The new annual review from Kay Behrensmeyer has a killer Figure 3 depicting how different samples of the geologic record equates to different samples of stratigraphic time. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

New paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... Guilherme & I investigate dietary selectivity on turtle K/Pg extinction - durophagous turtles have higher survivorship probability. Beautiful art by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

🌍In a new @econovoau.bsky.social paper in Methods in Ecology & Evolution, led by @mattkerr.bsky.social, we present a process-based framework linking compositional, functional, abiotic & social dimensions of novel ecosystem trajectories♨️🌿 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The making of novel ecosystems: A process‐based framework for measurement, analysis and application

Ecological novelty is emerging rapidly due to global change drivers such as climate shifts, species introductions, defaunation, and land-use transformation. These changes challenge how we assess, ...

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Our new paper presents a framework for analysing the processes that generate novel ecosystems, discussing different conceptual and practical approaches across ecological disciplines. You can read it, open access, in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The making of novel ecosystems: A process‐based framework for measurement, analysis and application

Ecological novelty is emerging rapidly due to global change drivers such as climate shifts, species introductions, defaunation, and land-use transformation. These changes challenge how we assess, ...

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Nice feature on our recent work on neandertals (led by @nikulinaav.bsky.social) and their effects on their environment👣 deephistory.substack.com/p/the-neande... #neandertal #neanderthal #archaeology #anthropology #wilderness

The Neanderthal Garden: Landscape Engineering and the End of the "Pristine Wilderness" Myth

By Seth Chagi World of Paleoanthropology

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🔥Before farming, hunter-gatherers already transformed nearly half of Europe’s #landscapes via burning and hunting! Our new study using an #AI approach shows #Neanderthals began reshaping ecosystems; later foragers continued this process 👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #Paleoecology #Anthropocene

On the ecological impact of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe: Early Holocene (Mesolithic) and Last Interglacial (Neanderthal) foragers compared

Recent studies have highlighted evidence of human impact on landscapes dating back to the Late Pleistocene–long before the advent of agriculture. Quantifying the extent of vegetation transformations b...

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1️⃣ Not all squirrels are generalists. Many species are biome specialists, restricted to a single habitat (rainforest, steppe, etc.)

¿Por qué hay tantas especies de ardillas y por qué no están repartidas de forma uniforme por el planeta? ucm.es/especies-ard... sobre doi.org/10.1111/jbi....

Biome specialization in squirrels: phylogenetic and geographic patterns doi.org/10.1111/jbi.... by @paleoiris.bsky.social et al.

Last Thursday @palaeoverse.bsky.social I shared some of our recent projects, exploring the application of phylogenetic methods and the exciting new wave of Bayesian diversification models. #paleobiology #paleontology #macroevolution youtu.be/vd-E4E6iFNg?...

Palaeoverse Lecture Series: Dr. Juan Cantalapiedra - Mammals as a key to evolutionary theory

YouTube video by Palaeoverse

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¡Chorprecha! El hermano mayor de ‘Eso no estaba en mi libro de Hª de los dinosaurios’ llega la semana que viene: ‘Historia de la Paleontología’ almuzaralibros.com/fichalibro.p...

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 It’s time to announce our Winter 2025 talk schedule 👀 We’re excited to host talks from Drs Oskar Hagen, Carrie Tyler, @singerstone.bsky.social and Johannes De Groeve! Sign up here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

1/ Large herbivores (like ancient elephants, rhinos, deer) aren’t just big plant-eaters—they’re ecosystem engineers. They shape landscapes, disperse seeds, and influence soil and fire dynamics. But how did they evolve as climates and continents shifted? 📸 @singerstone.bsky.social

Douglas et al. shows that up to 99% of evolutionary change occur at branching points across genes, morphology, and language. A major step for punctuated evolution, aligning with our goal of a unified framework. @nilese.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social #EvoBio #CultEvo doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Evolution is coupled with branching across many granularities of life | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Across many scales of life, the rate of evolutionary change is often accelerated at the time when one lineage splits into two. The emergence of novel protein function can be facilitated by gene duplication (neofunctionalization); rapid morphological ...

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Alberto Boscaini y Juan López Cantalapiedra hablan del auge y extinción de los perezosos gigantes. Podcast Hablando con Científicos. #hablandoconcientificos cienciaes.com/entrevistas/... @cienciaes @singerstone.bsky.social

The emergence and demise of giant sloths | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The emergence and demise of giant sloths

The emergence of multi-tonne herbivores is a recurrent aspect of the Cenozoic mammalian radiation. Several of these giants have vanished within the past 130,000 years, but the timing and macroevolutio...

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Thrilled to see our work on sloth evolution finally published @science.org! Huge thanks to Alberto Boscaini and Daniel Casali for bringing me on board for such a fascinating project! 🦥 #evolution #paleontology #paleobiology

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Ancient sloths ranged in size from tiny climbers to ground-dwelling giants. Now, researchers report in Science that this body size diversity was largely shaped by sloths’ habitats, and that these animals’ precipitous decline was likely a result of increasing human pressures. scim.ag/43dd0t7

Just purchased a compilation of Darwin’s writings that did not make it into The Origin. His initial plan was to publish a larger book called Natural Selection. Then he rushed to deliver a shorter version (his most famous book). Some suggest it contains hints of multilevel selection…

Este lunes 19, en La Botillería, hablaré de Darwin y del papel de la paleobiología en redefinir nuestra comprensión de la evolución 🍻 🦣 🦕 🐚 📚 @pintofscience.es #Pint25ES #Pint25Mad 🗺️ maps.app.goo.gl/wzYfdH8WS1gV...

Burgos retreat at @cenieh.bsky.social with some Amniota Lab members! Ignacio Lazagabaster, @fernandoblancos.bsky.social , @paleoiris.bsky.social @singerstone.bsky.social & @ohsanisidro.bsky.social Fossils, science, food and good vibes #paleobiology #AmniotaLab #MACPALS

Who said brontotheres weren’t selfie-ready? Check out this smiley Megacerops at the Yale Peabody Museum! #FossilFriday #paleobiology

🚨 Early Bird Pricing Closes TODAY🚨 It's your last chance to sign up with discounted registration for the upcoming CPEG and CPB conference! Early bird pricing ends TODAY at MIDNIGHT (CET) 🕒 Don’t miss out and register now ⬇️ 👉 cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html #CPEGCPB25

Looking forward to give my perspective on the recent prehistoric #megafauna #extinctions on the Cambridge Prisms' Real World Challenges Seminar Series on Wednesday cassyni.com/events/Pp9Mi... 🦣 ✝️ 🦏 ✝️ 🐎 ✝️🐂 ✝️🐆 #Pleistocene #Holocene #paleoecology #ecosystems #rewilding #mammals

Excellent article in the Spanish newspaper @elpais about Elisabeth Vrba's legacy. @nilese.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @blaividiella.bsky.social

Juan L Cantalapiedra@singerstone.bsky.social · last yr.

Hoy @argomezcano.bsky.social @hdezfdez.bsky.social y yo publicamos en @elpais.com sobre Elisabeth Vrba, la paleobióloga revolucionaria, que falleció el pasado mes de febrero #paleontología #evolución elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

📢 Hoy en El País se publica un artículo en honor a Elisabeth Vrba, una de las científicas que más han inspirado mi carrera. He tenido el privilegio de participar en su creación junto a @singerstone.bsky.social y @hdezfdez.bsky.social 👇🔗 elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología

En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil

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Hoy @argomezcano.bsky.social @hdezfdez.bsky.social y yo publicamos en @elpais.com sobre Elisabeth Vrba, la paleobióloga revolucionaria, que falleció el pasado mes de febrero #paleontología #evolución elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología

En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil

elpais.com

just starting our trip across US, first stop the Field Museum. Here @ohsanisidro.bsky.social warming up before doing some deadlifts 💪🏋🏻

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Extended deadlines and changes to keynote speakers! 🗓️ Abstract deadline EXTENDED: Feb 15th, 2025 🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025 4th circular with full details below! 👉https://cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html # CPEGCPB25

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this. Smashed records. Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

Planning on joining us in Birmingham for #2025SVP #SVP2025? Interested in buying merchandise featuring our heavy metal inspired logos designed by @markwitton.bsky.social? We're exploring what merchandise options should be available - please reply to this post & let us know your thoughts!