Alexandra Morton-Hayward
@MortonHayward
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👩🔬 Forensic anthropologist & @NERCscience PhD @UniofOxford 🦴🧠 How do molecules, metals & minerals interact after death? Former undertaker #ghostsarereal 👻
Oxford, UK
Joined February 2020
🚨 The 1st paper of my #PhD @OxUniEarthSci is out! We find >4,400 human brains preserved spontaneously worldwide, dating back to the last Ice Age 🤯🧠🌍 And it's World Happiness Day! What's not to celebrate?! 🥳 #Archaeology #Anthro
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🤩Thrilled to be in the @guardian today! The article covers my #research using ancient brains and #proteins to better understand decomposition for #forensics and #archaeology - and living with #cluster headache as a working scientist 💪
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RT @OxfordSparks: How do you fossilise a brain? Find out from forensic anthropologist @MortonHayward! Discover the science behind this f…
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RT @ObserveIR: Trending in #Ecology: 1) Human brains preserve in diverse environments for at least 12000 years 2)…
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RT @jasmina_wiemann: For #FossilFriday, it's my pleasure to talk to C&EN for the American Chemical Society about how fascinating the fossil…
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RT @NewsfromScience: A new study catalogs more than 4400 known cases where brains were preserved long after death. @MortonHayward says the…
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RT @NewsfromScience: A new study catalogs more than 4400 known cases where brains were preserved long after death. @MortonHayward says the…
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RT @jasmina_wiemann: Check out this exciting new paper by @MortonHayward on the preservation of brain tissues in shallow time! Link and det…
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RT @spoke32: Brains usually decompose shortly after death—but not always. A new study catalogs thousands of preserved brains and suggests t…
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RT @mplsoxford: Soft tissue preservation in the geological record is rare. But @MortonHayward (@OxUniEarthSci) has discovered that ancient…
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RT @NewsfromScience: A new study catalogs more than 4400 known cases where brains were preserved long after death. @MortonHayward says the…
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RT @RSocPublishing: Human #brains preserve in diverse environments for at least 12 000 years #ProcB #OpenAccess #Pa…
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RT @mjflepage: Shipwrecks, human sacrifices, ancient murders and divine miracles - this story has it all Featuring @MortonHayward https:/…
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RT @school_of_arch: Fascinating research by @MortonHayward raises so many questions: obviously the first 1 to occur to my brain: why didn'…
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RT @OxUniEarthSci: New research from the department, led by @MortonHayward, challenges misconceptions of ancient brain preservation! https…
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