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Steve Brusatte

@stevebrusatte.bsky.social
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Paleontologist and professor at University of Edinburgh, dinosaur enthusiast and writer. Free born man of the USA. Immigrant. Husband & father. (views mine)

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
DITKA. A name that will resonate through the ages. RIP. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Legendary coach, Hall of Fame TE Mike Ditka dies at age 86
Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end who became an NFL legend for his time as coach of the Bears, has died at the age of 86.
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Into Film Scotland @intofilmscotland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On 18 November, as part of our #IntoFilmFestival, @ODEONCinemas Dunfermline are hosting a screening of Jurassic World Dominion accompanied by a Q&A with Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte, who consulted on the film! 🎥 Book now to avoid disappointment! 👇 www.intofilm.org/events/festi...
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Special Event: Jurassic World Dominion + Q&A with Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte
Following the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, in which the infamous dinosaurs of Isla Nublar are unleashed onto the mainland, the
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And for those who want to learn more, particularly about how these giant fossil reptile discoveries challenged a traditional British culture seeped in Biblical literalism, check out the fantastic book Impossible Monsters by Michael Taylor!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Megalosaurus: the first dinosaur given a formal scientific name. 20 years before the word 'dinosaur' even existed! When discovered in 1824, it shook the core of a conservative, devoutly Christian British society. We discuss it all on BBC In Our Time www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Megalosaurus: the first dinosaur to ever be scientifically named
The 'great lizard' that changed how we understood the history of life on our planet.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How life on earth rebuilt itself after the extinction of (most of) the dinosaurs. Or put another way: how our furry ancestors stared down the asteroid that killed T. rex and Triceratops! My latest for @bigthink.com youtu.be/7kAcpItdb78?...
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How life on earth rebuilt itself after the dinosaurs | Steve Brusatte
YouTube video by Big Think Clips
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gorilla-sized penguins topped the ocean food chain, tens of millions of years ago. So yeah. It's true. It happened. And I explain it all to my pals at The Ancients, one of my favorite podcasts: youtu.be/f6noAuJvNdo?...
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When Colossal Penguins Topped The Prehistoric Food Chain
YouTube video by The Ancients
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tickets and program details here: live.newscientist.com/new-scientis...
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Dinosaurs are alive!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Join me at New Scientist Live in London on Sunday October 11. For a family pop science talk. As I attempt to tell the whole story of dinosaur origins and evolution and (almost) extinction, and the rise of birds...in about 45 minutes! Ticket info below⤵️ @newscientist.com
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
yeah! spent some time there today, making a pilgrimage
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sorry that there's a cardinal on the cover (a St. Louis one and not an Arizona one, I can assure you).
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Did dinosaurs evolve flight more than once? Maybe! Not only birds, but microraptors too… I unpack it for @newscientist.com with @rowhoop.bsky.social & @pennysarchet.bsky.social #fossilfriday m.youtube.com/watch?v=aZsN...
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This New Fossil Dinosaur Looks Just Like A Bird - But Isn’t
YouTube video by The World, The Universe And Us
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
glad it's good travel companion!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hate is a hell of a drug. Harder and harder to get that rush. So having exhausted other groups to vilify, MAGA is now going after....us Italian-Americans whose ancestors immigrated a century ago?! Knowing my people, it's probably a fight they don't want to pick...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*Probably it was Mary Ann who found them. Gideon, her long-annoying husband, also claimed credit...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My Grandparents Were Dinosaurs: the story of how birds evolved from dinosaurs, for kids, with a book reading, crafts, and ask a paleontologist q&a: cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk/event/anne-a...
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Anne Brusatte - Cuckfield Bookfest
A fun read-aloud picture book with Anne and Steve Brusatte, discovering how chickens are related to dinosaurs. Perfect for young dinosaur fans
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Story of Birds: how birds evolved from dinosaurs and have adapted over the last 150 million years: cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk/event/steve-...
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Steve Brusatte - Cuckfield Bookfest
Expert palaeontologist Steve Brusatte takes us through The Story of Birds, in their 150-million-year history
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cuckfield, England. Where Mary Ann Mantell* found the first Iguanodon fossils in 1822... And home to the Cuckfield Book Festival! Where @annebrusatte.bsky.social and I will be speaking this Sunday, Oct 4! Talks on birds for general audiences and dinosaurs for families. Tickets below!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cute!!!! And @annebrusatte.bsky.social says we now need to get chickens.
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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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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'To think that people like you ruled a country' (The Lives of Others)
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Applications open now! We are seeking interdisciplinary scientists, particularly those with experience in statistical analysis of large datasets, using Bayesian phylogenetic comparative methods. Application deadline is October 23 Position starts in January 2027
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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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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
hey! thanks Garrett! Glad it's an enjoyable read so far...
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Been reading about terror birds. They died out about 100,000 years ago, were up to 10 feet tall, 350 kg, flightless, could run faster than an ostrich, and had sharp sickle toes for grabbing prey and huge beaks for jabbing them to death. And people complain about gulls.
A terror bird skeleton. Big head, big feet, long neck.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
hey! thanks Lev!
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey @stevebrusatte.bsky.social, great to see your new book on sale at Calgary airport. A gripping romance involving an "unfairly hot" Oxford professor (modelled on Roger?). Why the pen-name, though??!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I usually write under the pen name Mike Benton, but switched it up this time. Unfairly hot prof is actually based on a certain ornithopod worker but switched Cambridge to Oxford to cover my tracks.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This Saturday, Sept 26. The Royal Institution in London. 7pm. Come along, hear me talk about the origin and evolution of birds, and get your books signed! www.rigb.org/whats-on/sto...
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The story of birds: From the Jurassic to today
Using fossil records and his own work uncovering extinct species, paleontologist Steve Brusatte rewinds 150
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great review of the family tree of early birds!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't think I've ever been interviewed by anyone as young as Noah...or as charmingly enthusiastic about dinosaurs and fossils! For my pals MajorTim.space, a wonderful program that brings science to the younger generation. youtu.be/0wq0xHuENug?...
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Interview with Professor Steve Brusatte - MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Programme
YouTube video by MajorTim.space
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Check out the paper, open access, here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Duntulm sauropod tracksite and environmental partitioning in Middle Jurassic dinosaurs on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
Dinosaur fossils from the Isle of Skye (Scotland, UK), particularly the abundant trace fossil record, provide a window into dinosaur evolution during the poorly known Middle Jurassic. Here we present....
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sadly, our dear friend Dugie Ross passed away while the paper was in review. But he was a coauthor, and we dedicate the paper in his honor. And to Mike Benton, my Masters supervisor. As the paper is published in Mike's festschrift volume!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We have finally published the full description of the Duntulm 'dinosaur disco'. With detailed maps made by drones. Handprints and footprints, made by sauropods the size of three elephants put together, some 170 million years ago when Scotland was a subtropical paradise!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Over a decade ago, Tom Challands and I noticed these strange rock pools on the Isle of Skye coast. Hundreds, each the size of a car tire, lined up in zig-zag sequences Dinosaur tracks! We announced the site, then handed it to Paige dePolo to describe for her Masters Now today:
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wilber Pérez entered the USA legally, had a valid work permit, no criminal record. He was working, delivering food for DoorDash, when he encountered Trump's ICE. They shot him. Arrested him, threw him in prison. He still has a bullet lodged in his back. www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-shot-a...
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ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin
Rather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maybe if the RI was in the USA...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
biology, zoology, geology, Earth science--all are great undergrad degrees to build the foundation for paleontology, and then you can specialize more at Masters and PhD level my young son wants to be an astronomer, so yeah, I get it...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The best #fossilfriday of the year: welcoming our new palaeontology & geobiology Masters cohort at the University of Edinburgh! 13 students from five countries, studying dinosaurs, mammals, marine reptiles, corals, plants, and much more!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
how nice of you! thanks for reading!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
maybe the mutton chops
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Get your tickets here. Join us in person in London (with a book signing afterwards) or from anywhere in the world online! www.rigb.org/whats-on/sto...
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The story of birds: From the Jurassic to today
Using fossil records and his own work uncovering extinct species, paleontologist Steve Brusatte rewinds 150
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From 1868 until today, the Royal Institution @rigb.org in London has hosted public talks on bird origins. Huxley was first, arguing that birds came from dinosaurs, and thus Darwin must be right about evolution. On Sept 26, I'll talk about what we've learned since! Tickets ⤵️
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I don't think it works that way...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Check out the new research here by @macroecoevoale.bsky.social & many colleagues. Congrats! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex
Despite an extensive history of study, quantitative constraints on the thermophysiology of Tyrannosaurus rex remain limited. Here, we derive a thermodynamically based determination of T. rex body temp...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
T. rex was hot. Its body temperature, that is. Which was pretty close to our body temperature, as shown by an innovative new chemical study of its fossil teeth. Maybe so hot it was properly warm blooded like us. Maybe… My take for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/s...
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T. Rex, King of the Dinosaurs, Had a Body Temperature of 97 Degrees
Hotter than a crocodile, cooler than a chicken, T. Rex was definitely warm-blooded, according to a new study.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm afraid Henry you didn't get the mechanism of our extinction correct in Decline and Fall...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a headline that will live in infamy. September 14, 2026. Remember the day.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Breaking story here: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Donald Trump's ICE put immigrants into these cages. Or as ICE called them: 'calming areas.' At the Alligator Alcatraz 'immigration dentition center' in Florida. Which should really be called a concentration camp.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wow what a generous review from Daniel. Wiping a small tear away as I type...
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