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Elizabeth M Dowding

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Rocks. Devonian. Bliss.

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Bruce S. Lieberman @bruceslieberman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A thoughtful, excellent write up by @richardconniff.bsky.social on the very sad situation @sternbergpaleo.bsky.social museum #paleontology #palaeontology #naturalhistory richardconniff.substack.com/p/another-na...
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Another Nature Museum Faces Death
Kansas is killing a centerpiece of state and world history. Follow the money.
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Rachel Warnock @rachelwarnock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amazing opportunity to work on co-phylogenetics in Warsaw! Kenneth is a wonderful collaborator and mentor. Please spread the word!
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
IUGG 2027 in Incheon, Asia’s second IUGG General Assembly, brings together leading geoscience researchers worldwide to share insights and shape a better future. Save the Date : IUGG Incheon 2027 16-22 JULY 2027 Songdo ConvensiA, Incheon, Korea. iugg2027korea.org
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.
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Katie Collins @spissatella.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Hand slipped again oopsie daisy (shoutout to @thefairestfowl.bsky.social for providing the original lineart of this critter that I traced over!)
A black "band poster" style graphic: black background with grey spatter effect, large drippy looking text at the top says KETTNERASPIS Prantl & Pribyl 1949 and under that is a scratchy ink-drawing style rendition of the trilobite Kettneraspis. Underneath is a list of all the Devonian, Silurian and Ordovician occurrences of Kettneraspis around the world.
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...
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Assistant Professor
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
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PARADIVE UW @paleoparadive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🦠 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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Alejandro Ordonez @anordonez1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"🌿 We're hiring at @econovoau.bsky.social! Postdoc position forecasting how land-use change, climate shifts & rewilding will reshape European plant diversity. Biodiversa+ REDESIGN project, Aarhus Uni. 2 years. Closes 1 Nov 2026. 🔗 www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #ecology #postdoc
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Postdoctoral researcher in biodiversity forecasting, vegetation dynamics and rewilding - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Biologi - Økoinformatik og biodiversitet, Aarhus Universitet
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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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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Last chance to apply for the postdoc in paleontology. www.smnk.de/museum/aussc... 2 years, funded through DFG project #paleontology #jobs #fossilfriday #palaeontology #museum #fossils
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Paleontologist (Postdoc) (m/f/d)
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🌍 Community-curated databases are critical scientific infrastructure. A new Eos article highlights the value and vulnerability of long-term Earth science data resources, using the as a key example. 🔗 eos.org/opinions/the... #Neotoma #OpenData #Paleoecology #EarthScience
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🌍 Great to see the Neotoma Paleoecology Database recognized among AGU’s Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space & Environmental Sciences—highlighting the value of open, curated data for paleoecology and global-change research. 🔗 data.agu.org/impactful-da... #Neotoma #OpenData #AGU
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl dinner
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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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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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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our update to the BES Data Management Guide is now live! assets.britishecologicalsociety.org/2026/09/2110... Huge thanks to the incredibly talented ECRs who contributed sections. It's an excellent resource that I've already used with my PhD students. ❤️
Cover image of the Data Management guide. Blue cover with a puffin on it! Also features the BES logo, Better Science Guides and our mission Through science we can.
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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
V happy about this one (@brentcemerson.bsky.social @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social @hernmoral.bsky.social)et al Species have survived on oceanic islands for Mya despite occupying small geographic areas, facing environmental calamities and having low Ne. We discuss this w/ a focus on conservation. 1/2
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seven years for environmental science to become policy? …that’s an eternity in a climate crisis. We don’t need another seven years to understand the problem. phys.org/news/2026-09...
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Environmental science takes an average of seven years to influence international policy, study finds
A new study led by the University of Alicante (UA) and the Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (CEAM) analyzes the barriers separating scientific knowledge from environmental policy and its...
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Dr. Emma E. Bird @dremmabird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A number of 🚨Science & Museum Jobs🚨 available at different levels right now for the Distributed System of Scientific Collections UK programme 🪩 #DiSSCo 🪩 fab if you're into 🌳science digitisation🌳 #ScienceJobs #MuseumJobs jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...
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DiSSCo UK Digitiser:South Kensington
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Dr Alice Clement @draliceclement.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For those in Adelaide who work with digital 3D data, I'm organising an informal workshop for us to share insights on our methods, challenges and ideas at the "Flinders University 3D Data Software, Analysis and Visualisation Workshop" on Sep 24th Register here: events.humanitix.com/flinders-uni...
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Flinders University 3D Data Software, Analysis and Visualisation Workshop
Bringing together biomedical and mechanical engineering, archaeology and palaeontology to discuss approaches to capturing, handling and publishing 3D data.
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌿 New Release | Tilia v3.2.1 The Neotoma Paleoecology Database has released Tilia v3.2.1, bringing an important update for the Neotoma data community. 🔹 What’s new? A notable addition is ORCID login capability for Neotoma Stewards. www.neotomadb.org/apps/tilia
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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨We're hiring a new Curator of Mammals!!🚨 🦍🐕🦝🐅🦓🦌🐃🐖🐏🐫🐘🦏🦛🐿️🦔🦇🦥🦦🦨🦘🦡🐋🦭🦒🧸 Come join the Vertebrate Unit at @nhmdk.bsky.social—a fantastic team in the heart of Denmark's beautiful capital! Amazing collections, incredible history. Please share widely! 🧪🏛️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor and Curator of Mammals
Tenure Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor, and Curator of Mammals at Natural History Museum Denmark The Natural History Museum Denmark wishes to ap
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 04/09/2026
If you see something, save something. Web pages disappear daily—changed, moved, deleted, or just forgotten. 🕳️ Save Page Now lets you preserve a webpage before it disappears. See something worth keeping? Save it today. ➡️ web.archive.org/save/ #ToolsYouCanUse
Cream graph-paper graphic with a decorative yellow line-art path and "save" wordmark, plus a yellow ">" chevron tagline reading "tools you can use." Bold black text reads "Save Page Now." Below, a yellow folder icon with the Internet Archive logo and white text: "If you see something, save something."Cream graph-paper graphic with decorative yellow zigzag line art framing the edges. Bold black text reads "Save Page Now lets you preserve a webpage that's important to you before it changes or disappears." A yellow ">" chevron tagline at the bottom reads "tools you can use."Cream graph-paper graphic framed by yellow line art, featuring a screenshot of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine homepage with its search bar, page thumbnails, and three tool options — Subscription Service, Collection Search, and Save Page Now — with the Save Page Now box circled in red. A yellow ">" chevron tagline below reads "tools you can use," pointing toward a yellow arrow.Cream graph-paper graphic with decorative yellow zigzag line art and a small multicolor line-art icon of the Internet Archive's columned building in the lower right. Bold black text reads "Save a page that matters today."
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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Interpreting Biotic Interactions in the Fossil Record: Evidence and Evolutionary Significance #paleobiology #paleobiology #fossils #ecology #evolution #EarthHistory #biodiversity
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Interpreting Biotic Interactions in the Fossil Record: Evidence and Evolutionary Significance
Fossil biotic interactions (fBIs) provide a critical but underutilized window into the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of life through time. Unlike modern ecological data, the fossil record captu...
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Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"...there are actually so many positive reasons to have museums that it’s difficult to choose just one." - Dr. Alton Dooley SUPERB post about the important of #museum collections. life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/why-museums/
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Why Museums?
"Museum collections provide the record of past research, and the baseline for future research."
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Elizabeth M Dowding @thefairestfowl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Devonian supremacy
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The way I’m obsessed with this…..
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Amazing Digital Carcass @amagire.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I cannot be stopped. many have tried
tileset of various colorful animal portraits, some extant (e.g. cockatiel, tokay gecko, hagfish) and some extinct (e.g. troodon, opabinia, amargasaurus), over assorted pride flags.
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Katie Collins @spissatella.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Happy pride, mollusc-botherers 🤘
The intersex-inclusive progress pride flag made from a collage of close-ups of photos of molluscs. This flag consists of a yellow triangle with a purple ring on the lefthandmost side, then five nested chevrons in white, pink, pale blue, brown and black which extend to the centre of the flag and then the right hand side consists of six horizontal stripes, from top to bottom red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple
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J Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Definitive soft tissue evidence for Cambrian bryozoans. We can all confidently delete that "Bryozoans are the only phylum that arose after the Cambrian explosion" slide from our zoology/palaeontology slidedecks. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High-fidelity modular skeletons authenticate a Cambrian origin for Bryozoa - Nature
Exquisite early Cambrian fossils of Protomelission gatehousei and Dayingomelission hexaclitia preserve soft-tissue anatomy and skeletal microstructure, confirming that these taxa are definitively...
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AbiWail KaBooKer @akabaker.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is hiring for a Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea) trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
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Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12
Job Opening: Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈
A rainbow colored box turtle looking nervously out of a drab gray shell. There is text above him that says “It’s OK if you’re not ready yet.”
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Levi Hastings @levihastings.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Born to be a whale, cursed to be confused with a lizard, the Ballad of Basilosaurus is a tale as long and winding as its serpentine body. The process of making this linocut print of my favorite prehistoric whale was almost as terrifying as the beast itself.
Linocut print of two intertwined figures of the prehistoric whale, #Basilosaurus, framed by stylized kelp. #paleoart #fossilfriday #levihastings #levihastingsart
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Researchers at Utrecht University have upgraded Paleolatitude - originally built to link fossil records to ancient climates, but now it is a free online tool that traces the geological history of any point on Earth over the last 320 million years 🌐 paleolatitude.org#!/
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Elizabeth M Dowding @thefairestfowl.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Me too. So many pretty nails ruined by this endeavour 💅💅💅
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Elizabeth M Dowding @thefairestfowl.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This is INTENSELY COOL!
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Rebecca Gelernter @nearbirdstudios.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Marrella splendens is here in TECHNICOLOR Prints here www.inprnt.com/gallery/near... #sciart
Illustration of Marrella splendens in the style of a psychedelic 1960s concert poster. It's bright orange, magenta, and turquoise, and I do mean BRIGHT. Text gives the animal's taxonomy (Arthropoda, Marrellomorpha, Marrellida, Marrellidae), binomial name, and rough age (Middle Cambrian, circa 520 MYA). I think technically that may not be part of the Middle Cambrian anymore? This piece is from 2014.
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I realize I sound like old man yelling at clouds but... ...in my day WE READ ALL THE CITATIONS BEFORE WE CITED THEM. That's how you GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE TO CITE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. Signed: Someone who literally read two whole books on the color blue just to write a single 1000 word article.
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Rachel Warnock @rachelwarnock.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Happy to announce our new MSc in Earth System Dynamics and Evolution beginning this Oct 2026 at FAU Germany. We provide interdisciplinary training in Earth systems and science diplomacy 🌍🧪📈👩‍💻 📝 Funding provided by the Elite Network of Bavaria. Application deadline: July 15. More info below👇
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Paleobiology Database @paleodb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The New Paleobiology Database User Guide is here! This is the second edition of the volume designed to be a comprehensive guide for Paleobiology Database users -- escholarship.org/uc/item/9gg7...
Image of a world map with colored dots on it and a geological timescale below and the title "PaleoBios" at the top.
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Lur Noise @lurnoise.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Added this cephalopods through the ages series I did a while back to my print shop ~* www.inprnt.com/gallery/lurn...
Illustration of three Endoceras, colored in pastel tones. They are arranged so their long shells form a diagonal composition. Color illustration of three diplomoceras, with green shells and blue bodies, floating against a background of yellow water.Color illustration of three chambered nautilus floating against green water.
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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
FEELIN' PRETTY NOW OR NEVER TO ME
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Andrew (🎃) @athomashemlock.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Sometimes art is so breathtaking and poignant it defies all expectation
I showed my dog my iPhone 5 and she said "this is as large as a phone ever needed to be, your kind's waste is intolerable and you have turned our paradise amongst the stars into a tomb".
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Elizabeth M Dowding @thefairestfowl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
One year ban for hallucinated citations!
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Ethan Plaut @ethanplaut.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“…hallucinated references disproportionately assign credit to already prominent and male scholars, suggesting that LLM-generated errors may reinforce existing inequities in scientific recognition…” 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723
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LLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citations
Large language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p...
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Aleia @shimanoinu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#tolkientuesday
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
long format video - this is a really fun overview of native food plants in Australia. would be awesome to see more like this from other regions.
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The Food That Fed Australia for 60,000 Years
YouTube video by The Backyard Naturalist
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Prof Alex Dunhill @profalexdunhill.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Want to do a PhD linking palaeontology, ecological modelling and polar ecosystems? Look no further than this NERC GW4+ DLTP funded project with @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social at @bas.ac.uk & @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social and others (inc me). www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...
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Elizabeth M Dowding @thefairestfowl.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Truly iconic. Read to filth. Recommended pairing: a glass of red wine.
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