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Keith Chan

@keithcchan.bsky.social
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Teaching anthropology in San Diego. Also proud of my VR projects e.g., www.anvropomotron.com and www.paleoca.com.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8
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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I asked for non-arrowed maps in my Explorations chapter! Credit: Four maps depicting the estimated range of modern Homo sapiens through time original by Elyssa Ebding at GeoPlace, California State University, Chico under a CC BY-NC 4.0 License.
Map of the world labeled 315-195 KYA showing a human presence from north to east Africa.Map of the world labeled 195-100 KYA showing a human presence in all of Africa and along the south coast of Asia.Map of the world labeled 99-30 KYA showing a human presence across Africa, central to south Eurasia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Map of the world labeled 29-9 KYA showing a human presence across all major continents except Antarctica.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Fool, this was the plan all along!
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If you want a bad time, try transferring data from an old Mac Mini to a new one with 1 monitor cord, 1 Magic Trackpad (Lightning cable), and 1 keyboard (USB-A) between them.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
But doctor, I AM the Microsoft Authenticator app
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My AnVRopomotron virtual anthropology museum is also on VIVERSE! www.viverse.com/zqmAxGM
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AnVRopomotron | VIVERSE
AnVRopomotron is a virtual museum of biological anthropology and archaeology. It features both scale models of extinct and living primates as well as grabbable artifacts and bones. How big is the east...
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Thanks to a suggestion by @mattcool.tech, PaleoCalifornia is now on Viverse! www.viverse.com/y8nfExE @viverse.com #webXR
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PaleoCalifornia | VIVERSE
Go an an exciting and educational theme park ride that takes you to Southern California 40,000 years ago! Go on a guided tour with one of three different narration tracks, or explore the prehistoric s...
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
PaleoCalifornia Part 2 is out! It is a WebXR educational theme park ride featuring Creative Commons models from @tarpits.org. View it in any web browser or in VR headsets at www.paleoca.com! #WebXR #AFrame #ThreeJS #EduSky
A herd of low-poly-style camels in a field.A low-poly style Columbian mammoth in front of a futuristic time tunnel.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Don’t underestimate Adobe software’s ability to cause a full day crash-out
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Thanks! It was good to talk with you at the workshop.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The latest #aaba2026 meeting was the best yet! I have so many highlights, from the art expo and silent auction to the education committee workshop and course seeing the fascinating talks and posters. I’m so glad my 3D prints were so well received.
A 3D printed bust of Lucy in copper-colored plastic. A blocky silver 3D print of Lucy standing with open palms. A blocky 3D print of a gorilla with 3D prints of Lucy in the background. Closeup of a silver 3D print of Lucy from the side. Behind it slightly out of focus is a copper colored 3D printed bust of Lucy. Far in the background and very out of focus is man loading chairs.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
What a wonderful discussion about the science of who we are! Thank you so much for this opportunity to talk with so many thinkers.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
A few more days!
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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
We can trace ourselves to her. She lived 150 000-200 000 years ago. Our mothers mothers mothers, and their mothers mothers... all through the female line. What does she mean to you? Come share with @keithcchan.bsky.social and me at The Foremothers Cafe on #ENGAGE Oct 23rd at 7 pm. Image: ChatGPT
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Come have a fun talk in Engage!
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Thanks AT&T. I wonder what Spectrum is like.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Disney ban, meet Target ban. It’s too bad I won’t be enjoying the Fantastic Four home release, but I want to live in a functional society instead of just seeing one on screen.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Took 20 minutes to park on campus and I need another 5 in the car to chill the f out
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
We recently paid people to unfollow the most divisive accounts on X. After a month, they felt 23% less animosity towards other political groups Their experience was so positive that half declined to refollow those hostile accounts after the study and they felt less animosity 11 months later.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I learned about the new Pope through the new Mexican radio station in San Diego. “Why are they talking about a new potato?”
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Caley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"Tsutaya et al. used ancient proteomic analysis on a previously unidentified hominin mandible from Taiwan and identified it as having belonged to a male Denisovan." #paleoanthropology
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A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan
Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I got brake checked and the most insulting part was that they didn’t get anywhere as close to me as we got to each other in our simultaneous lane change.
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Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Losing the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would be an act of monumental neglect. I made a video about what’s at risk, and how orgs like @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and the American Alliance of Museums need us to help advocate for these critical places. youtu.be/fYLC-KWy-Ks?...
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Trump is gutting museums and libraries.
YouTube video by thebrainscoop
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Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
If you’d rather have this in text form with citations, I gotchu 💛 bit.ly/3XWWUki
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IMLS Cuts_The Brain Scoop_04.10.2025
Emily Graslie IMLS Cuts The Brain Scoop April 10, 2025 Updates and Resources on the Impacts of Executive Orders – American Alliance of Museums FAQ: Executive Order Targeting IMLS – American Library...
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Zach Cofran @dizachster.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Incredible orangutan fossil from Vietnam highlights how diverse this group of apes was in the past; today there are only 3 highly endangered species living on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra (article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I went to Target for the first time in months. Don't worry: I didn't buy anything. I just flipped off the things I used to buy.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Best accomplishment last week: got elected undergraduate advisor. This week: beat my class in a game of Kahoot.
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CNN @cnn.com · 08/03/2025
Scientists say they have the first recorded video evidence of narwhals using tusks not only to strike and manipulate fish during feeding, but also engage in what appears to be playful behavior: cnn.it/3QRn188
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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
PLAY THIS (archaeology) GAME! Katrine Haydock, one of our brilliant undergraduates has developed a video game for her dissertation to understand the impact of archaeological methods on gameplay. Please play it and take the survey. 🏺 katrinehaydock.itch.io
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Katrine Haydock
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Two days of rain in San Diego and people are taking it as a personal attack
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Rob O'Malley (he/him) @robomalley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
#BiologicalAnthropology @bioanth.org folks attending #AABA2025... share your photography, sculpture, paintings, other artistic works, #SciComm projects or engaging learning activities at this year's expo in Baltimore! Submit through the link below.
exhibit hall at a conference with people playing board games and viewing art of various sortsexhibit hall at a conference where people are viewing art submissions on display boards
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
"I'm not a scientist" is a phrase that has been often used by American politicians, primarily Republicans,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] when asked about a scientific subject, such as global warming,[1] or the age of the Earth.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
How come the Doomsday Clock is always minutes from midnight? What does 12:15 look like and how is it different from 12:05? Heck the fact that there is a midnight implies there’s a 4pm. What’s that like?
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I got a perfect score! (Then again, I did write it…) 🧪🏺
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Neanderthal quiz: How much do you know about our closest relatives?
Think you know everything about Neanderthals? Take our quiz to find out.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I love that a Wikipedia editor added subtitles to the audio file of a howler monkey's call
HRHRRRRRHRHHAAAAAAAAUUUUUUHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I have a new camera and I now have birder cred. Someone next to me in an aviary with a huge camera pointed at a bird whispered to me “that’s a roasted sapphire” and I’m like “… magnificent.”
A tiny hummingbird perched on an equally tiny branch
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
My final report is that Arizona drivers either have too much chill or no chill
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I’m going to visit this mission irl today!
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I had a pleasant driving experience in Phoenix during the daytime but it’s chaos at night
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Got zero work done due to unexpected Internet troubleshooting. It works but I changed nothing and I see bugs out of the corner of my eyes.
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Also me with my own Legos
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I have proof that it isn't, but every Microsoft verification code looks like the same number to me.
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
What did we learn about Neanderthals this year? Here are my top 10 discoveries, neatly collected in a year-end countdown! 🏺🧪 www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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10 fascinating discoveries about Neanderthals in 2024, from 'Thorin' the last Neanderthal to an ancient glue factory
This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in extinction.
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Dr Aris Politopoulos @apolitopoulos.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I am super excited for this! We have just opened the Call for Paper for our upcoming #archaeogaming conference! Check out the details in the link below, and let me know if you have questions. Plenty more announcements to follow soon!
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Not a good start to the work session! I replugged in the GPU power cable and it seems fine now.
Computer screen showing green static and a pink square
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Keith Chan @keithcchan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Amazing to think that this happens regularly in our cells
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Drew Berry wehi.tv @drewberry.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Delighted to publish my new molecular animation: DNA Break Repair by Homologous Recombination youtu.be/Xe-83tBcxhs
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DNA Break Repair by Homologous Recombination (2024) Drew Berry wehi.tv
YouTube video by WEHImovies
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