Michael Price

News editor at @NewsfromScience. I mostly write about old bones.

[Michael Price @MichaelPriceSci]

Oh, this was a cool one!! The researchers describing how moved they were by the burial, how it connected them so starkly with the past, is something that has stuck with me.

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

A 2021 study describing the oldest known burial by modern humans in Africa hints that burying one’s dead has deep roots in our species. #ScienceMagArchives https://t.co/4tcV5wetRa

[Shimona Kealy @ShimonaKealy]

Very excited to have our latest discoveries from Laili, Timor-Leste published in @NatureComms - open access article available here: https://t.co/H4v4XRGTMD

[Michael Price @MichaelPriceSci]

In my latest for @NewsfromScience, I write about "the most comprehensive picture we have to date of Neanderthal gene flow into modern human populations" (h/t @rajivmccoy). Using 59 ancient genomes, @moorjani_priya et al posit major gene flow happened 47kya https://t.co/pwZHNQ3KLf

[Ann Gibbons @evolutionscribe]

As I wrote this story, it made me wonder what else chimps and bonobos know.
Chimps remember the faces of old friends and family for decades | Science | AAAS https://t.co/lAdvMdMesf

[Michael Price @MichaelPriceSci]

This was a super fun story to report. The @labreatarpits is fascinating. In the basement archives, surrounded by millions of bones from dire wolves, saber-toothed cats, ancient camels and more, it's easy to forget you're surrounded by Los Angeles storefronts and high-rises.

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

Wildfires, intensified by #ClimateChange and perhaps human activity, may have doomed Southern California’s big mammals 13,000 years ago. https://t.co/WbBGsiv1WB

[Ann Finkbeiner @AnnFinkbeiner]

Science journalism is, as you know, a helping hand, leg up, and foot forward for the cause of an informed electorate. @Open_Notebook does more for this cause than most. It's a small, superb operation.

[Michael Price @MichaelPriceSci]

Gorillas in the midst of crisis bounce back a lot better than other primates, including humans. My latest for Science: https://t.co/OGiir480oZ

[Michael Price @MichaelPriceSci]

@tommyhigham Thanks, Tom! It was our conversation last year that convinced me this was worth diving into about (and you were right).

[Michael Price @MichaelPriceSci]

A couple years ago, I wrote about the precise dating of L'Anse aux Meadows using cosmic signals embedded in tree rings. I got hooked up on the topic. Today, my deep dive into the history and promise of Miyake events for archaeological dating is out: https://t.co/w7BrMQ0SuA

[Andrew Curry (spoke32.bsky.social) @spoke32]

The bones of prehistoric #Yamnaya "cowboys" show signs they might have been the world's earliest known horse riders. But without horse remains or riding equipment to back up the claim, not everyone's convinced. @NewsfromScience: https://t.co/NiHM37i3vj

[Andrew Curry (spoke32.bsky.social) @spoke32]

Long-overdue justice, the end of #museums, or something else entirely? In my new @natgeomag cover story I talked to people on all sides of the #repatriation debate to understand how museums around the world are grappling with #colonial legacies. (1/5) https://t.co/IEZDufYEfZ

[Michael Price @MichaelPriceSci]

Tremendous story, and tremendous storytelling. Fascinating to see these tightly interwoven political, scientific and human histories.

[Paige Madison @FossilHistory]

There's more to the Hobbit's story than you know. Never have I written anything as important to me as this. My latest paper out today - on history, Homo floresiensis, and the tug of war that left the bones broken: https://t.co/vM6bFiSBOX

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

Goffin’s cockatoos take a tool set to work on a puzzle box, a rare example of pre-planning in the animal kingdom. https://t.co/Ufchyhgd47

[Dr Matt Pope @MatthewPope]

This year, as every year. Say it with Mammoths 🦣🤎
#ValentinesDay

[JackTamisiea @jack_tamisiea]

How do venomous centipedes 'see' sunlight without eyes? Their antennae feel the light's heat, sparking a cellular response that alerts these leggy critters to scurry towards shelter.

My latest for @NewsfromScience: https://t.co/TWGHdvxyqw

[Ann Gibbons @evolutionscribe]

My story on a new discovery: Did more than one ancient human relative use early stone tools? | Science | AAAS https://t.co/qZoZWFEjDX

[Emma Finestone @finestone_emma]

Willing to get struck by lightning for Paranthropus:

https://t.co/X4eWVQtnu2

[Natalia Mesa @natmesanash]

My first for @NewsfromScience is about the brains of polyglots- people who can speak five or (many) more languages. Featuring research from the @ev_fedorenko lab. Thank you @saima_mm and everyone else who talked to me about this piece https://t.co/yDMRcQJsPd

[Andrew Curry (spoke32.bsky.social) @spoke32]

Neanderthals hunted massive elephants–and then harvested enough meat and fat to feed 350 people for a week. That suggests they were gathering in large groups, says @AnnemiekeMilks: "maybe it’s a large, seasonal gathering, or they’re storing food—or both.” https://t.co/LQhysg89VO

[Siri Carpenter @SiriCarpenter]

I'm thrilled that a 2nd edition of @Open_Notebook's book THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING will be published by @UChicagoPress! This expanded edition will include chapters by @edyong209 @carlzimmer @laurahelmuth @rpocisv @alexwitze @sarahzhang, @wudanyan & MANY others! (1/n)