Deming Yang

Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Midwestern University, Hominin evolution, eastern Africa, faunal change, teeth, stable isotopes, and Bayesian models

[Deming Yang @DemingYang]

Mini pig cuteness🚨: we found fossils of a mini pig (Cainochoerus) in the southern Kenyan Rift, near Narok, the first reporting of Cainochoerus at the site (Lemudong’o). Link to the article @JVP_vertpaleo : https://t.co/3Tc1SGFq6N

[National Snow and Ice Data Center @NSIDC]

Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent, at 14.29 million square kilometers (5.52 million square miles) on March 15, edging just below last year’s record and statistically tying for the lowest maximum in the 48-year satellite record. https://t.co/M96P0WRt26

[Leon Simons 🌍 @LeonSimons8]

If only people understood what this graph shows...

It's a failure of education and media.

[Ricardo N. Santos @RicardoANSantos]

I’m delighted to share our new paper on sedimentary plant waxes and their use to assess past hydroclimate since the Younger Dryas in Central Europe:🍃👨‍🔬🌦️
https://t.co/RYPrVTeucD

[Matthew L Staitis @staitis]

Oh look Pliocene CO2 levels

[Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont @ICP_MCrusafont]

These fossils help understand the composition of African ecosystems during the time when human ancestors were first evolving

Collaborative study by @MidwesternUniv, @museumsofkenya, @ICP_MCrusafont (@ashleyshammond), and others

DOI: https://t.co/x1qYvUCYI3

[CRCpaleos @CRCpaleos]

CERDO PREHISTÓRICO
Descubiertos en Kenia restos de una especie de pequeño cerdo (Cainochoerus) de hace 6 millones de años

📰https://t.co/6sNb0X7CL0
vía @ICP_MCrusafont
#Mioceno #Mamiferos

[Christos Ioannou @C_C_Ioannou]

📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢

We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline.

Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city

https://t.co/2km4EFiFPG

[Ashley Hammond @ashleyshammond]

Check it out! We found the first evidence of mini-pigs at Lemudong’o, a 6 million-year-old site in southern Kenya. This is the first new species from Lemudong’o to be published in last 20 years. 🐷🐽🐷

And yes… Ashley Hammond loves little jamones! 🐖

[Deming Yang @DemingYang]

Thank you ICP for the coverage! It's a great pleasure working with you all! The article is free to access via https://t.co/XzjI3OpToB

[Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont @ICP_MCrusafont]

🗞️Mini-pig with a big story: https://t.co/nYQmVqsbPl

New fossil discoveries document the presence of an extinct and unusually small pig, Cainochoerus, in eastern Africa during the late Miocene (~6 Ma). The species was far smaller than any living African pig

[Naoto HANDA @Nao_hnd]

人間環境大学: 総合環境学部フィールド⾃然学科専任教員の公募（陸上動物の⽣態学・⾏動学） https://t.co/u3YnllfmA4

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

Our latest issue is live! https://t.co/V4FncPcgZk
The cover features an exciting new Homo habilis specimen from Ileret by Fred Grine and colleagues: https://t.co/KqinUjikt1

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

Excellent write-up in @ScienceMagazine by Ann Gibbons (@evolutionscribe) of the exciting new Ileret Homo material: https://t.co/BlxnMwQ0kA
Check out the original AR article by Frederick Grine and colleagues here: https://t.co/KqinUjiSiz

[Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont @ICP_MCrusafont]

1/ 🦴 Homo habilis skeleton KNM-ER 64061 unveiled – the oldest and most complete postcranial evidence known (~2.02–2.06 Ma). Key for understanding early human biology. #HomoHabilis #PaleoAnthro #ICP

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

KNM-ER 64061, most complete Homo habilis skeleton yet (Koobi Fora) shows primitive limb proportions: long forearms, thick cortices, small body mass (~31 kg) & ~160 cm stature. Upper limbs like early Homo, but proportions differ from H. erectus
Grine et al: https://t.co/KqinUjikt1

[Deming Yang @DemingYang]

Our fieldwork is sponsored by @AMNH @RGGSatAMNH @NSF @NatGeo @TheLeakeyFndtn Our field team came from @museumsofkenya U Nairobi @uonbi and the Enkorica village of Narok

[Deming Yang @DemingYang]

Mini pig cuteness🚨: we found fossils of a mini pig (Cainochoerus) in the southern Kenyan Rift, near Narok, the first reporting of Cainochoerus at the site (Lemudong’o). Link to the article @JVP_vertpaleo : https://t.co/3Tc1SGFq6N

[Deming Yang @DemingYang]

I'm fortunate work with our amazing team that include @KyaloManthi @museumsofkenya, Julia Arenson at Yale, @ErinDiMaggio at Penn State, Stan Ambrose at UIUC, @AntoineSouron at U Bordeaux, and @ashleyshammond @ICP_MCrusafont

[Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @JVP_vertpaleo]

🚨New Pub!🚨The first occurrence of Cainochoerus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Suidae) from the Late Miocene Lemudong’o Formation, Kenya🐷🇰🇪by Yang et al.

https://t.co/X9HxhG4aiz

[Midwestern University @MidwesternUniv]

🐾 Our #DownersGrove Campus has received state approval to offer a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. The new Chicago College of Veterinary Medicine will include a teaching hospital for hands-on training, with the first class expected in 2028, pending accreditation.