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Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Wouldn't want too much time to go by without reminding the public at large that my book Contesting Earth's History in Transatlantic Literary Culture, 1860-1935 would probably look very nice in your local library, so you could ask them to buy it and test this hypothesis.

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thanks Greg! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

On Thursday 3 September, at King's College London, we'll have a panel discussion entitled "Deep Time Cultures, Current Crises," thinking about how art & culture around deep time can (and can’t) help us engage with the current world Full info: shorturl.at/ufxe2 & sign-up link: shorturl.at/CklAN

A poster for the event "Deep Time Cultures, Current Crises," a panel discussion at King's College London, Thursday 3 September 2026, 18:00-20:00 (these words are used as the heading). On the left is an image by artist Mark Witton of Tiktaalik, a fish-like amphibious creature, in a swampy environment looking at a sunset. On the right are images of the five discussants: Jay Balamurugan, Emy Moss, Elsa Panciroli, Jamie Perera and Mark Witton

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travis-park.bsky.social @travis-park.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

If you want an up-to-date summary of whale and dolphin evolution, have a read of my new review paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com! I’ve tried to cover as much research as possible in this, so apologies if I’ve missed you! doi.org/10.1038/s443...

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The evolution and diversification of Cetacea - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Cetaceans are a highly diverse and enigmatic group of animals with a well-documented evolutionary history. This Review describes the macroevolutionary and palaeobiological history of Cetacea, from the...

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

23 month research associate job now available with our team to work on Middle Jurassic mammals from Scotland. Requires strong experience with segmentation of CT data but does not require a PhD. Deadline for applications is 26th July. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Research Associate (Leverhulme) - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 105138 - Grade 6

This is a Research Associate position to assist in palaeobiological research conducted as part of the project “New Insights Into Early Mammal Evolution From Exceptional Scottish Fossils” funded by the...

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Today I am rife with typos. Nearly told one colleague I had been running around like a headless shixken, and told another to cross their fongers... 😅 (Thankfully I have a 10 second delay on outgoing emails, so I could undo and fix)

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Emily Thomas 🦤🏳️‍🌈 @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Another underrated ecosystem engineer: arborescent lycopods! Plants do a lot to shape their ecosystems, but these things in particular hoovered up so much water from the swamp - and then had it transpire out through the leaves AND the trunk - they sustained the high humidity of the peat swamps

Arborescent lycopods in a Carboniferous peat swamp

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

When your data look like constellations 📝=✨

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Introducing #MonographMondays! 🎉 We’re taking a stroll through the archives, one issue at a time. Every Monday, we'll share a figure from one of our monographs, working our way through nearly two centuries of scholarship, discovery and illustration. First stop: Volume 1: Issue 1 (1848).

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

TFW you go to post a pic and your photos are filled with random shit you don't recognise and strange babies and then you remember whatsapp saves everything you get sent by your pals and you aren't just having a mental breakdown 😅

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Very excited to be at the @royalsoced.bsky.social for a day of Hutton! Founder of modern geology, and fascinating figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. Lot's of great speakers lined up. #geology #scottishgeology

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Attended the opening of the Deep Time Trail yesterday. A guided walk (with audio narration by me!) leads you to Siccar Point, where James Hutton first gazed into the abyss of geological time. Just under an hour from Edinburgh, it's well worth a visit for the scenery and existential feels.

A quotation is carved into the stone of a wall overlooking cliffs and the sea.

A rocky promontory sticks out into the sea. The rocks lie in angled layers. On the hilltop stands a crowd of people.

An interpretation panel explains the rock layers at Siccar Point.

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My pal @frankrennie.bsky.social on the shelf in Poolewe - this book always makes me smile, tha e èibhinn agus quirky 😄

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Just got back from an amazing week of #fieldwork on #Skye! Such a wonderful team 💚 We found fossils and saw dolphins, otters and eagles... What a week!

A pale skinned woman in a hat and jacket on a seashore with mountains behind, on a sunny day.

Three people stand beneath a cliff on the seashore. There are waves crashing on the pebble beach and mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.

A big rock saw sits in the foreground on rocks beside the sea. There are mountains in the distance.

A village sits on a steep grassy slope with the dark sea beyond. A rainbow sits above distant islands

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Today on Skye we saw a bottlenose dolphin just off the shoreline! First time we’ve ever seen one here. We’ve also had some spectacular otter sightings this week. No photo of the dolphin so here’s @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social cutting out a fossil.

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Oh what fresh horror... Actually a very common fossil, but preserved in a way that looks like the mouth inside the mouth of an alien. It's actually a crinoid stem, an ancient sea lilly. I'd totally put this on my mantlepiece tho (or maybe make greetings cards...) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland

The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We are especially keen to find a new editor for our amazing monographs - more info on this role coming soon, in the meantime you can always contact secretary@palaeosoc.org to find out more!

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

A really great small grant, well worth applying!

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

'Among the heathy hills and ragged woods The roaring Foyers pours his mossy floods; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, through a shapeless breach, his stream resounds' Happy Burns Night 🥃

An old illustration of a waterfall with a couple in front of it, the man is wearing a top hat.

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Great to see last year's winner of our Marsh Palaeoart Award, @matt-humpage.bsky.social, who illustrated Prototaxites in this amazing new paper. Astonishing science, stunning visuals!

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I've never cited a paper from the International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) before. Today's the day.

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Thanks for the shout out! And you picked up #BeastsBeforeUs for a real bargain!

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Martin Stervander 🏳️‍🌈🇸🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏛️🦉🦤🪶 @stervander.com · 27/11/2025

#Thanksgiving 🦃 with our amazing volunteers in the bird collections of National Museums Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿! 😉 Do you live nearby and would like to join? We're capturing data from all our #birds. Well, now's your chance! Don't wait... careers.nms.ac.uk/job/800113 #museum #ornithology 🪶

Shawn, Allan, Rosie, and a Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Passed a woman holding a can of squirty cream just spraying it into her mouth as she walks along and I think I might be doing life all wrong...

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Inverness Field Club is celebrating 150 years!! 🥳 It has a fascinating history, and a long history if female members (I'm currently researching them...). They provided funding twice for our team's work on Skye 🙏🏼 Societies like this do amazing work, plz support them!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Highland science club celebrates 150th anniversary

Inverness Field Club promotes interest in history and science in the Highlands.

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Jamie Thompson @jamiet-42.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

A new #PhD opportunity supervised by @drmambobob.bsky.social and me at the @uniofreading.bsky.social on dragonfly and damselfly evolution! It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Heard the phrase 'epistemic disobedience' for the first time and I'll be honest it sounds good.

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

This scale image of Westlothiana makes me laugh - looks like the tetrapod is about to get splatted 😄

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Thanks so much to everyone who braved the wind and rain to listen to us talk about writing! It was an honour to be invited to the panel. And shout out to the wonderful Heath Bookshop for supplying our books to sign ❤️

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A sad farewell to Dugald Ross, founder of Staffin Dinosaur Museum. Dugie was at the forefront of #palaeontology in #Skye, bringing narural science and cultural heritage together like never before in #Scotland. Friend and mentor to many, he will be sorely missed. share.google/NKSDfsXw3SFL...

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Luaidh ga dhèanamh air Dùghall Ros

Tha luaidh ga dhèanamh air Dùghall Ros à Ealaiseadar san Eilean Sgitheanach a chaochail Dimàirt aig aois 68.

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Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Not had enough #ScotGeolFest25? Not to worry - there's still a chance to learn about the geology of Rouken Glen! This postponed event will now take place this Saturday 25th October Lean more here: www.scottishgeologytrust.org/event/rouken...

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Time to nominate yourself or an artist you worked with for this excellent award!

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

If you have an interest in geology please consider contributing to this crowdfunder by @scottishgeology.bsky.social to improve access and interpretation at Hutton’s classic site, Siccar Point. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point

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Building the James Hutton Deep Time Trail

We are raising vital funds for a new Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point to celebrate the life and legacy of James Hutton for his Tercentenary.

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Like what you see? One of these could be yours... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/dyR5704... #scottishgeology #geologyart #historyofscience

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Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Are you passionate about Scotland's scientific heritage? Help us tell the story of one of Scotland’s greatest minds; James Hutton, the founder of modern geology, through his most famous geological outcrop Siccar Point. Donate today! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point

An image of Siccar Point, showing the famous unconformity where vertical rock units are overlain by sub-horizontal rock units. Text over the image reads "Share the history and science of Siccar Point. Help us build the Deep Time Trail. "A great initiative! I look forward to visiting Siccar Point again". "Such an opportunity to bring more focus to a foundational exposure for our science" Donate now!"

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Please share!! 🙏🏼 Want to see where the science of geology began? Then help us build the Deep Time Trail!

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Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

We have some great rewards if you donate to help make the Deep Time Trail a reality! First up, we have reproductions of the “Lost Drawings”. These illustrations were prepared by John Clerk of Eldin and were supposed to illustrate the later volumes of Hutton’s Theory of Earth

Prints of the Lost Drawings scattered on a table and held down with beach pebbles. Most of the prints are black ink engraving prints on cream paper.

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Please help meet the target and build the Deep Time Trail!

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Also, an extremely high tide meant I literally had to drive through the sea on the coastal bit of the road back to the hostel 😳

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Such a pleasure meeting the community of Elgol last night. I was invited to talk about the palaeontology fieldwork taking place here, and the story of the Elgol Dinosaur. People brought beach finds to share and identify, and we discussed ways to put local discoveries on display.

A woman in black stands in front of an audience of seated listeners in a hall

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

In the field again this week in what's become a second home. The sea is sculpted in sandstone. The Cuillin wearing their customary cloud bonnet. Fossils gu leor 💙

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Attendees of #SVP2025 #2025SVP: registration now open for two special events: Friday night authors’ event & book signing with @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social @endofthepier.bsky.social & @tjdhalliday.bsky.social chaired by Tom Holland! Spaces limited - check your email for how to register! (2/2)

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Just came across this cool diagram section of the Storr landslip on #Skye (Anderson & Dunham 1966). As if each cliff section is falling backwards as the dolorite tablecloth is pulled out from under their Jurassic feet.

A photograph in a book showing the famous rock formation called the Quirang in Skye, Scotland. A series of jagged rocks slope away from a sheer black cliff.

A geological diagramm of the rocks in the Quirang in Skye. They form a group of upright sections of cliff that have broken off and are tilted away towards the sea

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