Our new paper is now out: doi.org/10.1002/3070... In it we found that a single insect practical (and not my lectures!) increased affinity for insects in our BioZoo students! Hopefully giving this prac each year will encourage more students to pursue entomology! Thanks to all that helped!

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That’s also when I learned that if chimps start running, don’t be stupid like me and wait to see what’s coming. Just run with them, in the same direction. It’s usually a swarm of bees from a huge nest they’ve tried to raid, and those bees are on the attack.

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🏺 🦣 🧪 For me the most exciting thing is that Xujiayao ID as #Denisovans gives us LOTS more behavioural info, because this is an open-site with a focus on horse hunting.... meaning we can compare it to what was going on with prob. #Neanderthals at Schöningen 🐎 🔪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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First human evolution lecture done and uploaded. I will put them all in the same playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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I haven't taught a survey course in human evolution in the last decade, but starting next week (!!) I will try again. I plan to record the lectures. But the lab practicals can't be shared online, unfortunately. Currently deciding how much math I can/should make the students do

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