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HALL OF RECORDS

The most common methodology employed by members of the lab is the analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions by EA-IRMS. Below are the records for the lowest and highest delta values recorded by year. 

2017

Highest δ15N

Lowest δ15N

Highest δ13C

Lowest δ13C

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2017

46 - Polar bear

δ15N = +25.25 ‰

Corrie Hyland

8 - Lemming

δ15N = +0.32 ‰

Corrie Hyland

12069 - Swordfish

δ13C = −9.60 ‰

Paul Szpak

459 - Llama/alpaca

δ13C = −22.23 ‰

Paul Szpak

2017

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2018

788 - Polar bear

δ15N = +25.01 ‰

Paul Szpak

546 - Algarrobo

δ15N = +1.76 ‰

Paul Szpak

559 - Maize

δ13C = −9.31 ‰

Paul Szpak

560 - Guava

δ13C = −27.44 ‰

Paul Szpak

2017

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2019

5141 - Polar bear

δ15N = +23.20 ‰

Corrie Hyland

2486 - White-lipped snail

δ15N = −1.73 ‰

Jennifer Routledge

7334 - Sheepshead

δ13C = −5.67 ‰

Eric Guiry

5420 - Yellow perch

δ13C = −29.45 ‰

Eric Guiry

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2020

10485 - Polar bear

δ15N = +22.18 ‰

Michael Scott

5688 - Caribou

δ15N = +2.54 ‰

Matt Teeter

9372 - Cattle

δ13C = −6.20 ‰

Eric Guiry

9057 - Yellow perch

δ13C = −28.56 ‰

Eric Guiry

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2020

2021

14258 - Polar bear

δ15N = +26.52 ‰

Tess Wilson

15153 - Bean

δ15N = −0.67 ‰

Adrian Gonzalez

15087 - Acacia spine

δ13C = −2.00 ‰

Adrian Gonzalez

14713 - EDTA

δ13C = −38.26 ‰

T. Wilson

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2021

2022

14539 - Polar bear

δ15N = +24.61 ‰

Olivia Hall

173871.1 - Cow

δ15N = +0.10 ‰

2021-22 Grad Class

18887 - Chilean flamingo

δ13C = −6.91 ‰

Anahi Maturana

16882 - Bell pepper

δ13C = −38.84 ‰

Julia McCuaig

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2022

2021

2023

19531 - Chañar

δ15N = +36.29 ‰

Anahi Maturana

18912 - Baccharis juncea 

δ15N = −4.14 ‰

Anahi Maturana

23000 - Ostrich eggshell

δ13C = −8.44 ‰

Jen Routledge

19561 - Coca

δ13C = −28.44 ‰

Anahi Maturana

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

Voted on by lab members as the coolest sample analyzed in a calendar year.

2017

2018

2019

2020

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527 - Vizcacha fleece

A fleece sample made from the hair of the vizcacha. This sample comes from a site in the Pampa del Tamarugal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile that was occupied by hunter-gatherers ~11,500 years ago.

You can read more about this sample in this paper.

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604 - Narluga

A sample of bone from the world's only confirmed beluga-narwhal hybrid (the 'narluga') from Disko Bay (West Greenland). This specimen is housed at the  Zoological Museum in Copenhagen.

You can read more about this sample in this paper.

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5295 - Double-tusked narwhal

A sample of bone from a rare narwhal with two very large tusks. This specimen is housed at the  Zoological Museum in Copenhagen.

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9811 - Iron Age Dog

A naturally mummified dog from the Lower Ob River region in Siberia produced bone, hair, and nails for isotopic analysis. The dog fed on freshwater fish supplied by people throughout the year. You can read more about this sample in this paper.

2021

2022

2023

2024

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14525 - Blue wildebeest tooth

A 42,000 year old tooth from a blue wildebeest. Stay tuned to find out why it was so cool!

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17885 - Thule dog bacculum

This Thule dog bacculum (penis bone) had an extremely high δ15N value. 

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21474 - African giant buffalo

A 115,000 year old sample from Klasies River Mouth that yielded well-preserved collagen. 

BEST NEW TAXON

Voted on by lab members as the coolest new species or taxon analyzed in a calendar year.

2021

2022

2023

2024

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15743 - Chilean flamingo

Analyzed by BSc thesis student Olivia Hall.

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16284 - Peruvian booby

Analyzed by BSc thesis student Julia McCuaig.

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21482 - African Cape Buffalo 

Analyzed by MSc thesis student Olivia Hall.

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