Zeno the tortoise and his ultimate #shellfie.
Lydia Pyne is a writer and historian, interested in the history of science and material culture. She has degrees in history and anthropology and a PhD in biology (history and philosophy of science) from Arizona State University. Her field and archival work has ranged from South Africa, Ethiopia, and Uzbekistan, as well as the American Southwest.
Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Nautilus, Slate, History Today, Hyperallergic, and TIME, as well as Archaeology; she is currently a visiting researcher at the Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Lydia lives in Austin, where she is an avid rock climber and mountain biker.