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Planetary Ecologist

Paleontology (Earth sciences 🌍)

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the history of life in the geologic past. It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments. Paleontological observations have been documented as far back as the 5th century BC. The s...

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Radical Anthropology

Pretty exciting record of #ochre (red/orange) close to #burials of #Levant #MiddlePalaeolithic at #Tinshemet

These are human populations contemporary to #Skhul and #Qafzeh and we need more on the #fossils -- any H s/Nean admixing, cultural and genetic?

nature.com/articles/s41562-025

NatureEvidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel suggests behavioural uniformity across Homo groups in the Levantine mid-Middle Palaeolithic circa 130,000–80,000 years ago - Nature Human BehaviourThe Middle Palaeolithic of southwest Asia witnessed interactions and knowledge sharing between archaic and modern humans ~130,000–80,000 years ago. These interactions led to increased behavioural complexity and consolidation of a uniform behavioural set across Homo groups in the region.
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The Inquisitive Biologist

New review: Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior is a concise, well-structured, and beautifully illustrated book that transcends being "merely" good popular science by also addressing professional palaeontologists.

inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/

#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #AnimalBehavior #Ethology #Fossils #Evolution #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Dinosaurs #Scicomm princetonupress@mastodon.social @princetonnature @serpenillus @bookstodon

The Inquisitive Biologist · Book review – Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior: What They Did and How We KnowUncovering Dinosaur Behavior is a concise, well-structured, and beautifully illustrated book that transcends being “merely” good popular science by also addressing professional palaeont…
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Alberta Palaeo Society

Eight more days until Paleo 2025!

Our next talk is by Dr. Pigg about the Eocene flora of Republic, Washington. Rumour has it that there may be a field trip there later this year!

Did you know that this event will also be held online? If you're an APS member you will get the Zoom code about a week beforehand. If you're not a member but would like to attend, just send us a message!

An image of a fossil plant impression in some brown / sandy rock. Over that is superimposed the title of the talk ("Exploring the Diverse Plant Fossils of the Early Eocene Flora of Republic, Washington") along with the presenter (Dr. Kathleen Pigg, Arizona State University). Below that is a cutout with the details of the symposium: the fact that it's held on Saturday, March 15 from 9 - 4:30pm at Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, along with the fact that admission is free and the event is open to the public.
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Russell Garwood

Two for the price of one, this #FossilFriday - meet two Carboniferous (~310 million year old) millipedes. The left is Amynilyspes, the right is Myriacantherpestes - both are from the USA, but fossils of land animals this age are found throughout the US, and Europe (incl. UK). Why?

Well, they are associated with the coal we've mined, especially since the industrial revolution, which is typically this age. That in turn, reflects a few things.

A black and white photograph of a fossil millipede. You are looking at the dorsal (top) surface, and can see on the right, a head, followed by a series of body segmented demarcated by spines. There are a couple of segments at the end with no spines. Overall it's long, but also relatively flat - kinda lozenge shaped. It is quite 3D, and there is a metric scale on the rock above it. It's about 3 inches long.
A photograph of a millipede fossil in a slightly shattered piece of rock. The rock is grey, and has a few bits of plant in it as well as lots of cracks through it. The fossil is darker than the rock, and is made of a large number of segments - I guess at least 30 but have not counted (sorry). Each segment has a spine going out sideways. This is just part of the animal so we're missing the head and the butt. There is a scale bar across the bottom - it's about 20cm long. It's preserved curved into an s shape.
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