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Dr. Natalie Wright
@coereba
Ornithologist, evolutionary biologist, ecologist, lover of Bananaquits. Assistant Professor at Kenyon College. She/her Lab logo by @Blackmudpuppy
Jul 14, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Why we don't use "primitive," "basal," or "derived" to refer to extant species/lineages/clades, only to traits: a thread. All species alive today have been evolving for the same amount of time. No extant lineage is more evolved than any other. Thus no extant lineage can be more or less derived than any other.
Jul 14, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
When a biologist refers to a species alive today as "primitive," I die a little inside. Even more so when the biologist is writing about evolution. Every species alive today has been evolving for the same amount of time. No species alive today is more or less primitive than any other.
Jun 9, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
This confirms what we already knew: HEPA filters in classrooms & other indoor spaces can reduce risk of covid transmission. It's an outrage that institutions spent $$ on extra surface cleaning (which does almost nothing) instead of HEPA filters. When my kids returned to daycare in March 2021, I asked about covid measures. They were doing some important things, like masks for all adults, but also hygiene theater - disinfecting surfaces constantly. They weren't opening windows regularly & didn't have HEPA filters.
Dec 14, 2020 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
Want to know why our covid situation is so awful in the US & I have no hope of it improving anytime soon? A thread about my aunt’s recent experience. She’s a physical therapist in a large hospital system in Florida. She works in close contact with patients all day every day. They’re all masked, but of course sometimes people do stupid things like take their masks off to cough & sometimes masks slip down.
May 27, 2018 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Thread: Summer reading list, evolution edition.

In the past week, many people have asked me for book recommendations about evolution, mating systems, sexual selection, etc. What follows are the books about evolution I recommend to my students. First, for a general primer on evolution, I highly recommend @carlzimmer & @DougEmlen textbook. It's the most readable textbook I've ever encountered. My students told me it's the only textbook they've enjoyed reading.

Used 1st editions are very cheap. amazon.com/Evolution-Maki…