Kaedan O'Brien, Ph.D.
@deadbovids
SUNY Oneonta Assistant Professor on Kanien'keháka and Onʌyoteˀa·ká land African paleoecology, human evolution, land stewardship, foraging. Views my own 🏳️🌈
Sautéed Milkweed pods Everyone seems convinced that Milkweed is poisonous. Luckily, most parts of the plant are edible after boiling!
Hartebeest horn core from the African Humid Period for #FossilFriday
New article out today! One species, many signals: Interpreting dental microwear textures and mesowear in mixed-feeding springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) across biomes in modern and Pleistocene systems Springbok have even more variable diets than we assumed! authors.elsevier.com/c/1nRz0_j8p2...
My two @suny.oneonta.edu students are having a successful summer in Kenya at the Koobi Fora Field School!
Hartebeest molar from 750,000 yrs ago in Kenya for #FossilFriday
Eastern White Pine--the symbolically most important tree of both Oneonta as part of Haudenosauneega in addition to my favorite tree from my childhood in Wisconsin. So happy to finally get this one
This is abundance. This is wealth. Beech Rooter, Platterful, Coral Fungus, Painted Suillus, Mugwort, and Milkeed finished with Sumac powder.
Fossil and modern Vervet femora from Kenya for #FossilFriday
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander in a Northern Red Oak forest
Lowbush Blueberry growing among the Bear Oaks and Pitch Pines of the Hudson Valley