Ryan J. Haupt

Ryan J. Haupt

May 04, 2016

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We won the challenge!

Being a part of the Paleontology Challenge Grant put this project in the running for an extra $1,000 if we got the most backers before the challenge window ended. As of yesterday evening, with 106 beautiful backers, we won! Thank you so much to everyone who backed us to get to this point! With one week left we have the opportunity to hit that stretch goal and do even more science, so please continue spreading the word about the campaign. And also, please check out some of the other projects in the Paleontology Challenge Grant program and consider supporting a few others if they catch your eye. Thanks again, beautiful nerds. Y'all the best! More updates soon...

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About This Project

It’s well established: tree sloths are weird. So we can assume that extinct ground sloths were weird too. Studying sloths is tough because it’s hard/impossible to observe their behaviors, yet knowing their (paleo)ecology is important for conservation and interpreting paleoecosystems. Our project will use stable isotopes as a proxy for diet/habitat thus eschewing direct observation. This serves two goals: a better grasp of sloth ecology and a metric for applying these techniques to fossil sloths.

Blast off!

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