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The Fossil Files Podcast

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Palaeontology podcast from two professional palaeontologists aimed for all to enjoy linktr.ee/fossilfiles.pod

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Joshua Lynn @biogeo-josh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2)What makes an invasive? Plant-soil-feedback in Rhododendron ponticum spread across the UK www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] What makes an invasive? Plant-soil-feedback in Rhododendron ponticum spread across the UK at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] What makes an invasive? Plant-soil-feedback in Rhododendron ponticum spread across the UK at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPh...
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Joshua Lynn @biogeo-josh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Two competitvely funded PhD opportunities in our group at The University of Manchester Department of Environmental Sciences! 1) Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling at The University of Manchester on FindA...
PhD Project - [School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling at The University of Manch...
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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Calling Fossil Fans - can you think of memorable occasions when palaeontology was reported in the news - when it went well, and perhaps more pertinently, when it didn't go well?
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are the next generation of palaeontologsists getting the training that they need to make sure the that field doesn't go extinct? Our new bonus episode is out today! Preview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJCM...
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Are we failing the next generation of palaeontologists? The future of fieldwork [Bonus Preview]
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What did the Jurassic actually sound like? A team of scientists in the UK and China used fossil insect wings, lasers, FEA, AI models, DNA and more to recreate a 'palaeo-acoustic soundscape' of a Jurassic Forest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h41...
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Reconstructed katydid ancestor calls from the Jurassic
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A little bit of what Susie is up to this new episode day
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Did a 16 mile run today in the company of three episodes of @fossilrob.bsky.social & @tweetisaurus.bsky.social including this one. Highly recommended (the podcast not the running).
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Calling creatives! 🎹 🎶 Could you create a 30 second musical intro for our palaeontology podcast? We can pay for your services, but our budget is 🤏
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Who has read a paper recently that would be good for us to cover on the #FossilFiles? We're looking for suggestions!
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The origin of turtles has long been a scientific mystery. Where do they fit?🐢🐊🐓🦎🐍 What madness did they do to their ribs? 🩻 In latest episode we ask look at latest fossil finds to ask: Where did turtles come from?
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This #FossilFriday, Susie is dino hunting in the Gobi Desert - here she is with a sacrum of the sauropod Nemegtosaurus. Listen out for next months bonus episode about Susie Mongolian adventures! 🇲🇳🇲🇳🇲🇳
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What happens when fossils that have been faked or ‘enhanced’ end up being used in scientific studies? How can we spot them and how much damage can they do? Three examples🦎🦅🐈 from our latest episode:
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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Introducing Platyrhakis, Saigheadaspis, Ymersaspis, and Rochtarge, 4 new genera of British cephalaspids named after @aminff.bsky.social spent ages cleaning up centuries of messy taxonomy. ENJOY FOSSIL FISH 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Poolside science☀️🌚part 1
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Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇 @sashette.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
When I first heard about this, my brain looked at the numbers, 476 over millions of years, and concluded this was actually "That Spot Where All The Other Wales Told Them Not To Go, But They Went Anyway And Were Never Seen Again." I realise it's not as catchy as WHALE NECROPOLIS, obviously.
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
How could 476 whale skeletons accumulate at the bottom of 6km ocean trench over 5 million years? Introducing the WHALE NECROPOLIS
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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Did a lack of sex hold back the evolution of the first animals? To answer this question, you need some lovely Ediacaran fossils and lots of interesting maths. An x-rated double hitter for @thefossilfiles.bsky.social this week with @egmitchell.bsky.social and @tweetisaurus.bsky.social
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
JOB CLAXON! Research assistant at Bham doing CT segmentation. You probably want this job. I want this job. Amazing fossils and the best team 👇👇👇👇👇
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Why did T.rex have such tiny weedy arms? 🦖 🔍💪 It has always been a mystery perplexing palaeontologists and non-palaeontologists alike. This week we find out what happened!
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The Well-read Naturalist @wellreadnaturalist.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Happy one year anniversary to one of the most enjoyable and informative science podcasts of which I know: @thefossilfiles.bsky.social. 🥳🎉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Fossil Files is one year old: The best bits so far
Podcast Episode · The Fossil Files · June 16 · 34m
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The mossy forests of the Devonian were towered over by mysterious 8m tall giants, Prototaxites. But what were these weirdos? New research suggests it not a plant, not a fungus, not an animal, but some other previously unknown form of life
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
National Museums Northern Ireland are hiring a curator of vertebrates!! Details here - deadline soon!! ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
You know that paper on the giant intelligent octopus that was the largest animal in the Cretaceous oceans? We did a #FossilFiles on it. Two words: error bars. You can hear me say these two words quite often wherever you get your podcasts share.google/Gttt7x9NPVzQ... @thefossilfiles.bsky.social
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The Fossil Files: Were giant super intelligent octopuses the top predators of the Cretaceous?
Cretaceous oceans have long been accepted as a dangerous place full of massive mosaurs and other predators. Now some new fossils from Japan have upended this with the suggestion that the "top dog" was...
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Last day in Morocco for Team 2026. I was presented with this commemorative plaque by the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at USMBA to celebrate our ongoing collaboration, and we had a nice dinner together in Fes. We will be back next year!
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A sneak peak of us sniggering about mammoths sneezing themselves to death 🦣🤧☠️
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
When did mammoths go extinct? Did they sneeze themselves to death as a result of allergies? We take a look at some 'massive' fossil fails in the latest episode: Weird ideas about how and when mammoths were "snuffed out"
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We have a Patreon! If you enjoy the Fossil Files, consider helping us cover our running costs!
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
How do you become a palaeontologist? @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @fossilrob.bsky.social chat about their own routes and their advice for aspiring fossil fans
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Paleo Nerds Podcast @paleonerdspod.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
✨️ HEY IT'S NEW EPISODE DAY ✨️! In our latest episode, Ray and Dave review the evidence with Dr. James Napoli @jgn-paleo.bsky.social, co-author of the new research paper 📝 that resolves the validity of #Nanotyrannus 🦖. 🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/jame...
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Rebecca Williams @volcanologist.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Enjoyed learning about fossil bumholes this week with Rob and Suzie. Officially my favourite science podcast* (*Technically the only science podcast I listen to).
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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
In which Susie and I try not to giggle about fossil butt holes and silly looking dinosaurs
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Jaw dropping fossil integument news: this new Iguanodontian was rather improbably covered in porcupine-like spines and this Permian trace fossil captures the earliest known cloaca
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
We talked about this incredible new lagerstatten in the latest #FossilFiles podcast. You can listen to Rob's take on it here youtube.com/@palaeo_sans... or wherever you get your podcasts @thefossilfiles.bsky.social
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The Fossil Files: 24. How and when did animals first appear? Extraordinary new fossils from China
What (and when) is an animal? They are thought to have first arrived about 500 million years ago and immediately underwent an explosive diversifcation at the beginning of the Cambrian. When and how th...
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Rachel Warnock @rachelwarnock.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I’m looking for a post doc (up to five years) interested in phylogenetics and earth systems - please spread the word!
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It has always been difficult to properly understand the Cambrian explosion because the fossil preservation windows are limited and change at the beginning of Cambrian. But take a look at this!
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Aubrey Jane Roberts @aubronectes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Aww very nice coverage of our paper. For some context I spent four years going through the 1000 of specimens from the bonebed and STILL find something new and interesting every time I go through it 😂
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Makovicky, P.J., Mitchell, J.S., Meso, J.G. et al. Argentine fossil rewrites evolutionary history of a baffling dinosaur clade. Nature (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Argentine fossil rewrites evolutionary history of a baffling dinosaur clade - Nature
A skeleton of the alvarezsauroid Alnashetri cerropoliciensis—representing a highly complete alvarezsauroid skeleton from South America—provides evidence on the evolution of the peculiar anatomy and mi...
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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Fossil Fish News! (with some dinosaur news on the side)
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Was the solution to palaeo mysteries hidden right in front of our faces? High powered X-ray analyses of Silurian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 fossils reveals cryptic 👁️ & 🦴 of early vertebrates, whilst new discoveries in Cretaceous 🇭🇺 find the missing European ceratopsians. Find out more in this week's new episode!
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
What do you want to hear about? Every week we cover a new palaeo paper or discovery. This time, we are asking you to choose! Take a look at the options below and 'like' the title(s) you want @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @fossilrob.bsky.social to do next!
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The end Permian nearly wiped out all life on earth.🌋🦈🐬🐍🐊🐸 Now new data shows that life bounced back much faster than expected with a big diversity of predators right at the beginning of the Triassic. Find out more in today's new episode
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Is it our ability to survive lead poisoning that made us human?☠️ 🦧 🧠 🦷 A new study combining data from gigant orangutan fossil teeth and artificially grown brains in jars paints a picture of distant human origins and language development. Episode out today!
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Gigantopithecus was a massive fossil orangutan with a weird origin story. Sneak preview of next week's episode for #FossilFriday
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
🎉✨ The PalAss is BACK after winter break! ✨🎉 And we’re coming back with amazing news 👀👇 🌍✈️ Next ProgPal is heading to London! 📅 22–25 June 2026 💡Get ready for inspiring sessions, great talks, and posters 🇬🇧 ⚠️Stay tuned — more details coming soon! 🚀🔥 #conference
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Thanks everybody for the support over the last year! 🥳 🎉 Here are the top 8 episodes for 2025- did your favourite make the list? Details of the episode and the artists of the images are on our YouTube channel and Libsyn pages
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
🚨 New episode out today: "Back breaking and baby making, the disturbing bedroom habits of hadrosaurs", 🦕❤️🦕we take a lurid look at pathologies and behaviours of duck bill fossils. Out now on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
How did dinosaurs do it? We plumb new depths for the next episode 🦕❤️🦕
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The Fossil Files Podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Thanks everyone support over the last year! Here is a look back at top episodes of 2025 🥳🎉
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
On this cold cold January morning, warm your cockles by listening to the second part of our chat with the one-and-only @stevebrusatte.bsky.social here: fossils.libsyn.com/19-dinosaurs... or wherever you get your podcasts #FossilFiles @thefossilfiles.bsky.social
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The Fossil Files: 19. Dinosaurs were doing fine (before the asteroid), with Steve Brusatte. part 2
Part 2: Around 66 million years ago an enormous asteroid barrelled into the earth and wiped out  ichthyosaurs, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs*. Debate has raged back and forth as to whether the dinosa...
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Charlotte Brassey @cbrassey.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
New microCT job! Come run our new Heritage Science lab at ManMet. 5 year post funded by AHRC. Responsible for the microCT plus terrestrial LiDAR, surface laser scanners and more! Happy to consider any disciplinary background manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...
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