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a woman holds two rocks inquisitively. one is plain and the other has a fish fossil
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SFU’s Earth Science Department has their own bones and no-bones days

Humour November 28, 2021

By: Tamanna T., Staff Writer Professor Xiomara Singh from SFU’s earth science department has initiated her own version of Bones Day, inspired by Noodle the pug from TikTok. SFU has allocated $82,000 to this project, led by Singh and her class, EASC340.  The viral trend has taken the world by a storm, and it’s all because of a senior-citizen pug, whose owner Jonathan Graziano picks him up every morning to determine if the pug “has bones or no bones.” He is also the pug reminding us to quit working when it’s already midnight and a professor just added another Canvas…

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Deanna Smith measuring bones
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MA student discovers new way of estimating age of skeletal remains

News November 1, 2021

By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer CW: Mentions of violence in the third to last paragraph SFU archaeology MA student Deanna Smith discovered a new way to identify the age of skeletal remains at the time of death. Smith’s new approach…

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An interview with SFU’s Marina Elliott, the new Jane of the jungle

EIC July 4, 2016

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]arina Elliott has been named one of National Geographic’s Emerging Explorers of 2016. An SFU alumna who studied biological anthropology, Elliott has spent the past few years in South Africa, uncovering the history of humanity. Elliott’s journey began in Calgary,…

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