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PARADIVE UW @paleoparadive.bsky.social · 11h
🦠 We're hiring a 2-year postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Warsaw, to join the PARADIVE lab: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/469223
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Assistant Professor (post-doc) - Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw (WB-KG-15/2026)
The position of Assistant Professor in the programme/project/undertaking The impact of mass extinctions on parasite diversity and evolution.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 13h
🚨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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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📢 Hiring! PAGES (Past Global Changes) is seeking a Data Science Officer in Bern, Switzerland. Work with paleoscience data, reproducible workflows, FAIR/LiPD, statistics, ML & AI. Review starts 2 Nov 2026. Details & apply: pastglobalchanges.org/news/we-are-...
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We are hiring! | PAGES
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dear members, 🦴 The PalAss is pleased to be supporting a three-day Morphological Phylogenetics Workshop with the Systematics Association and the Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK. ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #workshop
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A reminder that our lecture series continues today - 15:00 UTC!
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
⚠️ Few PhD and project opportunities. More details below ⬇️ palass.org/phd-opportun... #PhD #opportunity #palaeontology #project
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🎉 We've reached 100 users 🎉 Our new Zulip community workspace is growing, and we’re excited to now have over 100 palaeontologists sharing knowledge and discovering new opportunities. Thank you to everyone who has joined so far! If you're interested, sign up here: palaeoverse.org/zulip/join-z...
A flyer advertising over 100 users of the Palaeoverse Zulip workspace. The text reads: Join our community workspace on Zulip! Connect with fellow palaeontologists, share the latest news, and discover new research, opportunities, events, and more! 

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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️24th September 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Next Thursday, Emilia Jarochowska from Utrecht University will talk about “CarboKitten.jl – stratigraphic forward modeling of marine carbonate rocks and its applications in paleobiology”. Sign up here: palaeoverse.org/training/lec...
A flyer advertising Dr Emilia Jarowchowska and her talk entitled: CarboKitten.jl – stratigraphic forward modeling of marine carbonate rocks and its applications in paleobiology. There is an image of coding on a laptop and Emilia is holding up a fossil.
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📣 For PalAss members: 📅 Save the date! Our next ECR webinar, A Complete Conference Guide, will be full of advice on preparing and delivering your presentations 🎤✨ 📆 Coming up on the 9th November 2026. Would you like to become a PalAss member? Join us: palass.org #webinar #PalAss
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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We are hiring a new lecturer in Bioinformatics! Hit the link below to find out more and apply: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... #bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences
Job Alert! Lecturer in Bioinformatics. Come and join use in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol! Closing date: Sunday 27 September.
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Harriet B. Drage @harriedrage.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Interested in fossil arthropods, palaeoecology, dispersal, and interesting methods? 🦀 🌎 I'm hiring a 4-year, fully funded PhD student at the University of Geneva as part of my European Research Council (ERC) grant. Deadline: 16th October. Reach out if any questions! www.unige.ch/sciences/ter...
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The 11th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Palaeontology and Evolution (SAPE 2026) will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, from 19–23 October 2026. sape2026.org
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Paleontological Society of Japan will hold its 176th Regular Meeting in person at Waseda University, Tokyo, from 29–31 January 2027. The meeting will include a symposium, special lecture, oral and poster presentations. www.palaeo-soc-japan.jp/events
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Paleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🚨 PS SHORT COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT GSA 2026 October 10th (location TBD) A primer for researchers of all stages interested in trait-based paleoecology and deep time vegetation-climate interactions. Description in comment below!
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
2026 SORTEE Conference Plenary speakers announced — Dr Lauren Cadwallader (PLOS) & Dr Tatsuya Amano (UQ)! Program & registration now open. New this year: microgrants for conference barriers, apply by Sept 6. Details available here: sortee.org/upcoming/ See you in October!
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Bruno do Rosario Petrucci @brpetrucci.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you so much who came to watch my Palaeoverse lecture! Here's a link for anyone that's interested and couldn't catch it live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBfi... Also, if you'd like to go through the tutorial I worked through during the lecture: brpetrucc.github.io/tutorials/sr...
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Palaeoverse Lecture Series: Bruno do Rosario Petrucci - Budding phylogenetic trees: inference with..
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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Are you passionate about code integrity and accessibility? Do you have skills in R, Python or Julia? Why not apply to be one of our new Code Integrity and Accessibility AEs? Open to any career stage. Details here: apply.workable.com/britishecolo... (sadly not paid, but comes with nice perks)
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Associate Editor (Code Integrity and Accessibility) - British Ecological Society
Volunteer role: Associate Editor (Code Integrity and Accessibility) Organisation: British Ecological Society – Methods in Ecology and Evolution Term: 3 years Closing date: 25th Sept 17.00 BST Location...
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Don't forget to come along to our talk today - 15:00 UTC!
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🎓🔬 PhD Opportunity 🦴🌍 📢 Looking for more details? 👉 palass.org/phd-opportun... 🎓 Do you have a PhD position to advertise? 📬 You can submit your opportunity through the PalAss platform and share it with the palaeontology community! 🌍🦕🔬 #phd #position
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️27th August 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next Thursday for a talk by @brpetrucci.bsky.social from Iowa State University on “Budding phylogenetic trees: inference with BEAST2 and post-processing with paleobuddy”. Sign up here: palaeoverse.org/training/lec...
A flyer advertising Bruno do Rosario Petrucci's upcoming Palaeoverse Lecture Series talk on the 27th August 15:00 UTC entitled Budding phylogenetic trees: inference with BEAST2 and post-processing with paleobuddy. Bruno is pictured next to a laptop showing a budding phylogeny.
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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Carlos Daniel Cadena will be August's Funk Biogeography Seminar speaker! Join us to hear about the origin and fate of megadiversity: how did today's biogeographical patterns originate? How and why has it changed over time? Learn more here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/au...
This is a flyer advertising the monthly Funk Biogeography Seminar series hosted by The International Biogeography Society. The society logo is at the top of the flyer in natural colors, followed by various images of Earth's fauna and flora, such as dolphins and sunflowers. The text advertises the seminar content: the title is "The origin and fate of megadiversity: A look from the northern Andes." The speaker is Dr. Carlos Daniel Cadena from Universidad de los Andes, and the seminar will take place on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at 1:00PM UTC. Additional information and registration can be found at www.biogeography.org.
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📢 Neotoma Hierarchical Taxonomy Viewer Officially Released The Neotoma IT Development Team is excited to announce the official release of the Neotoma Hierarchical Taxonomy Viewer (HTV). 🌐 Explore the Neotoma Hierarchical Taxonomy Viewer: apps.neotomadb.org/taxonomy-vie...
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Our new Zulip community workspace is live! This is a place to connect with other palaeontologists and discover/share: 👩‍💻 Upcoming conferences & workshops 💼 Job opportunities 📄 Publications 💰 Grants & funding prospects 📚 Resources (e.g. books & websites) Join here: palaeoverse.org/zulip/join-z...
A flyer advertising the new Palaeoverse Zulip workspace: Join our new community workspace on Zulip! A place to connect with fellow palaeontologists, share the latest news, and discover new research, opportunities, events, and more! 

Upcoming conferences and workshops.
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Grants and funding opportunities.
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
📢 PAGES Early-Career Award 2027 | Call for Nominations Now Open PAGES – Past Global Changes has opened applications and nominations for the PAGES Early-Career Award 2027. pastglobalchanges.org/news/138997
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Are 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...
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Paleobiology Database @paleodb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Survey time - we want to hear from YOU! Your answers will help us better understand how the community uses and accesses @paleodb.bsky.social and will help shape future work on the database. Browsed Navigator once? Entered 1,342 taxa? Either way, we want your feedback! forms.gle/GFZukC1koFAb...
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Paleobiology Database (PBDB) User Community Survey
Thank you for taking a few minutes to share your experiences and insights with the Paleobiology Database team! Your answers will help us better understand how the community uses and accesses the PBDB ...
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
📖 Published📖 This study develops a method to delineate habitat patches that are biologically relevant for simulating demographic processes of the species of interest🐿️ 🌲 🌏️ buff.ly/AlBfLTR
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
📢 Paleobiology Early Career Researcher Award | First Award in 2027 Paleobiology has announced a new Early Career Researcher Award to recognize outstanding papers led by students and early-career researchers. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Bruno do Rosario Petrucci @brpetrucci.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hope to see you all on August 27th at 15:00UTC (10:00AM Central) for my @palaeoverse.bsky.social lecture! Details on how to register here: palaeoverse.org/events/ I'll be talking about inferring and dealing with budding phylogenetic trees, including a full tutorial!! Hope to see you all there!
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Palaeoverse
A community-driven initiative advancing open science in palaeontology through shared tools, training, and resources.
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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📢 JOB ALERT! 📢 I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social ! If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you! 📆Deadline 27. Aug Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨Tomorrow, 15:00 UTC🚨 Join us for a talk by Pablo Milla Carmona on "Investigating evolution using theoretical morphospaces: a practical workflow with 'morphospace'"! Sign up here: palaeoverse.org/training/lec...
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Palaeoverse
A community-driven initiative advancing open science in palaeontology through shared tools, training, and resources.
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️30th July 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next Thursday for a talk by Pablo Milla Carmona from IBIOMAR, CONICET on “Investigating evolution using theoretical morphospaces: a practical workflow with 'morphospace'”. Sign up here: palaeoverse.org/training/lec...
A flyer featuring a photograph of Pablo Milla Carmona advertising his talk entitled "Investigating evolution using theoretical morphospaces: a practical workflow with 'morphospace'", which will take place on Thursday 30th July at 15:00 UTC.
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 21/07/2026
Registration and call for abstracts for the BES Annual Meeting 2026 are now open 🔥 Our sold-out and Europe's largest ecology conference is returning this year to Birmingham's ICC on 14–17 December, and we can't wait to see you there. Find out more here 👇 tinyurl.com/2s3nupvu
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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Registration is OPEN for the main BES meeting in December. The past two years they've had to close registration early, so sign up while you still can! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-...
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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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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
💻 Our new website is now live! 💻 Over the past few months, we've been working hard to create a hub of resources designed to support the palaeontological community. 🔗 Find out more and visit the new site here: palaeoverse.org
Our new website is live now! Visit: https://palaeoverse.org/.
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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University! Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍 ➡️More info below
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The rphylopic package allows users to add silhouettes of organisms from the PhyloPic database to plots generated in base R and ggplot2.
rphylopic 1.7.0 out now! Highlights include local caching of phylopics, and the use of phylopics in igraph and ggraph network plots.
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Transmitting Science @tscourses.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We know that access to training is not always easy.
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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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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Analysis code is an increasingly important part of science but how do we ensure we keep it reproducible and future-proofed? Hit the link below to throwback to Oakleigh Wilson's conversation with Dr Ed Ivimey-Cook discussing all things code review. sortee.org/blog/2025/09...
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Tracy Heath @trayc7.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab
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Niklas Hohmann @niklashohmann.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
🚨 #PREPRINT ALERT 🚨 Do gaps in the #fossil record bias phylogenetic inference? And do priors on gap duration improve estimates? Surprising results from the intersection of #stratigraphy, #paleontology and #phylogeny @rachelwarnock.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
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Phylogenetic inference from an incomplete fossil record
Fossil data is crucial to construct phylogenetic time trees, which serve as the basis to test a wide range of evolutionary hypotheses. While the fossil record is known to be incomplete, modern stratig...
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️25th June 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week for a talk by Corinne Myers from the University of New Mexico on “PaleoENM: a quantitative tool to study paleoecology and macroevolution on a dynamic Earth”. 💻🌍 sign up here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A poster showing Dr Corinne Myers advertising her talk entitled PaleoENM: a quantitative tool to study paleoecology and macroevolution on a dynamic Earth.
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 We are very excited to share our next four talks in the Series 🥳 We are looking forward to hearing from Corinne Myers, Pablo Milla Carmona, @brpetrucci.bsky.social, and Emilia Jarochowska! Sign up now at bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
Palaeoverse Lecture Series

Last Thursday of every month at 15:00 UTC

June 25th –  Dr Cori Myers, University of New Mexico
PaleoENM: a quantitative tool to study paleoecology and macroevolution on a dynamic Earth

July 30th –  Dr Pablo Milla Carmona, University of Bristol
Investigating evolution using theoretical morphospaces: a practical workflow with 'morphospace'

Aug 27th –  Bruno do Rosario Petrucci, Iowa State University
Budding phylogenetic trees: inference with BEAST2 and post-processing with paleobuddy

Sept 24th –  Dr Emilia Jarochowska, Utrecht University
CarboKitten.jl – stratigraphic forward modeling of marine carbonate rocks and its applications in paleobiology
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
🌟 Have you come across a project making science more open, reproducible, or accessible in ecology & evolutionary biology? Nominating it for a 2026 SORTEE Commendation Award is a great way to recognise the people behind it! Submit a nomination here: sortee.org/awards/ #openscience
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
palaeoverse is a community-driven R package of generic functions to help streamline palaeobiological analyses and improve code readability and reproducibility. This is our last version before a major refactor in Autumn, supported by funding from the @softwaresaved.bsky.social.
palaeoverse 1.5.0 out now! Highlights include: New tax_certainty() function, Grouping support in tax_range_time()/strat(), axis_geo() gains title & autofitting, Lots of under-the-hood improvements.
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
📖 Published📖 SOUPE: An R package to test and optimise the phylogenetic and ecological representativeness of a taxonomic sample 🧪 🌍 🖥️ 🔎 Read more:
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Joe Keating @evopalaeo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
📢 Please repost! Want to do a Masters by Research at the University of Bristol? If you're interested in phylogenetics, morphology, macroevolution or vertebrate palaeobiology, please get in touch! More information: tinyurl.com/4h6v3s99 ⏰ Deadlines: • International: 30th June • Home: 31st July
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Find out about the University of Bristol's PhD in Biological Sciences, including entry requirements, supervisors and research groups.
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