Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxBob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... 0146203
Dr. Mary T. Silcox @marytsilcox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The University of Toronto Mississauga invites applications for a tenure stream Assistant Professor position in Paleoanthroplogy. Deadline to apply is October 15, 2026. Full details: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...jobs.utoronto.caAssistant Professor - PalaeoanthropologyAssistant Professor - Palaeoanthropology 048
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxInstitute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 04/04/2026🚨Paper Alert!🚨 @keeganselig.bsky.social, @sergilopeztorres.bsky.social, @chrislaw.bsky.social, AM Burrows & @marytsilcox.bsky.social explore 'The evolution & development of molar size among exudate-feeding #lorises & #bushbabies' American Journal of Biological Anthropology 🦷🐵 doi.org/10.1002/ajpa...doi.orgThe Evolution and Development of Molar Size Among Exudate‐Feeding Lorises and BushbabiesObjectives A challenge for linking evolution and development is to find proxies for developmental processes that can be studied from the types of material preserved in the fossil record (i.e., teeth... 084
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxSergi López-Torres @sergilopeztorres.bsky.social · 25/09/2025New paper out in JVP, in which we describe two new species of the basal paromomyid primate Paromomys from the Paleocene of Alberta 🇨🇦 By Craig Scott, myself, @marytsilcox.bsky.social & Lisa Bohach. doi.org/10.1080/0272... 074
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxTrends in Ecology & Evolution @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion about diversity in science. However, disability/chronic conditions has been absent. In response, Trends in Ecology & Evolution is publishing a series of interviews with ecologists and evolutionary biologists who are disabled or have a chronic condition. 39042
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxJulia McHugh @drjmchugh.bsky.social · 09/04/2025The Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine invites applications for an Instructor position, with primary teaching responsibilities in human gross anatomy to healthcare professional students. One year renewable appointment. www.higheredjobs.com/search/detai...higheredjobs.comHuman Gross Anatomy Instructor, Research Instructor, Anatomy - HigherEdJobsJobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers. 042
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxDarren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 08/04/2025“De-extinction” is to biodiversity loss what “Mars colonization” is to climate change—wishful thinking that is at its core impossible but nevertheless sucks up attention and resources from actual solutions to these crises (which, ultimately, might be the whole point) 15747238
Dr. Mary T. Silcox @marytsilcox.bsky.social · 11/03/2025New paper co-led by Maddy Lang and myself, providing the most comprehensive analysis of the evolution of olfactory bulb size in living and fossil euarchontoglirans. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comBut how does it smell? An investigation of olfactory bulb size among living and fossil primates and other euarchontogliransAnalysis of cranial endocast data of 181 extant and 41 fossil species from Euarchontoglires shows that there was a reduction in olfactory bulb size in Crown Primates, but that there were also subsequ... 13312
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxBloch Lab @blochlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Our new study published today on a remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes from the early Paleocene of New Mexico! @purgatoriidae.bsky.social @abqtom.bsky.social @crowelljw.bsky.social @marytsilcox.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comNew remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - New remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction 0205
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxNoelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Might save a life. 2222986714756
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Awesome work! If you’re supporting us from Canada, sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-5353 - Petitions 371830192
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxDave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 27/02/2025There's an open comment period until March 17 where you can leave comments about Passport Gender Policy Changes. This site has both links to proposals (you'll have to submit a comment on each), sample comments to get you started, and you can submit anonymously. indivisiblesf.org/call-scripts...indivisiblesf.orgPublic Comment: Speak Out Against Passport Gender Policy Changes | Indivisible SFPublic Comment: Speak Out Against Passport Gender Policy Changes 12017
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxJim Lehane @jazinator.bsky.social · 28/02/2025A public lands protest will take place this Saturday, March 1st, at the Dinosaur National Monument entrance (Utah side), in support of federal employee community members who have recently lost their jobs. #PleaseShare #Paleontology #Dinosaurs #NationalParks 26025
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxLawless @thebigredape.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children against deadly childhood diseases. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone 212930
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxProf Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 23/02/2025As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄 23556172099
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxKatie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity. 2424541286
Dr. Mary T. Silcox @marytsilcox.bsky.social · 15/02/2025A powerful window on one aspect of the current debacle 010
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxBridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Full-time or part-time Research Technician in Micropalaeontology available in my lab @bridgetwade.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social as part of the NERC TONIC Large Grant. Closing date: 23rd February 2025. More details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #technician #micropalaeontology #plankton #NERC 077
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.washingtonpost.comWhite House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusionThe Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments. 15754324114329
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxHolly Anderson @palaeophd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025🚨New paper alert! 🚨' #sensory #reconstruction of the #fossil #lorisid Mioeuoticus: #Systematic and #evolutionary implications ' 🙈🙉🙊 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15... Many thanks to my coauthors Adam Lis, @ingthingg.bsky.social, @marytsilcox.bsky.social & @sergilopeztorres.bsky.social sky.social 😊mdpi.comSensory Reconstruction of the Fossil Lorisid Mioeuoticus: Systematic and Evolutionary ImplicationsThe fossil record of lorises and pottos (family Lorisidae) potentially dates back to the late Oligocene of Namibia, but a later moderate diversification of this family occurred during the Miocene of A... 097
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxRichard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 17/01/2025📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r... 210866
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxMatt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Sobering read about ongoing financial challenges for PRI. I'm hard pressed to think of a US museum that stretches limited resources further for science and outreach. 0279
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxProf. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Final call !! Apply for this funded PhD at University College London @UCLarchaeology.bsky.social on Establishing limits of Neanderthal presence in Britain. Deadline 20th Jan 5pm Uk time www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/est... 05840
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxIndige Tea 🦬🧡 : ✊🏾 @colouredwilde.bsky.social · 11/01/2025I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital. You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library. You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library. You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library. You want sourced info? Library. 5967573076
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxKrista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Heard a report that some ravens were perched above a downtown building purposefully and gleefully pushing snow onto the heads of people passing by. Happy New Year to the ravens, to the tricksters and shapeshifters, which is to say, to all of us finding glimmers of joy in the darkness 012920
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Me during literally every single second of A Muppet Christmas Carol 1683654
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxProfessor Anjali Goswami FRS @evoswami.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Are you a dog lover looking for a PhD? You're in luck, becuase we are advertising a BBSRC-funded project that combines evolution, morphology, and biomechanics, and actually helps #dogs live better lives! Check it out here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comBBSRC NWD CASE: Selective breeding, morphological and functional disparity in domestic dogs: implications for welfare and veterinary healthcare technologies at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - BBSRC NWD CASE: Selective breeding, morphological and functional disparity in domestic dogs: implications for welfare and veterinary healthcare technologies at University of Liverpool, l... 02029
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgHere's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harmSee year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases 226100283722
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxLaura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · 11/12/2024We are hiring a postdoc in my lab @colorado.edu to work on this NSF CAREER proposal (tinyurl.com/cak8dkza) to quantify how and when global change (drought, warming) alters the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning. Job here: colorado.avature.net/searchhub/Jo... 1/2tinyurl.com NSF Award Search: Award # 2340606 - CAREER: Quantifying how and when global change alters the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning Lock 17660
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxLaurits Skov @lauritsskov.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :) Link for application: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... 9416284
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxRobin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 11/12/2024Anthropology Job Alert! App State is hiring a sociocultural anthropologist w/a focus in critical med anth appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/488...appstate.peopleadmin.comAssistant Professor, Sociocultural AnthropologyThe successful candidate will be a dynamic teacher-scholar committed to training undergraduate students. The instructional load is three undergraduate courses per semester, ranging from upper level se... 12119
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxEthan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 06/12/2024To partly answer my own question this looks like a pretty extensive and well curated list of postbac opportunities in ecology: www.pathwaystoscience.org/Discipline.a...pathwaystoscience.org Ecology & Evolution: Directory of Internships, Research Opportunities, Scholarships & Fellowships Ecology & Evolution Opportunities: browse internships, summer research, scholarships, graduate programs, fellowships, and postdoc positions. 01210
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxDavid Levering @biogeoverse.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I’m currently recruiting earth/life sciences undergrads, grad students, postdocs, & professional educators for 2025 instructor & TA jobs in Sternberg Museum Science Camps! Info & application form here 👉 forms.gle/5EGnpKMhHRj9... Please share! ~40+ slots this summer! #paleontology #geology #biology 22825
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxDr Ruby (she/her) @paperwhispers.bsky.social · 02/12/2024**Black UK PhD students** This is the programme you want! It is all the bells and whistles, full fees and stipend, any subject, industrial experience offered, 50 other Black scholars already on board and administrated in an environment of care. **Tell everyone** 0135148
Dr. Mary T. Silcox @marytsilcox.bsky.social · 02/12/2024A question for my Paleo people...I am adding a class on ethics in Paleontology to my 4th year undergrad seminar on Primate Evolution. I'd appreciate some suggestions for readings that students at that level are likely to find digestible and relevant. Thanks! 3124
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxDr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#Education resource! Over the years I created this collection of colored skull #3Dmodels for teaching. They're available to download on MorphoSource & to view on Sketchfab. Because of recent changes to Sketchfab, I migrated them to my website: www.graysvertebrateanatomy.com/work/colorso... (1/3) 519690
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxImran Rahman @imranrahman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Job alert! Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV017/d...jobs.ac.ukDirector of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History at University of OxfordRecruiting now: Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board 24058
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxDr. Jasmina Wiemann @jwiemann.bsky.social · 26/11/2024New job ad for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in EPSS at UCLA in Los Angeles - perfect for a fellow Molecular Geo-, Astro-, and/or Paleobiologist!!! 😊 @biomineralogy.bsky.social, Mariana Valéria de Araújo Sena, Pjotr Meyvisch, @miquai.bsky.social, ... Link: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09827recruit.apo.ucla.eduAssistant Professor (Tenure-Track) Faculty Position in Geobiology at UCLAUniversity of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now! 0113
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxSteve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 25/11/2024🚨PhD Opportunity: Come to Edinburgh and study ichthyosaurs with us! Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens! Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me. Details👇 e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super... 318378
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxKate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024If I may also suggest, our article in American Scientist earlier this year (if you can't get past the paywall DM me) by me, @anthrofuentes.bsky.social, @cvansickle.bsky.social, & Catherine Clune-Taylor, intended for a broader audience.americanscientist.orgBiology Is Not BinaryHow scientists define sex has evolved over the centuries, and the concept is still incredibly difficult to pin down. 86729
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. Silcoxerinly.bsky.social @erinly.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Finished! It wasn’t hard to do, just hard to find time. Close up of the fine details. (Hehe) #embroidery #ThisIsFine 16049891395
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxRiley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 21/11/2024While doing fieldwork earlier this fall, a windstorm almost took my tent with me in it. The moment focused why I'm here, why I'm staying here, how hard I've had to fight for a future I'm not letting go of. My contribution to @assigned.bsky.social's Stay With Us package. 🏳️⚧️assignedmedia.orgSurvive, However You Can — AssignedRecounting a harrowing night, Riley Black illustrates what survival means to her. 39929
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxJulia McHugh @drjmchugh.bsky.social · 21/11/2024The Department of Geosciences at Fort Hays State University is seeking applicants for a 12-month, tenure-track faculty position in #paleontology to start by August 2025. #PaleoJobs fhsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CAREER...fhsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor (Paleontology), Department of GeosciencesDepartment Geosciences Job Posting Title Assistant Professor (Paleontology), Department of Geosciences Job Description The Department of Geosciences at Fort Hays State University is seeking applicants... 1123
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxJeff Wilson Mantilla @diapophysis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Yesterday one of my students taught me a couple of ways to sign “fossil” in ASL. The one on the right is evocative bc it’s the bone sign but buried. The one on the left is used more for plant fossils, apparently, and is meant to show an object on a slab. I love these! 015649
Reposted by Dr. Mary T. SilcoxGriffin Lab @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024We're hiring a postdoc in evolutionary developmental biology! We're broadly interested in the evolution of vertebrate form, and the postdoc can develop their research in an independent direction. Term is officially one year, but we have 3-4 years of funding. Please share widely tinyurl.com/3xasxuz9tinyurl.com 02522