Kelsey Pugh, Ph.D.

🚨#BAWMNCiteClub #10 is from @ashleyshammond for @kpewpew et al.: The reconstructed cranium of Pierolapithecus and the evolution of the great ape face 💀 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… #CiteWomenWednesday - submit the work of women in bioanth here: tinyurl.com/mr273pec

Anthropology Lecturer Kelsey Pugh (@kpewpew) was the lead author of a study, with @amnh and @icp_mcrusafont scientists, that reconstructed the well-preserved but damaged skull of a great ape species that lived about 12 million years ago. brooklyn.edu/bc-news/brookl…

@johnhawks @ZCofran Thank you!

@kpewpew @ZCofran Congratulations, great work!

Our recent paper on the reconstruction of Pierolapithecus and the evolution of great ape facial morphology was covered today in The Washington Post—check it out! 🦍 💀 🦧

Scientists using advanced X-ray imaging technology have reconstructed the face of a 12 million-year-old great ape, opening a window into a critical moment in primate evolution that may reveal important clues about our own origins. wapo.st/3Fv6TU5

The recent reconstruction study of the Pierolapithecus face by our team (@kpewpew et al. 2023 PNAS) appears featured today in the Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/science/2023/1…

The Pugh et al. 2023 PNAS study is loaded with goodies: 1- All data used is available in the Supporting Information. 2- The 3D reconstruction of the Pierolapithecus face (and all its parts) can be openly downloaded from MorphoSource. 3D print time!💀 morphosource.org/projects/00047…

And fyi—the 3D reconstruction is available for download on @MorphoSource for research and teaching purposes! See paper for details.

New paper from my postdoc at @AMNH with @AlmecijaSergio and @ashleyshammond!!

Great new paper on the newly reconstructed Pierolapithecus face! Confirms likely stem hominid status for Pierolapithecus and provides implications for the ancestral great ape morphotype. Congrats @kpewpew @AlmecijaSergio @ashleyshammond and coauthors!! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

@ccgilbs @AlmecijaSergio @ashleyshammond Thanks, Chris!

𝑃𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑠 , the 12-million-year-old hominid from Catalonia has received a facelift! A study led by scientists at the @AMNH , @BrooklynCollege and @ICP_MCrusafont has reconstructed his well-preserved but distorted skull

Happy holidays from the @AMNH Biological Anthropology Lab. Thankful to have these folks. BALerz include @AlmecijaSergio @kpewpew @CazenaveMarine1 @Osteoficionado @NW_Post

Today, we published a paper I am very proud of…Steve Frost, Hailay Reda, Frances White and I revise the estimated ages of many famous South African hominin sites based on monkey Biochronology. Let me explain…A THREAD 1/15. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The Biological Anthropology Lab reunites in Spain! The labbies have been hard at work digging the Miocene in some pretty intense heat. @amnh @RGGSatAMNH @CazenaveMarine1 @Osteoficionado @kpewpew @AlmecijaSergio

Working on the 11.2 Ma sediments of #CCN #fieldwork #fossils #palaeo

@ashleyshammond Poutine and maybe a few Timbits!

Oh, and of course @kpewpew, will be bringing the Canadian cuisine. Looking forward to the poutine?

Note for my labbies— we are doing this next June! CC: @Osteoficionado @CazenaveMarine1 @NW_Post @AlmecijaSergio and others not on Twitter

Isaiah Odhiambo Nengo (1961–2022) nature.com/articles/s4155… - via @NatureEcoEvo #Tribute #TBI #IsaiahNengo #Nature #Obituary

@ToddDisotell Sorry to hear this, Todd. I hope this one sticks and you are up and about in no time.

Third detached retina surgery, inserted a buckle and filled with inert gas to hold in place while it heals. Another few days face down all day and night. FML

Fossil apes, particularly species dating to the Late Miocene, are integral for evaluating the phylogenetic positions of the earliest purported hominins, as they can better inform interpretations of character evolution and morphocline polarities in hominin evolution @kpewpew