I’ve just flown some 7,000 miles for a 2-week stint in the USA. I’m first spending a week in Madison, WI as part of the faculty exchange between Nazarbayev University and the Unversity of Wisconsin Madison. Next week I will be in St. Louis for the AAPA conference, catching up with colleagues and presenting an analysis of brain growth in chimpanzees. Highlight of the trip so far: potable tap water (I can’t stress enough the importance of staying hydrated).

Image from Wolfram Alpha. Actual route is through Frankfurt, Germany.

Tomorrow I will be giving a talk here at UWM about wrangling important information out of a secretive fossil record. If you’re in the area, please come check it out! Here’s a flier with more info: