Fernando Blanco
@fernandoblancos.bsky.social
Paleobiologist studying the evolution of ancient ecosystems/Severo Ochoa Fellow at Estación Biológica de Doñana/Tocateclas
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Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution - Nature Communications
Here, the authors analyze a fossil dataset spanning 60 million years to investigate ecological stability. Their network analysis identifies prolonged stability interrupted by two major functional tran...
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🦏🦣🦌 LARGE paper alert!!! We tracked 60 million years of large herbivore evolution—over 3,000 fossil species—to uncover how ecosystems have changed and reorganized through time. What we found might help us understand the next big tipping point 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thrilled to start today as a Severo Ochoa Fellow at the Doñana Biological Station @ebdonana.bsky.social ! !
Over the next three years, I will study the macroecological evolution of vertebrate faunas across deep time 🌍🦴
Over the next three years, I will study the macroecological evolution of vertebrate faunas across deep time 🌍🦴
April 30, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Thrilled to start today as a Severo Ochoa Fellow at the Doñana Biological Station @ebdonana.bsky.social ! !
Over the next three years, I will study the macroecological evolution of vertebrate faunas across deep time 🌍🦴
Over the next three years, I will study the macroecological evolution of vertebrate faunas across deep time 🌍🦴
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🧵 Why are there so many habitat-specialist squirrels?
A new global study explores how habitat specialization has shaped squirrel evolution 👇🐿️🌍
A new global study explores how habitat specialization has shaped squirrel evolution 👇🐿️🌍
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
🧵 Why are there so many habitat-specialist squirrels?
A new global study explores how habitat specialization has shaped squirrel evolution 👇🐿️🌍
A new global study explores how habitat specialization has shaped squirrel evolution 👇🐿️🌍
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Beyond excited to announce that as of today I officially started a Ramón y Cajal 5-year senior fellowship (tenure-track) at University of Alcalá in Madrid, if you are interested in birds & vertebrate macroevolution & you like sun & good food, hit me up to explore postdoc or PhD opportunities!
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Beyond excited to announce that as of today I officially started a Ramón y Cajal 5-year senior fellowship (tenure-track) at University of Alcalá in Madrid, if you are interested in birds & vertebrate macroevolution & you like sun & good food, hit me up to explore postdoc or PhD opportunities!
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#EBDSeminars Join us to explore ecosystem resilience through mammal communities spanning millions of years!
🔹Connecting the past: how ecological networks reveal the dynamics of ancient ecosystems
🔸 @fernandoblancos.bsky.social
📅6th November, 13:00h CET
Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhu_...
🔹Connecting the past: how ecological networks reveal the dynamics of ancient ecosystems
🔸 @fernandoblancos.bsky.social
📅6th November, 13:00h CET
Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhu_...
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#EBDSeminars Join us to explore ecosystem resilience through mammal communities spanning millions of years!
🔹Connecting the past: how ecological networks reveal the dynamics of ancient ecosystems
🔸 @fernandoblancos.bsky.social
📅6th November, 13:00h CET
Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhu_...
🔹Connecting the past: how ecological networks reveal the dynamics of ancient ecosystems
🔸 @fernandoblancos.bsky.social
📅6th November, 13:00h CET
Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhu_...
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🦴 The Doñana National Park serves as a natural laboratory for investigating fossilization processes in a Mediterranean climate.
Published in PLOS ONE, a new study offers a new perspective on bone weathering.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...
📄 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Published in PLOS ONE, a new study offers a new perspective on bone weathering.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...
📄 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🦴 The Doñana National Park serves as a natural laboratory for investigating fossilization processes in a Mediterranean climate.
Published in PLOS ONE, a new study offers a new perspective on bone weathering.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...
📄 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Published in PLOS ONE, a new study offers a new perspective on bone weathering.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...
📄 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
A new chapter begins! Starting this September, I’ll be working on bird macroevolution at @ebdonana.bsky.social . Excited for this new adventure and the amazing research ahead 🐦🐤🪶
August 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A new chapter begins! Starting this September, I’ll be working on bird macroevolution at @ebdonana.bsky.social . Excited for this new adventure and the amazing research ahead 🐦🐤🪶
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👨🔬Also Joaquín Calatayud, #IICG researcher, is co-authors of the new article ‘Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution’, published in @natcomms.nature.com
👀You can read it here👇
👀You can read it here👇
Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution - Nature Communications
Here, the authors analyze a fossil dataset spanning 60 million years to investigate ecological stability. Their network analysis identifies prolonged stability interrupted by two major functional transitions in ungulate assemblages linked to tectonic and climatic events.
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
👨🔬Also Joaquín Calatayud, #IICG researcher, is co-authors of the new article ‘Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution’, published in @natcomms.nature.com
👀You can read it here👇
👀You can read it here👇
🚨 I'm looking for #Postdoc opportunities starting this September! 🧑🔬🔍
I'm a highly motivated researcher with experience in R, network analysis, and multivariate statistics. My focus is on the evolution of ecosystems and biodiversity over deep time.
I'm a highly motivated researcher with experience in R, network analysis, and multivariate statistics. My focus is on the evolution of ecosystems and biodiversity over deep time.
June 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🚨 I'm looking for #Postdoc opportunities starting this September! 🧑🔬🔍
I'm a highly motivated researcher with experience in R, network analysis, and multivariate statistics. My focus is on the evolution of ecosystems and biodiversity over deep time.
I'm a highly motivated researcher with experience in R, network analysis, and multivariate statistics. My focus is on the evolution of ecosystems and biodiversity over deep time.
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¡Nueva publicación de soci@s! 🗣️
Un nuevo estudio liderado por @fernandoblancos.bsky.social explora cómo los cambios ambientales impactaron en los grandes #mamíferos y sus ecosistemas durante el Neógeno 🐘🌍
👉 Léelo aquí:
https://sepaleontologia.es/?p=1423
#SEPsocios #Paleontología #CambioClimático
Un nuevo estudio liderado por @fernandoblancos.bsky.social explora cómo los cambios ambientales impactaron en los grandes #mamíferos y sus ecosistemas durante el Neógeno 🐘🌍
👉 Léelo aquí:
https://sepaleontologia.es/?p=1423
#SEPsocios #Paleontología #CambioClimático
60 millones de años en movimiento: cómo los cambios ambientales transformaron a los mayores herbívoros del planeta—y cómo sus ecosistemas resistieron - sepaleontologia
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June 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
¡Nueva publicación de soci@s! 🗣️
Un nuevo estudio liderado por @fernandoblancos.bsky.social explora cómo los cambios ambientales impactaron en los grandes #mamíferos y sus ecosistemas durante el Neógeno 🐘🌍
👉 Léelo aquí:
https://sepaleontologia.es/?p=1423
#SEPsocios #Paleontología #CambioClimático
Un nuevo estudio liderado por @fernandoblancos.bsky.social explora cómo los cambios ambientales impactaron en los grandes #mamíferos y sus ecosistemas durante el Neógeno 🐘🌍
👉 Léelo aquí:
https://sepaleontologia.es/?p=1423
#SEPsocios #Paleontología #CambioClimático
La Tierra puede acercarse al tercer colapso ecológico www.lavanguardia.com/sociedad/202...
La Tierra puede acercarse al tercer colapso ecológico
MADRID, 05 (SERVIMEDIA) Los ecosistemas de la Tierra afrontaron dos reorganizaciones abruptas por cambios ambientales como glaciaciones o movimientos tectónicos en los úl...
www.lavanguardia.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
La Tierra puede acercarse al tercer colapso ecológico www.lavanguardia.com/sociedad/202...
Los ecosistemas resistieron cambios muy abruptos en el pasado, pero ahora pueden colapsar www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025060...
Los ecosistemas resistieron cambios muy abruptos en el pasado, pero ahora pueden colapsar
Madrid, 5 jun (EFE).- Un equipo de científicos ha comprobado la capacidad de adaptación que tenían los ecosistemas del pasado a las perturbaciones más abruptas, como las...
www.lavanguardia.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Los ecosistemas resistieron cambios muy abruptos en el pasado, pero ahora pueden colapsar www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025060...
🦏🦣🦌 LARGE paper alert!!! We tracked 60 million years of large herbivore evolution—over 3,000 fossil species—to uncover how ecosystems have changed and reorganized through time. What we found might help us understand the next big tipping point 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution - Nature Communications
Here, the authors analyze a fossil dataset spanning 60 million years to investigate ecological stability. Their network analysis identifies prolonged stability interrupted by two major functional tran...
www.nature.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🦏🦣🦌 LARGE paper alert!!! We tracked 60 million years of large herbivore evolution—over 3,000 fossil species—to uncover how ecosystems have changed and reorganized through time. What we found might help us understand the next big tipping point 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Back from a fun 10 days @imsi.institute in Chicago 🇺🇲, working as part of an Interdisciplinary Research Cluster on 'Advances in Mathematical Modelling of mass extinction events'. Great collaborations and some thought-provoking work!
May 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Back from a fun 10 days @imsi.institute in Chicago 🇺🇲, working as part of an Interdisciplinary Research Cluster on 'Advances in Mathematical Modelling of mass extinction events'. Great collaborations and some thought-provoking work!
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Call for a postdoc position at Vilnius University.
If you are interested in doing innovative macroevolutionary, macroecological, geobiological research in my group please write me: [email protected] or PM.
Duration of the project 2 years, budget up to 130K euro.
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#Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology
If you are interested in doing innovative macroevolutionary, macroecological, geobiological research in my group please write me: [email protected] or PM.
Duration of the project 2 years, budget up to 130K euro.
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#Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology
April 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Call for a postdoc position at Vilnius University.
If you are interested in doing innovative macroevolutionary, macroecological, geobiological research in my group please write me: [email protected] or PM.
Duration of the project 2 years, budget up to 130K euro.
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#Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology
If you are interested in doing innovative macroevolutionary, macroecological, geobiological research in my group please write me: [email protected] or PM.
Duration of the project 2 years, budget up to 130K euro.
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#Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology
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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
#paleobiology #AmniotaLab #MACPALS
April 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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
#paleobiology #AmniotaLab #MACPALS
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Hoy se celebra el Día Mundial del Clima, un sistema complejo que incluye a la hidrosfera, la atmósfera, la geosfera y la biosfera.
March 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hoy se celebra el Día Mundial del Clima, un sistema complejo que incluye a la hidrosfera, la atmósfera, la geosfera y la biosfera.
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Shupinski AB, Craffey M, Smith FA, Lyons SK. Different mammals, same structure: co-occurrence structure across the Plio-Pleistocene transition. Paleobiology. Published online 2025:1-10. doi:10.1017/pab.2024.53
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Different mammals, same structure: co-occurrence structure across the Plio-Pleistocene transition | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Different mammals, same structure: co-occurrence structure across the Plio-Pleistocene transition
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March 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Shupinski AB, Craffey M, Smith FA, Lyons SK. Different mammals, same structure: co-occurrence structure across the Plio-Pleistocene transition. Paleobiology. Published online 2025:1-10. doi:10.1017/pab.2024.53
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Hola!
El 26 de marzo a las 15:00 en la Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas (UCM) proyectamos Off the Archeological Record. Después, abrimos debate en una mesa redonda con la arqueóloga y guionista Paloma Zarzuela, y las paleontólogas Mª Ángeles Álvarez Sierra y Dánae Sanz
El 26 de marzo a las 15:00 en la Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas (UCM) proyectamos Off the Archeological Record. Después, abrimos debate en una mesa redonda con la arqueóloga y guionista Paloma Zarzuela, y las paleontólogas Mª Ángeles Álvarez Sierra y Dánae Sanz
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Hola!
El 26 de marzo a las 15:00 en la Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas (UCM) proyectamos Off the Archeological Record. Después, abrimos debate en una mesa redonda con la arqueóloga y guionista Paloma Zarzuela, y las paleontólogas Mª Ángeles Álvarez Sierra y Dánae Sanz
El 26 de marzo a las 15:00 en la Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas (UCM) proyectamos Off the Archeological Record. Después, abrimos debate en una mesa redonda con la arqueóloga y guionista Paloma Zarzuela, y las paleontólogas Mª Ángeles Álvarez Sierra y Dánae Sanz
Reposted by Fernando Blanco
Late for Darwin's big day, but a new paper adding to his great theory, addressing the persistence of ecological systems on long timescales. "Selection, evolution and persistence of paleoecological systems" www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear... #evolution #paleontology #selection
Frontiers | Selection, evolution and persistence of paleoecological systems
www.frontiersin.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Late for Darwin's big day, but a new paper adding to his great theory, addressing the persistence of ecological systems on long timescales. "Selection, evolution and persistence of paleoecological systems" www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear... #evolution #paleontology #selection
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In 2021, in a paper led by @fernandoblancos.bsky.social published in @science.org we analyzed the evolution of functional faunas in large mammals from the Iberian Peninsula over the last 20 million years. …
Punctuated ecological equilibrium in mammal communities over evolutionary time scales
Functional richness in past mammal communities increased ecosystem resilience.
www.science.org
January 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In 2021, in a paper led by @fernandoblancos.bsky.social published in @science.org we analyzed the evolution of functional faunas in large mammals from the Iberian Peninsula over the last 20 million years. …
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Hey everyone! Since I’m new to BlueSky, I thought I’d share a quick summary of some of the main projects I’ve worked on over the past three years. Buckle up for some paleontology! 🦴⚒️💻
January 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hey everyone! Since I’m new to BlueSky, I thought I’d share a quick summary of some of the main projects I’ve worked on over the past three years. Buckle up for some paleontology! 🦴⚒️💻
Don't miss the chance to attend this incredible meeting in Zurich this July! Mark your calendar and join us for insightful discussions and networking opportunities 👇👇
🚨 REMINDER 🚨
Abstract submission for the CPEG Meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium closes soon!
🗓️ Abstract deadline: Feb 1st, 2025
🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025
Details on keynote speakers, deadlines, fees, workshops & more below!
👉 cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html
# CPEGCPB25
Abstract submission for the CPEG Meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium closes soon!
🗓️ Abstract deadline: Feb 1st, 2025
🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025
Details on keynote speakers, deadlines, fees, workshops & more below!
👉 cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html
# CPEGCPB25
| Crossing the Paleontological-Ecological Gap & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium | Zurich, 2025 | UZH
cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch
January 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Don't miss the chance to attend this incredible meeting in Zurich this July! Mark your calendar and join us for insightful discussions and networking opportunities 👇👇
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Hiya @thepalass.bsky.social meeting delegates, I'm Alex and I lead the Palaeo@Leeds Research Cluster. If you're an undergrad/postgrad looking for a PhD position for '25 start, please find me for a chat at the #PalAss24 meeting - see below for some of the projects on offer.
Are you a postgraduate scientist looking for a PhD in palaeobiology, geochemistry or palaeoenvironments? Then look no further than these NERC YESDTN scholarship opportunities to come and work at Leeds with the Palaeo@Leeds cluster
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
Palaeoenvironments and Palaentology Archives - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
yes-dtn.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Hiya @thepalass.bsky.social meeting delegates, I'm Alex and I lead the Palaeo@Leeds Research Cluster. If you're an undergrad/postgrad looking for a PhD position for '25 start, please find me for a chat at the #PalAss24 meeting - see below for some of the projects on offer.
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Network of the networks represented in academic starter packs! Interactive and searchable here: ketikagarg.github.io/blueSkyAcade... #academicsky
December 3, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Network of the networks represented in academic starter packs! Interactive and searchable here: ketikagarg.github.io/blueSkyAcade... #academicsky
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The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT):
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
November 14, 2024 at 5:04 PM
The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT):
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025