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Curator of Fossil Mammals 🦴 Mammal palaeoecology and palaeo-diet researcher 🦷 Associate Researcher at OUMNH and Honorary Visiting Fellow at University of Leicester. Hiker and rambler 🥾 (he/him)

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Oscar Wilson @therhinoscaros.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our current idea is that, while these groups did have higher crown heights than is often appreciated, suggesting they consumed some abrasive material, they likely fed at higher heights than other ungulates, so experienced less "dirty browsing" (Taubatherium by @literallymiguel.bsky.social)
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Oscar Wilson @therhinoscaros.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our new paper on the palaeoecology of the Tinguiririca fauna is out today in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments! doi.org/10.1007/s125... (Palaeoart by @literallymiguel.bsky.social)
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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Lovely ceremony @nhm-london.bsky.social Tring today, to mark the installation of a prestigious Blue Plaque by Historic England commemorating pioneering zooarchaeologist Dorothea Bate
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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Cuts to NERC isotope funding to disproportionately affect archaeological science. Rather than spread the load across all subject, archaeological science will no longer be supported. This is terrible for our research community and is short-sighted. www.isotopesuk.org/announcement...
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PCA @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Our Cambridge team have found a remarkably well-preserved aurochs lying in peat beside an ancient watercourse, with much of the skeleton still articulated. Aurochs became extinct in Britain around 1300 BC. This one is now back at Finds for further investigation. 🐂
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Oscar Wilson @therhinoscaros.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Very excited that our paper about ichnofossils in ungulates from La Venta is finally out today in @jvertpaleo.bsky.social. This has been several years of work from colleagues around the world, including @jwmorenob.bsky.social and many others, and with fantastic art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social
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The Geologists' Association @geolassoc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Bartoncetus wanklyni, new genus of a small dorudontine whale from the Bartonian of England; a lost skull and a forgotten postcranial skeleton by Henk Jan van Vliet et al. In Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, volume 137, issue 4: www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S001...
Map of the western and southwestern parts of the European continent in the Bartonian, showing the locations, where remains of small dorudontine archaeocetes have been found. The North Sea Basin was connected with the Tethys and the later Paratethys Oceans through amongst others a south-eastern passage east of the Bohemian Massif, but was probably separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a land bridge between Normandy, France and Southwest England. Map based on Curry and Smith (1975), Smith and Curry (1975), Rögl (1999, fig. 1), Popov et al. (2004), Marandat et al. (2012), Gol’din and Zvonok (2013, fig. 1), Gibbard and Lewin (2014, figs 1–3), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2018, fig. 1), and Lenz et al. (2021, fig. 1). H, region of Helmstedt, Germany; H-D B, Hampshire–Dieppe Basin, England; L, Lubartów, Poland; V, Italy: Varano, Italy.Cervical vertebrae, vertebrae A–F (Ce2, Ce‘3’–‘5’, Ce6–7), ‘Zygorhiza’ wanklyni Seeley, 1876, BNSS0777, from the Bartonian of Barton-on-Sea, England. A1–3. Vertebra A (Ce2) in anterior (A1), in left lateral (A2) and in posterior (A3) view. B. Vertebra B (Ce‘3’) in anterior view. C. Vertebra C (Ce‘4’) in anterior view. D. Vertebra D (Ce‘5’) in anterior view. E. Vertebra E (Ce6) in anterior view. F. Vertebra F (Ce7) in anterior view. Ce‘3’–‘5’ in quotation marks, because the position is not completely certain. Scale bar is 50 mm.Section of the early Eocene strata in Christchurch Bay, England and the distribution of dinocysts, as encountered in BNSS0777. A. Section of the Barton Clay Formation: stratigraphy of the Lutetian and Bartonian sediments in Christchurch Bay, England. Strata with finds of small dorudontine archaeocetes are indicated with braces. Modified after Hooker (1986, text-figure 2) and information from the British Geological Survey, Barton Clay Formation (https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=BAC). B. Section of the Barton Clay Formation correlated with age-diagnostic dinoflagellates in the sediments adhering to BNSS0777. Based on Bujak and Mudge (1994) (dinoflagellate cysts), Eldrett et al. (2004) (polarity zones), adjusted to the Geologic Time Scale 2020, Gradstein et al. (2020). Age of the Barton Clay Formation ranging from approximately midway Chron19r (41.4 Ma) to the earliest part of Chron17r (38.4 Ma) (King, 2016, fig. 72). Lut., Lutetian; Rup., Rupelian; A. dictyoplokum, Areosphaeridium dictyoplokum; A. fenestratum, Areosphaeridium fenestratum; A. michoudii, Areosphaeridium michoudii; H. porosa, Heteraulacacysta porosa; R. borussica, Rottnestia borussica; Rh. draco, Rhombodinium draco. Down-left elbow arrows indicate the last occurrence datum (LOD), and up-left elbow arrows indicate the first occurrence datum (FOD) of the dinocyst taxa. Palaeoart reconstruction of the living Bartoncetus wanklyni (Seeley, 1876), gen. et comb. nov. by Jonas Hakkens.
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Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#fossilfriday The hefty jaw of the "killer" walrus Pelagiarctos, a sea lion-like pinniped from the early Miocene Topanga Formation of southern California. Our analysis suggested it was primarily adapted to eating fish. 🐬🦖🧪
A large pale tan jaw with dark brown teeth, including a very large canine.A closeup of the teeth of Pelagiarctos. The cheek teeth are double rooted, multicuspate, and have oval to square outlines.A graphite illustration of the cheek teeth of Pelagiarctos.
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🧪🦣 Rapid share* - new pre-prints ID-ing more Penghu remains as #Denisovan: v large leg bones, 14C date c 45 Ka, & isotopes suggesting C4 diet www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... *have not read yet as I'm currently working on later prehistory #Matriarcha chapters!
Screenshot of figure from paper. Black background, with photographs of two partial hominin long bones. They are dark brownish and quite shiny. Cross sections are shown.
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Historical Biology @historicalbiology.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Multiple roles available at Historical Biology! We are seeking a data editor, an associate editor & multiple review editors. Details: editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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Data Editor needed for Historical Biology
Data Editor needed for Historical Biology
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Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A mosaic of ‘Marley the Ilford Mammoth’ made from plastic bottle tops by artist Caitlin Atherton commemorates a mammoth skull excavated in 1863 from Uphall brick pits, Ilford. It’s a steppe mammoth, which lived c 200,000 ka 🦣 londongeopartnership.org.uk/wp/wp-conten... #londongeology
A photo of the mammoth mosaic on Ilford Lane made of circular, plastic bottle tops. It shows the skeleton of a mammoth in white superimposed on the shape of a mammoth which is made of multicoloured bottle tops. The mosaic also includes the plastic shed.org logo. The mosaic is placed on a brick wall with windows above. The street sign ‘Ilford Lane’ is in the bottom right corner.
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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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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We will have a 23 month research associate role opening to support our work on mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. Open to candidates with substantial CT-segmentation experience with Masters or PhD qualifications. Advert should be out next week - will post soon but do get in touch if of interest.
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Mark Young @drmarkyoung.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The Historical Biology (@historicalbiology.bsky.social) Associate Editor team is growing! We’re currently looking for candidates with expertise in insects, other arthropods, molluscs, & conodonts. Interested in joining our team? editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... #FossilFriday
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Oscar Wilson @therhinoscaros.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Our new note, led by @matiarmella.bsky.social about Andinotoxodon (finally officially formalising the name) is out now in @jvertpaleo.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0272...
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Journal of Systematic Palaeontology @journalsystpal.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New paper out in JSP! Jerry Hooker revisits the genus Lessnessina, the affinities of which have been long debated, with 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙢, a new sp. from the early Ypresian Blackheath Formation (UK) providing key morphological evidence. Read here: buff.ly/zoKuNWk #PaleoSky #FossilFriday
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Mark Young @drmarkyoung.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@historicalbiology.bsky.social Historical Biology is looking for a Data Editor to join the new Data Team! Dr Brooke Long-Fox (@brooke-long-fox.bsky.social) & Dr Sarah Shelley are our current Data Editors, interested in joining them? editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... #FossilFriday
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Data Editor needed for Historical Biology
Data Editor needed for Historical Biology
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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Nice article by @joshlukedavis.com on our Antarctic sauropod paper: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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First ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica identified as a titanosaur | Natural History Museum
Antarctica was once a thriving, forested ecosystem filled with a diversity of dinosaur life.
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🚨Job alert🚨We are hiring a Laboratory Technician (24 months) to support our research in Archaeological Proteomics (ZooMS) at the University of Reading (UK), including our COEXIST project. More info here: tinyurl.com/bdfvawh8 #palaeoproteomics #ZooMS
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
PeerJ Megaherbivore coprolite DNA: yields and comparison of three ancient DNA extraction protocols on coprolites of giant ground sloth Mylodon darwinii peerj.com/articles/210... @peerj.bsky.social
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Miniature giants: investigating limb long bone structure in dwarf proboscideans - Bader - 2026 - Palaeontology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Miniature giants: investigating limb long bone structure in dwarf proboscideans
Terrestrial vertebrates rely on their skeleton to provide structural support and allow the movement of the body. Heavy, graviportal taxa, such as extant elephants, exhibit numerous adaptive features ...
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Move over, elephant graveyards - this whale necropolis extends 1,200km along the Indian Ocean seafloor at depths from 4,600-7,000m; has accumulated at least 476 fossil whale carcasses over the past 5m years; and has 5 active whale falls. Paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone - Nature
Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insi...
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Why is the universities crisis being ignored? Essential piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social for Arguably on the “grim dribbling away of one of Britain's great triumphs and economic advantages” – and why so few politicians seem to care. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...
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The quiet collapse of British universities
One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away
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Dr. Emma E. Bird @dremmabird.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
💀The Swanscombe occipital was discovered 90 years ago ⛏️ 🔆Some reflections and never before published images from the museum archives🔆 rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Image made available by the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. All Rights Reserved.
Photograph of the Swanscombe skull fossil, displayed in two panels against a black background. Top panel: three separate fossilised cranial bone fragments shown individually — the right parietal (left), occipital (with the foramen magnum facing dorwards), and left parietal (right). All three pieces are brown-orange in colour with a mineralised, glassy surface texture. Bottom panel: a pair of hands cradle the three fragments reassembled together - viewed from the occipital, you can see the features of the endocranium. The fossil is roughly the size of a small melon
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Stephen Chester @purgatoriidae.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Our new paper led by Dave Krause on the iconic Paleocene mammal Taeniolabis is out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Taeniolabis simmonsae (Multituberculata, Taeniolabididae) from the early Paleocene of the Denver Basin, Colorado: implications for taeniolabidid taxonomy and biochronology of the Puercan North America...
A recently discovered multituberculate skull with a nearly complete dentition from the lower Paleocene part of the Denver Formation (Corral Bluffs study area, Denver Basin, Colorado) represents a spec...
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
S.L. Shelley, J.J. Eberle, G.M. Erickson & P.S. Druckenmiller (2026) Arctic ecosystems shaped mammalian dispersal and diversification before the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction PNAS 123(22): e2601794123 doi: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Arctic ecosystems shaped mammalian dispersal and diversification before the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction | PNAS
High-latitude terrestrial ecosystems are commonly viewed as marginal environments to deep-time evolutionary innovation, yet their role in shaping b...
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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We’re hiring a herpetology curator @nhm-london.bsky.social - come join us! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...
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Senior Curator in Charge, Herpetology:South Kensington
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Neil Adams @neilfadams.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A thoroughly deserved award to recognise Jerry’s immense contributions to palaeontology!
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Neil Adams @neilfadams.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A wonderful day celebrating Andy Currant’s life and legacy, which we encounter in the NHM fossil mammal collection on a daily basis. A day of science, humour (as I’m sure he would’ve wanted!), friendship and emotion. A fitting tribute organised by my fabulous companion in curation, Roula Pappa
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Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A wonderful, emotional day at the @nhm-london.bsky.social remembering Andy Currant. Thank you Roula, @neilfadams.bsky.social &co for organsing. Here is the great man, next to another larger than life legend of BMNH fossil mammals (& our shared hero) Hugh Falconer
A sepia photograph from the Victorian era of Hugh Falconer. A large, clean-shaven man in a tight-fitting coat whose buttons pull, is leaning against a stone building. He is holding a geological hammer.A photograph of a tv screen at the Falconer Museum Forres (taken in 2012, the museum is now closed). On screen, a large man in a black t-shirt, black leather waistcoat, and black sweatpants sits, pontificating, in front of a mammoth skull. The man is Andy Currant, former curator of fossil mammals at NHM London
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Dr Thomas Clements @taphonomist.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I am so unbelievably proud to present 8 years of hard work: the worlds oldest octopus is not an octopus... Pohlsepia is actually a really rotten Nautiloid (but oldest soft tissue nautiloid ever found!). 🐙❌ royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
A picture of a small concretion (rock) with a white blob in the middle. this blob was described as the worlds oldest octopus and called Pohlsepia. Our research shows that hidden under the rock are teeth that confirm it is a nautiloid (a relative of modern nautiluses).An artistic rendering of the rotting Pohlsepia on the seafloor 310 million years ago. Sharks, fish and arthropods lurk in the background
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Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Our new paper is out! If you love caves, if you love archaeology, if you love ZooMS (and let's be honest, who doesn't?!) you'll LOVE this! #palaeoproteomics #ancientproteins #archaeology #ZooMS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The influence of fragmentation on a combined ZooMS and zooarchaeological study at Geißenklösterle Cave in the Swabian Jura, Southwestern Germany
Geißenklösterle Cave, a Palaeolithic site located in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany, has yielded multiple Middle Palaeolithic strata and some of…
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Natural History Museum. Apply for Principal Researcher in Human Evolution jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Principal Researcher in Human Evolution:South Kensington
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Neil Adams @neilfadams.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Myfanwy, the Holyhead Mammoth, is in the news (again)! The dating results are back and they’re quite exciting 🦣 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Testing shows Myfanwy the mammoth roamed Anglesey 15,000 years ago
Myfanwy is one of the oldest mammoths to have re-populated Britain towards the end of the last Ice Age.
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Interested in maximising data from fragmented bone? Of course you are. Join our free online workshop. Registration closes March 4th. 🦣🧪🏺
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Dr Geoff M Smith @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Register now for our free online workshop hosted by the #COEXIST project and @archaeoprotein.bsky.social: Maximising data from #Palaeolithic bone. Exciting program on chronology, diet, taphonomy and method advancement: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🦣🧪🏺
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bioRxiv Paleontology @biorxiv-paleo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Neotaphonomic characteristics of vertebrate site formation in underwater caves www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Neil Adams @neilfadams.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
For #fossilfriday, a new paper I was lucky enough to be invited to help with was published this week. Using dental microwear from fossil wolves to understand ecological resilience in modern wolves! Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... 🐺
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Climate Change Challenges Grey Wolf Resilience: Insights From Dental Microwear
We investigate dietary plasticity in European grey wolves across interglacial periods using dental microwear texture analysis. Enhanced durophagy is associated with warm climates in both modern Polis...
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Emily Rayfield @emilyrayfield.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Come and work with our colleagues @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - three new lectureship posts around School strategic priorities - including 'Evolutionary Biology and understanding the evolution of life'
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Geological Society of Norfolk @geolsocnorfolk.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Awesome 3D printing brings a fossil Stephanorhinus jaw from the West Runton Freshwater Bed out of @nhm.org stores - thanks to Peter Stibbons and Cromer Savin Project team www.cromer-savin.co.uk, and special thanks to @lotterygoodcauses.bsky.social for funding. #Norfolk #Pleistocene #Geology
A 3D-printed replica in brown plastic of a fossil mandible of Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis. It shows two mandibular rami with rows of molar teeth in. The original is in the Natural History Museum, London. Peter Stibbons holding a 3D-printed replica in brown plastic of a fossil mandible of Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis. It shows two mandibular rami with rows of molar teeth in. The original is in the Natural History Museum, London.  Peter is driving forward a project to digitise fossil collections relating to the Victorian collectors Alfred Savin and Anna Gurney - see https://www.cromer-savin.co.uk/.Members of the Norfolk Museums team and  fossil collectors discussing the 3D-printed rhinoceros jaw, seated around a table at Cromer Museum. The jaw is made of brown plastic.
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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
First Known Cranium of Cuvieronius (Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) from North America www.mdpi.com/3711230
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
While this box might not look that interesting, it pays to take a closer look. It contains earth collected during excavations, and we’ve got enough to fill around 28 hot tubs! Sorting through it reveals tiny fossils that tell us about the mammals living millions of years ago.
A stack of white plastic tubs. One is open, showing it’s full of sand and mud.
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This skull, meanwhile, has had many celebrity admirers over the years. It’s from Toxodon, an ancient mammal that looked a bit like a hippo and a rhino combined. The fossil was first collected by Charles Darwin and then studied by famous scientists such as Richard Owen, our founder.
Skull of the ancient mammal Toxodon, seen from the side.
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This hippo tooth comes from somewhere unexpected – the centre of London! This 125,000-year-old canine was discovered during digging in Trafalgar Square, and is a reminder of a time when Britain was much warmer than it is today. It's also one of our fossil mammal curator’s favourite specimens!
A curved hippo tooth with a label stating that it was found in Trafalgar Square.
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Neil Adams @neilfadams.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If you’ve ever wondered what curators get up to, wonder no more! I was joined by @jamesashway.bsky.social who found out about the latest behind-the-scenes goings-on in the NHM fossil mammal collection!
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the museum? You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
Woolly mammoth skull with two very long, curved tusks, housed in a huge crate built specially to support it.
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Oscar Wilson @therhinoscaros.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Our work applying mesowear angles to diet in xenungulates and pyrotheres is out now: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Palaeoart by Carlos Espinosa
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Mati Armella @matiarmella.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Ever-growing teeth ≠ grass diet! New study on pachyrukhine notoungulates, rodent-like fossil mammals from Argentina, shows they were mainly fruit & seed eaters! #Paleontology #fossils @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @paleosoc.bsky.social @oupaleobiology.bsky.social 10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113585
see 3D plot here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hwVwTPgJZXmN0_W6QjQ4TUvIu4526a03/view?usp=drive_link
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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
So cool to see #beavers making themselves very much at home in an urban nature reserve in West London. These epic #rodents were extinct in Britain 400 years ago, and know they're back in our cities. 🦫🌃 #rewilding #UrbanWildlife
A large tree partially chewed by beavers, with a load of woodchips belowA freshly chewed tree alongside a beavers canal A large fallen tree and stump, with beaver bite-marks  and the tell-tale conical shape on either side A beaver lodge (a huge pile of logs and sticks) on a bank under a tree, with reeds behind
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Dr. Emma E. Bird @dremmabird.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🚨new article alert 🚨 I’ve been sorting through historical documents on the development of the Out of Africa theory with @chrisbstringer.bsky.social - this is the fascinating BBC radio transcript about the 1987 Human Revolution conference #AcademicSky
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And then there was us
In 1987, the academic conference ‘Origins and Dispersals of Modern Humans: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives’ was held in Cambridge, UK. Subsequently referred to as the ‘Human Revolution’ confe...
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