
A chimpanzee peers at the camera with green leaves in the background
Accumulative stone throwing is a rare, potentially cultural, behaviour that has been observed among four groups of wild chimpanzees in West Africa. (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA
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Holly Dunsworth @dunsworth.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Harari says "women paid extra" when our ancestors evolved bipedalism + big brains. The story he's telling is about our physical inferiority. I say we paid extra by having to argue against that stupid 'scientific' belief instead of doing cool shit. xo, Holly ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/2026/04/sapi...
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Sapiens, page 10: The One With the "Obstetrical Dilemma" On It
One page at a time,  I'm reviewing  Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind  by Yuval Noah Harari.  Already, what we've seen on the pages pair...
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Ammie Kalan @ammiekalan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It took 3 years to complete this paper and it was difficult(!) but I think both @ctennie.bsky.social and I are grateful for the varied perspectives we gained as a result of this collaboration. If you work on ape culture, hopefully you'll feel the same doi.org/10.1017/ehs.... [Opens in a new window]
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Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars - Volume 8
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Helen Kurki @hkkurki.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
SCORE! Go Canada!! #olympichockey
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UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
UVic Anthropology's April Nowell was interviewed for this story on Neanderthals making fire using pyrite in the UK 400,000 yrs ago: www.livescience.com/archaeology/... @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #Neanderthals
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'It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career': Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England
Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more than 400,000 years ago.
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The Archaeology Centre @ U of T @archaeologycentre.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The Archaeology Centre welcomes Dr. Andrew Roddick for a lunch-time talk titled:  “Encountering Desconocidos: Learning to See Proto-Urban Tiwanaku Image Systems.” See poster for details. All welcome.
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The Archaeology Centre @ U of T @archaeologycentre.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The AIA (Toronto society) and the Archaeology Centre welcome Dr. Andrew Roddick for a talk titled: “A High Altitude Big Bang: The Development of the Tiwanaku ‘State’ in the Lake Titicaca Basin, Bolivia." You can join in person, or on Zoom: shorturl.at/zJIKY.
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tdcapellini.bsky.social @tdcapellini.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Capellini Laboratory of Developmental and Evolutionary Genetics
The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics Laboratory of Dr. Terence D. Capellini....
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Charles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Do you know anyone with an interest in pursuing a PhD studying the genetics, development, and evolution of skeletal morphology and life history? If so please encourage them to apply to work with me through any of the University of Illinois' EEB or PEEC programs. 1/4 🧪🦷🦴🐭🐒
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Graciela Cabana @gscabana.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Biological Anthropologists! The AABA (US) IDEAS Program is welcoming applications for BOTH Student Scholars and Faculty Scholars. The Faculty Scholar deadline is October 15th, and the Student Scholar deadline is October 31st. Please share this call widely! Flyers for each, below:
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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Trump's very first example of the Smithsonian's "corrosive ideology" was an exhibit that correctly stated "Race is a human invention." How is scientific consensus (that biological races don't exist in humans) corrosive? We are asking scientists to co-sign our statement: forms.gle/kqKQF9CZ3jPB...
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Scientific Consensus - Humans do not have biological races
The below statement was constructed as a draft which eventually led us to publish this article in Science Letters: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady2266. After writing the statement belo...
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Helen Kurki @hkkurki.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
New paper alert! Pleased to have this finally out. Great work by Marla MacKinnon and my fellow co-authors Libby Cowgill and @laharrin.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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University of Victoria @uvic.ca · 20/06/2025
🗺️ Historically, maps have shaped land and power through a colonial lens. A new map at UVic is changing that narrative by centring Indigenous communities and the complex treaty and non-treaty relationships that shape the Salish Sea. ➡️ Learn more: ow.ly/14ky50We9aA
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Salish Sea re-centred: new map highlights Indigenous treaties and rights  - UVic News
Maps are traditionally seen as colonial tools that lay claim to lands, lakes and rivers; however, a new map in UVic's Mearns - McPherson Library tells a
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UVic Faculty of Social Sciences @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Discover the untold stories of Japanese Canadians through the award-winning work of UVic's Djuna Nagasaki. #JapaneseCanadianHistory #Anthropology www.uvic.ca/socialscienc... @uvicanthro.bsky.social Image Credit: Djuna
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Helen Kurki @hkkurki.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D... This is amazing! Come study in Canada!
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NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
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Helen Kurki @hkkurki.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I’ve passed 30 followers! Guess it’s time to actually start posting! Here is 4.5 month old Ember for your enjoyment.
Golden retriever puppy walking in forest with person.
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Helen Kurki @hkkurki.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,568,072!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,568,072, Helen Kurki ‪@hkkurki.bsky.social‬, joined on Oct 17, 2023"
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Helen Kurki @hkkurki.bsky.social · 17/02/2024
Let’s try this again! 8 months ago I suffered a SCAD heart attack (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection), probably precipitated by a bike ride up the quite steep hill home on my new bike. The ride is much easier on my new Vado 4.0 SL e-assist bike. And safer for my heart! #hearthealth
Person standing behind bicycle.Person riding bicycle towards camera.
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