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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

My book is officially available to preorder! BEGINNINGS: HOW PREGNANCY BIRTH AND MOTHERHOOD SHAPED OUR SPECIES comes out April 2027 from Flatiron Books. Stayed tuned to preorder exclusive signed copies from Village Books (my local indie). Lots more to come! 😘💀🦷🤰

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Thanks to the Northwest Evolution, Ecology, and Human Behavior conference for hosting us this weekend! The beautiful Pack Forest experimental site next to Rainier was an incredible place to learn about science and talk anthropology. I hope to return next time!

A person walks along a wooden bridge in a forest

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Some of the highlights from IHES yesterday! We saw great talks by scholars in Anthropology, Art, and Psychology. We also had a timely panel session on early career scholars’ visions for the future. And we rounded it out with a pop up student art exhibit and an incredible performance by Danza Eterna!

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

New pop sci article on the hobbits of Flores! Their wisdom teeth provide evidence that they got small by slowing growth after birth. theconversation.com/hobbits-of-flor…

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Paleontology, botany, and birthing. All my favorite things in Zurich!

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Check out our new Primate Evolution Lab website! Made by students, featuring students. You can keep up with our antics, check out our teaching resources (including 3D scans and models) and learn more about our programs! wp.wwu.edu/primate/2025/06/27/stude… @wwu.edu

Students shine at Scholar’s week. News and Updates from the PEL website.

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Just returned from an epic sisters’ trip to Sedona, complete with archaeology, cave art, and javelina skulls! And pregnancy, the topic of my book, was never far away — this beautiful petroglyph has been described as a woman giving birth to creation (Hopi). #sedona #pregnancy #archaeology #history

Petroglyphs in Sedona. Animal figures gather around a woman; a vortex spiral sits beneath them.

A three story archaeological dwelling made of bricks remains up against the water and wind smoothed cliffs of Sedona

A javelina cranium with large canine teeth

A sunset vista looking at the red rock formations of Sedona

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

New paper out today! The evolution of facial length and molar proportions in cercopithecid monkeys: Third molars are relatively longer in species with longer faces, and prognathism is convergent. Fossils tell a great story! Read more to find out! Funded by NSF, Leakey, PAST, HERC and WWU

Figure 1. A phylogeny of primates in the study with photos of their crania

Figure 3. Comparison of extant and fossil primate tooth and palate lengths

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Another shoutout for the AABA meetings this year. It was great to be immersed in science! And super fun to have such a great @wwu.edu crew! @bioanth.org See you next year!

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Science communication has always been one of my passions. My Uni recently asked me to write a piece for faculty explaining the benefits of publishing sci-comm with an outlet like @us.theconversation.com - check it out here! 5 reasons for faculty to write for The Conversation

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Five reasons for faculty to write for The Conversation

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

This is one of those desk papers that requires extra celebration upon release into the ether! Congrats everyone!!

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Beautiful figures from our new paper, a work of epic proportions that spanned a decade. For anyone interested in African paleontology, taxonomy, evolution, or monkeys, I present….a papionin case study www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecolog…

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

It’s great to see so many people excited about the science of twins!

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

What people think my book is about🫄👶VS what it’s actually about 🦴🩻🦷 ##### When people hear my book is about pregnancy, they immediately think of What to Expect. But it’s more than that. Think Indy, think Sapiens, and get ready to learn a whole lot about teeth 😉😘😜

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Ok, trying this again. And now, student art!

Hand drawn illustration of a fossil skull

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Being hanging out in Germany for the Words Bones Genes Tools workshop. There were xmas markets, Paleo art, parties in castles, and oh so much more

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

Meet the lab! From L to R, me! 2nd year MA students Jack and Tristen, UG extraordinaire Laura, and new 1st MA student Jewel! Here we are on our way to get a demo for the new desktop micro-CT that came in recently on our NSF-MRI grant (co-PI).

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

One more week to apply before we start reviewing apps. Negotiable start date. Come do science with us!

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Perfect for my Skeletons and the Occult class that starts up tomorrow!

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Jan Brunson @janbrunson.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa is hiring! Tenure-track assistant professor in biological anthropology. Please share widely #AcademicSky

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Career Opportunities at the University of Hawai'i | University of Hawai'i

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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Howard University is searching for an Anthropologist to become the Director of the W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory, which includes several important African American anthropological collections. Please RT to help circulate! bioanth.org/jobs/3698/

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

JOB ALERT! Western (WWU) We are hiring a postdoc to investigate primate craniofacial anatomy. This is a 2-year position. Must be willing to live in beautiful Bellingham + complete 4.5 months paid museum work (2024). The anticipated start date is Jan. 1, 2024. hr.wwu.edu/careers?job=501152

Cherry blossoms outside of Old Main on Western campus

Cascade mountain range towers over downtown Bellingham and the Salish Sea

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

First day of Leakey-funded data collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. And my grad student Jack’s first day working in a museum! He is going to spend 5 weeks here scanning hundreds of monkey skulls!! More photos to follow, I am sure!

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Dr. Tesla Monson @paleotesla.bsky.social · 20/08/2023

Super impressed by my student Laura’s summer project articulating a full elk skeleton. Thanks to Aly Rollins for supervising while I was in Spain all summer! Collections are the best way for students to learn osteology and anatomy! #WWU #WWUAnthro

Laura standing behind the laid out, articulated elk skeleton

Overhead view of the articulated elk skeleton

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