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Henry Gee 亨利·纪

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Author, @nature Editor. Reposts aren’t Endorsements. Views expressed here needn't reflect those of my employer. Pronouns he/him/his: adjectives dopey/sleepy/grumpy. Mostly a dog person. Personal website henrygeewriter.blogspot.com

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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Christmas coming up rapidly fast approaching. Just a thought. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
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The Wonder of Life on Earth by Henry Gee
Discover the story of life on our planet as you have never seen it before! The perfect gift for the curious of any age. From the first tiny bubbles of life in…
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Matt Olm @mattolm.bsky.social · 15h
My final postdoc project is out today in Nature! We show microbes co-migrated with humans out of Africa; three independent methods agree, and timing matches archaeological / genetic evidence (Fig. 4c). Seeing Fig. 4c for 1st time was one of my most memorable "eureka" moments! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Prehistoric global migration of vanishing gut microbes with humans - Nature
Microbial species disappearing from industrialized populations have evolved with humans over millennia and migrated worldwide with them—this may have consequences for human health.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 6h
A paper in Nature presents an updated phylogeny of bats based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils. The findings could resolve long-standing controversies in bat biology and provide new insights into the evolutionary history and trait diversification of bats. go.nature.com/4hJWfvI 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows completion of phase 1 of the Bat1K project, including 103 chromosome-level genome assemblies and annotations representing at least one species from each of the 21 currently recognized bat families.
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 11h
Out today in @nature.com: our review on how single cells evolve into multicellular organisms. With Ozan Bozdag, @kaitong25.bsky.social, Peter Yunker, and @matthewherron.bsky.social. rdcu.be/9ZuiKow9twKa For an overview, check out the video below.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 15h
Protists are practically falling over themselves to become multicellular. So why did so few lineages manage to achieve complex, obligate multicellularity as a way of life? A Review in @nature.com digs in www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Overcoming key challenges in the evolutionary transition to multicellularity - Nature
This Review synthesizes an evolutionary framework for understanding the key stages, challenges and microevolutionary processes through which single cells evolve into functionally integrated multi...
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 16h
A Jurassic platypus-like swimmer with evidence for suckling. Paper in @nature.com - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A Jurassic mammaliaform swimmer and transformation of the mammalian pharynx - Nature
A swimming and water-foraging mammaliaform, Megacauda sungei gen. et sp. nov., had a lifestyle analogous to the extant platypus, and was capable of mammal-like swallowing and suckling.
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Lewis A. Jones (he/him) @lewisajones.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Interested in Historical Ecology and Conservation Palaeobiology? 🪸🦀 Steve Pates and I are offering a PhD project on "Reducing uncertainty in the impact of climate on biodiversity" 🔗 unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/red... 🗓️ Deadline: 13th January 2027
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Reducing uncertainty in the impact of climate on biodiversity – Understanding Uncertainty to Reduce Climate Risks
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This morning, refreshed by a week away, I am breaking ground on a new chapter in 'The Only Way is Ethics'. Oh, I do so enjoy writing. @picadorbooks.bsky.social @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social
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Bruce Arthurs @brucearthursaz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This gave me a good laugh. (from @accordionguy.bsky.social 's "Saturday Picdump" of tech-related memes, cartoons, etc.)
A military execution by firing squad. The condemned person is tied to a wooden post in front of a wall. The condemned man is covered in black ink, with overspray on the wall behind him leaving a negative shadow on the wall. Ten or so feet in front of the prisoner, a large squid lays on the ground, a spray of squid ink stretching between it and the prison.

To one side, two soldiers stand. One, an officer, holds a piece of paper in his hands, looking at it closely.

Caption: "Damn autocorrect."
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 03/10/2026
Most mammals replace their teeth only once. A new, carnivorous, semiaquatic fossil mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China reveals multiple tooth generations, enhancing our understanding of mammal dental evolution, according to a paper in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4ALPDFx #Paleosky 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows holotype specimen of Dongoconodon platycauda IMMNH-PV01700.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Audible version of ‘A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth’ is just £0.99 for a limited time www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Short-H...
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What I read in August and September occamstypewriter.org/cromercrox/2...
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What I Read In August and September | The End Of The Pier Show
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Herb Brody @hbrody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Apply now for the Nature Spinoff Prize -- a €30,000 award for the best early-stage, science-based university spinoff company. Applications are due October 7. www.nature.com/immersive/sp...
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The Spinoff Prize
The €30,000 gateway to business growth for spinoff companies
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Asgard archaea movie in Mysterious Ways - and can tear up the strip at a searing rate of microns per minute. Paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard archaea - Nature
Anoxic live-cell imaging shows actin-dependent crawling motility and dynamic protrusions in Asgard archaea, providing insights into cellular innovations that may have contributed to eukaryotic evoluti...
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
LAS MARAVILLAS DE LA VIDA EN LA TIERRA is 'The Wonder of Life on Earth' published in Spanish by Editorial Contrapunto in Chile. Here's some background (in Spanish) editorialcontrapunto.com/blogs/news/l... @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social @twohootsbooks.bsky.social
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Las maravillas de la vida en la tierra
Las maravillas de la vida en la tierra desde una mirada científica La historia de la vida, desde los orígenes del planeta hasta nuestros días. Ese es el fascinante recorrido que propone Henry Gee, pal...
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
(1) this was once the great watchtower of Amon Súl. (2) your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!
Llandovery castle, Carmarthenshire
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Butlerian Jihad. Bring it on.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The unexpectedly primitive nature of Westlothiana: paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Evolution of terrestrial anatomy revealed by a derived stem tetrapod - Nature
New anatomical evidence reclassifies Westlothiana as an aquatic stem tetrapod, showing that terrestrial limb adaptations evolved mosaically in transitional amphibious environments before crown tetrapo...
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No visit to #Llandovery is complete without visiting Mandy at Books @ the Dragon’s Garden. I bought £££ of books including The Hobbit (in Welsh). @stevebrusatte.bsky.social ‘s bird book is here & ‘the Wonder of Life on Earth’ is in the window @twohootsbooks.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Christmas is coming: the 'Independent' ranks THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH by Henry Gee and Raxenne Maniquiz as one of the top 20 gifts for all ten-year-olds. Not just the top twenty books -- the top 20 of all gifts. You know what to do. www.independent.co.uk/extras/indyb...
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20 best gifts for 10-year-olds, tested and approved by kids and parents
We’ve tested gifts for every budget
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just look at the videos. Those beasts tear up the strip at microns per minute.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I feel like that rather often. That Darwin felt that way too is somehow heartening.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Do you want to be a science writer? Or just learn more about science writing? This is a fantastic *paid* opportunity to sharpen your skills. @theopennotebook.bsky.social @siricarpenter.bsky.social www.theopennotebook.com/early-career...
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Early-Career Fellowship Program - The Open Notebook
Every year, The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. This ten-month program offers fellows the opportunity to explore their career interests and passions and to sharpen their skills as part of a talented, supportive, diverse community of past and present fellows and mentors. This fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Llywellyn ap Gruffydd stands guard over the ruins of #Llandovery Castle. There was an oubliette but I’ve forgotten where it was.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No visit to #Llandovery is complete without visiting Mandy at Books @ the Dragon’s Garden. I bought £££ of books including The Hobbit (in Welsh). @stevebrusatte.bsky.social ‘s bird book is here & ‘the Wonder of Life on Earth’ is in the window @twohootsbooks.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Application review for the GRC in Microbial Population Biology will start October 15th! Please apply before then if you are keen on coming. www.grc.org/microbial-po...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨Postdoc job alert: Come work with my paleontology & evolution group in Edinburgh! Researcher in Cognitive Evolution Over Deep Time. You'll study how brains & neurons have evolved over time, and predict neuron count in extinct species! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTC355/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time at The University of Edinburgh
Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 30/09/2026
Butterflies’ contrasting wing patterns may create visual illusions during flight that make it more difficult for predators to judge their speed and direction, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4dgvQ7f 🌎🧪
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why don’t birds catch butterflies more often? It’s all down to illusions of motion. Paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Butterfly wing patterns in flight create powerful illusory motion cues - Nature
Butterfly wing patterns and flight dynamics work in tandem to create powerful visual illusions that confuse predators, potentially representing one of the most successful visual defence strategies in ...
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The unexpectedly primitive nature of Westlothiana: paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Evolution of terrestrial anatomy revealed by a derived stem tetrapod - Nature
New anatomical evidence reclassifies Westlothiana as an aquatic stem tetrapod, showing that terrestrial limb adaptations evolved mosaically in transitional amphibious environments before crown tetrapo...
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What I read in August and September occamstypewriter.org/cromercrox/2...
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What I Read In August and September | The End Of The Pier Show
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Paleo Nerds Podcast @paleonerdspod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎉 Episode #102 is out now! 🎉 Ray & Dave talk with paleontologist Melanie During, who read the growth rings in fossil fish 🐟 from the Tanis site and pinned the death of the dinosaurs 🦖☄️to a single spring one fateful day 66 million years ago. 🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/mela...
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Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Two Assistant Professor Positions in Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes - including microbes! faculty.utexas.edu/career/191568
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Faculty Careers - The University of Texas at Austin
Unleash your intellectual power by joining a world-renowned faculty that is solving the world's most urgent problems. At UT Austin, we provide you the freedom to blaze trails, follow your curiosity, e...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Measles: What is likely going to happen in Florida (and much of the US) as MMR vaccination has dropped below the threshold needed to prevent outbreaks? Hundreds of deaths in the next 5 years projected throughout the US. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Currently lost in Cinema Bookshop in Hay on Wye. Don’t send help.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Butlerian Jihad. Bring it on.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
(1) this was once the great watchtower of Amon Súl. (2) your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!
Llandovery castle, Carmarthenshire
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My publisher wants my next book ‘The Only Way Is Ethics’ to top out at 70k words. Just over halfway through first draft I’ve clocked up 61k. Clearly I’m having too much fun. I’ll have to take out some of the jokes @picadorbooks.bsky.social @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Driving from Cromer to Wales via Oxford. It’s taken 5 hours and still not quite at Oxford. Have conceived deep loathing for roundabouts.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ROAD TRIP !!!
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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 24/09/2026
Apply by September 28!
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Nature @nature.com · 24/09/2026
An early-career researcher has hit a roadblock. Here’s how they can persevere in their studies go.nature.com/4iK7xlG
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How do I rekindle my motivation for earning my PhD?
An early-career researcher has hit a roadblock. Here’s how they can persevere in their studies.
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Michael Hiller @hillermich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy to share results of the @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social phase 1, providing reference genomes covering 21 bat families. New insights into bat phylogeny, ancestral genome reconstruction, European origin & ancestral echolocation. Great work by a team of 100+ colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography - Nature
An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.
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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Earth and Planetary Evolution. ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z... Please apply online. The closing date for applications is 15 December 2026.
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Earth and Planetary Evolution
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (www.eaps.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position.
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kyle' Harper's book 'The Last Animal' is out on 20 Oct. If you liked my 'Decline and Fall of the Human Empire', you'll like this one, too. @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are looking for a research assistant! Come join the team: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ826/r...
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Research Support Officer | Cell Biology | Dr Buzz Baum | LMB 2904 at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Curator of Marine Invertebrates position at the NHMLA. Great opportunity for marine invertebrate zoologists, especially echinoderm researchers! (see post below)
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Marine Invertebrates Curator | The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County https://nhm.org/ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) seeks a full-time Assistant OR Associate Curator, commensurate with experience…
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