Faces of Fieldwork

Public engagement with science increases when people understand who we are and what we do. Share YOUR #fieldwork story. Tweets by @wabarree

[Faces of Fieldwork @facesfieldwork]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

What is the biggest misconception people have about your #fieldwork? What do people just not get?

We would love to feature your story and photo on https://t.co/M4tDpPuRRF! You can submit directly on the website! https://t.co/M4tDpPuRRF

[Faces of Fieldwork @facesfieldwork]

absolutely true!

[Faces of Fieldwork @facesfieldwork]

Safe fieldwork strategies for at-risk individuals, their supervisors and institutions | Nature Ecology and Evolution

https://t.co/vbuaoHgr7M

[Faces of Fieldwork @facesfieldwork]

Totally agree! Showing the world that field scientists are people first and foremost is what we are all about!

[RealScientists @realscientists]

I think stories are important since scientists are really just people who decided to pursue careers in science. This means anyone who wants to do it can, and so today I'm going to talk about my own story a bit. Questions welcome as always!

[W. Andrew Barr @wabarree]

#fieldwork in the Afar of Ethiopia is hard, esp. at Mille-Logya, where outcrops are littered with sharp basalt cobbles that shred tires and boots. But, after years of hard work, today we report new evidence of the environ. context of the origins of Homo!

https://t.co/XuzsnyUnn9

[Faces of Fieldwork @facesfieldwork]

What impact is #Covid_19 having on your #fieldwork planning?

[Aurelie Hector @IslandBiologist]

Using a camera trap to see what is attracted towards our @goodnaturetraps before setting it up. Amazing to see that tenrec is alo attracted to the rat trap @facesfieldwork

[Faces of Fieldwork @facesfieldwork]

There is some amazing primate #fieldwork being done by members of the @gwmurraylab. Check out @sean_leezy's work on bonobos, for example!

[W. Andrew Barr @wabarree]

welcome to twitter @gwmurraylab! Follow this account for updates on cutting edge research in primate behavior and ecology

[Dani @danihpayne]

Twitter! If you've participated in fieldwork, please could you send me some pictures from your fieldwork that you wouldn't mind me using in a presentation?

I am looking to have photos from a range of difficult disciplines to showcase the diversity of fieldwork! Thank you!

[Dr. Amanda L. (Glaze) Townley @EvoPhD]

I feel seen.

[W. Andrew Barr @wabarree]

Here is the dining tent where we eat all our meals in the Afar. It’s a very remote place, so we mostly eat simple things like spaghetti and rice. A special treat is when we get hand cut French fries and local goat! #MilleLogya @PAStamos @Zeray_Alemseged @facesfieldwork

[W. Andrew Barr @wabarree]

It is hot in the Afar. Really hot. Here we are hunkering down under a rare shade tree taking a quick break from fossil hunting. @facesfieldwork @Zeray_Alemseged @PAStamos @spmcpherron #millelogya

[W. Andrew Barr @wabarree]

Hominin fossils are very rare, so most of what we find are the bones of animals that lived alongside early hominins. Here we are excacating the tooth of ~2.5 million year old elephant. @facesfieldwork @Zeray_Alemseged @PAStamos @spmcpherron

[W. Andrew Barr @wabarree]

Good morning from the Afar region of Ethiopia! I’m here with @Zeray_Alemseged, @PAStamos and @spmcpherron looking for hominin fossils at the Mille-Logya field project. @facesfieldwork

[Aurelie Hector @IslandBiologist]

Back in the field doing some drift fence survey, caught a #Seychelles skink. Beautiful #reptile @facesfieldwork @SIF_Seychelles

[W. Andrew Barr @wabarree]

I am hiring a postdoc to join my lab, starting August 1. I am open to a variety of research methods/approaches to hominin paleoecology in the African Plio-Pleistocene. Applications are due February 10th. Please retweet widely!

https://t.co/1t22RVdJwC

[Lamberton Lab @LambertonLab]

#FlashbackThursday to the wonderful #Uganda
#fieldwork @facesfieldwork @eliaskabpin @trienekens @PoppyLamberton

[Faces of Fieldwork @facesfieldwork]

What would be the “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” of fieldwork?

Modified from @ChelseaParlett

[Aurelie Hector @IslandBiologist]

The yellow crazy ants task force in the Seychelles. Great to be back in the field. #girlpower. @facesfieldwork @SIF_Seychelles

[Faces of Fieldwork @facesfieldwork]

So cool!

[Faces of Fieldwork @facesfieldwork]

Students with interests in paleoanthropology #fieldwork are encouraged to apply!

[W. Andrew Barr @wabarree]

are you looking for a BioAnth PhD program and interested in human paleoecology? @gwCASHP

Apply to join our great program! Feel free to contact me with any questions! Application deadline Dec 1st.