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Sebastián Escobar
SebasEscobarV
The second paper from my PhD at @EcoinfAU @AarhusUni is finally out at @JBiogeography!We explored the genetic effects of the #Pleistocene on an endemic #palm from the rain forests of
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randompaleonerd
randompaleonerd
A concept/reference for @CenoSurvivalRBX of Ornimegalonyx oteroi, a giant apex predatory owl from Pleistocene Cuba. One of the largest owls ever, Ornimegalonyx was an apex predator, hunting large rodents and
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Jessica Tierney
leafwax
If we had precise control over CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere...what would we dial it to? What is a safe level for humanity? Great question! Here's how I arrived at
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Jens Svenning
JCSvenning
To follow-up on my talk on "restoring the role of #megafauna to European #ecosystems" at today's #RewildingSymposium @niooknaw @RewildingEurope, I'll post some of the literature cited in this thread #rewilding
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Kim Tommy
KimTommy92
Celebrating Dr Gaokgatlhe Mirriam Tawane- the FIRST Black Woman to receive her PhD in #palaeoanthropology in South Africa in 2012! She is currently the Curator of Plio-Pleistocene palaeontology at @DitsongMuseumSA#DiversityInFieldWork
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Annalisa Heppner
Northernsirena
This isn’t really a subtweet, because I love and respect a lot of folks in the “peopling of the Americas” world, but like. I have SO many more questions about
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Alessio Rovere
alessio_r_
Due to a pretty unique conicidence, today I have to announce two new papers published, where I am co-author. Both are sea-level related, and both acknowledge @PALSEAgroup (thread 1/n) The
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Dr Annemieke Milks
AnnemiekeMilks
My latest paper, published #openaccess @OpenQuaternary : A Review of Ethnographic Use of Wooden Spears and Implications for Pleistocene Hominin Hunting. https://www.openquaternary.com/articles/10.5334/oq.85/Thread: This paper is the 1st eth
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Jimbob Blinkhorn
palaeolicious
Our new paper on Shukbah in @SciRep describes the tooth of a ~9yr old Neanderthal, associated with Nubian Levallois technology which (tl;dr) marks the southernmost known Neanderthal fossil and indicates
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Dagomar Degroot
DagomarDegroot
Here’s a hot take (sorry): the term #Pyrocene, which some now favor to describe our current epoch, is just as problematic as the better-known #Anthropocene. Here are two good articles
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Thor bites ʕ•̀ᴥ•́ʔ
thorbites
In all the times I've walked the beach at Goleta I've missed the line of fossil pholad bivalves marking the contact (angular unconformity) between the Mio-Plio Sisquoc Formation and the
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Y a r a • يارا • Hectic Skeleton
Yara_Haridy
Oi time for #GuessTheSkull! The weekly twitter game where I show you a skull and you tell me what animal it is!2020 has been tough & the beginning of next
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Huw Groucutt
huw_groucutt
This #FieldworkFriday. A thread on the site of Mundafan al Buhayrah, the first dated Pleistocene archaeological site from the Empty Quarter of Arabia, that we published five years ago. About
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duane froese
tephrafan
Sad to hear of the passing of John V Matthews, formerly of Geological Survey of Canada. He was a pioneering Arctic paleoecologist and link to an earlier generation of Alaska/Arctic
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Killackey Illustration
kjkillackey
Would you recognize a Neanderthal if you met one on the street? Have a look at my painting of a Neanderthal woman and compare her features to yours. 1/14#SciArt #neanderthal
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The Ice Age ❄️🌞
Jamie_Woodward_
BREAKING: Another extinct ice age beast exhumed from the permafrost. Exceptionally well-preserved carcass of a juvenile woolly rhinoceros discovered in Yakutia. Its internal organs and stomach contents await investigation. Photos
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