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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New paper published with Jesse Hennekam. Everything you ever wanted to know about giant fossil dormice but were too afraid to ask: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks to @tweetisaurus.bsky.social for inviting us to contribute this review
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Systematics of the insular giant fossil dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) of the Mediterranean
The dormice (Gliridae) are a family of rodents currently represented by 29 extant species, but with a greater fossil diversity stretching back to the early Eocene. The extant forms are generally sm...
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our symposium "Giants and dwarfs: the impact of extreme body size change" has been accepted for inclusion at #ICVM2027. If you're planning to attend and think your research might fit our symposium, please get in touch!
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Just two weeks left to apply for this exciting position in the @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social
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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hollywood royalty in the museum this morning!
Jeff Goldblum surrounded by Grant Museum specimens looking at a mosquito in resinJeff Goldblum sitting at a desk full of specimens in the Grant MuseumGroup shot in the MicrariumGroup hug in the Micrarium - Grant Museum staff and honorary curator Jeff Goldblum
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
JOB ALERT! We are recruiting at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social - a lecturer (Grade 8) or associate professor (Grade 9) in primate or human evolutionary anatomy (research and teaching). Contact Susan Evans or myself for further details. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRZ412/l...
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Lecturer / Associate Professor in Primate or Human Evolutionary Anatomy at UCL
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer / Associate Professor in Primate or Human Evolutionary Anatomy opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Research technician job available @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social
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Ryan N. Felice @rnf.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hey look: A job! @echinerd.bsky.social and I are looking for a research technician to work on sea urchin development. If you are good at segmenting CT scans and want a chance to work on some super cool organisms, this job here at UCL is for you! apply now: bit.ly/4o2qccY
CT scan of a juvenile sea urchin
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
How to make a giant - an article about our newly-funded project in the @leverhulme.ac.uk media collection: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/pcox
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How to make a giant: the evolution of increased body size on islands
Using a cross-disciplinary suite of methods to study a broad range of fossil giants alongside their living, non-giant relatives, Philip Cox and his team aim to determine if a rule governs how and why ...
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We wish to appoint an additional co-Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Anatomy. We're particularly interested in people with expertise in musculoskeletal anatomy. You can register your interest via the linked expression of interest form.
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Postdoc advert now live! Come and work with me at the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social on the Mediterranean Neogene insular giant fauna. You'll also get to work with a great team: @toriherridge.bsky.social @nannonstevens.bsky.social and Jesse Hennekam
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Very excited to announce that our Leverhulme grant on insular gigantism was successful! 3 year project with @toriherridge.bsky.social @nannonstevens.bsky.social and Jesse Hennekam. Postdoc advert coming soon, but feel free to contact me via email for more details.
The insular giant moonrat Deinogalerix koenigswaldi next to a modern hedgehog.
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My new(ish) colleague at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social , @neelimasharma.bsky.social, was on the ScienceStuff podcast talking about synovial joints and rather impressively cracking her knuckles: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Why Do Our Knuckles Crack?
Podcast Episode · ScienceStuff · March 11 · 38m
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Congratulations to @osteosophia.bsky.social - now Dr Anderson - on successfully passing her viva! @eloygl.bsky.social and I very much enjoyed supervising Sophia and we're looking forward to the papers being published!
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New paper out! The first from @osteosophia.bsky.social 's PhD - a new (hopefully more objective) way for categorising locomotor repertoires. With @eloygl.bsky.social @livevobiomech.bsky.social and Laura Fitton: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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A novel approach to quantifying mammal locomotor repertoires using scoring and cluster analysis
Abstract. Describing behaviour using qualitative categories is a staple of studies on tetrapod functional morphology, ecology and evolution. However, such
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
New paper out! From @livevobiomech.bsky.social with small contributions from me @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social , all ably led by Alice Maher - a very comprehensive look at scaling in the head and neck across tetrapods. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New perspectives on head and neck allometry and ecomorphology in tetrapods
The skull and neck are vital parts of the body, influencing feeding ecology, habitat exploitation and locomotion. Numerous studies have therefore sought to understand how the size of these segments v...
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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Take part in activities celebrating World Anatomy Day! Join us on 18 October and find out how our museum is used for cutting-edge approaches to study ecology, evolution and skeletal anatomy.
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Family Event: Amazing Anatomy
The Grant Museum has a takeover day in partnership with UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy. Pre-book for 11:00, drop-in 12:00 - 14:00
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
New paper out today with the amazing @apwoodbailey.bsky.social all about the unusual leporid intracranial joint.
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
This is a horrible smear campaign. @toriherridge.bsky.social is highly qualified to comment on the de-extinction debate and as someone who's published and co-supervised with her, I can confidently say you'd be hard pushed to find anyone with more academic integrity.
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Why does this dwarf goat look so goofy? If you want to be the person that finds out, why not apply for this funded PhD with me at UCL, @evoswami.bsky.social at the NHM and Jesse Hennekam at Maastricht: tinyurl.com/mphf2hd9
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
PhD studentship funded by the Anatomical Society at the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social. Studying the functional morphology of sheep, goats and their relatives including the fossil island dwarf Myotragus: www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Contact me for more details.
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
New paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org Open Science: peanut feeding may have altered the morphology of red squirrel skulls and jaws: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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