@flaviastrani.bsky.social
A researcher (Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoecology) who also paint sometimes
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Cave bear and Mousterian tools from Caverna Generosa (Italian Alps).
Illustration for the art exhibition orginized by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists and The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org for the AABA 2026 meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Illustration for the art exhibition orginized by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists and The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org for the AABA 2026 meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Cave bear and Mousterian tools from Caverna Generosa (Italian Alps).
Illustration for the art exhibition orginized by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists and The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org for the AABA 2026 meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Illustration for the art exhibition orginized by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists and The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org for the AABA 2026 meeting in Denver, Colorado.
March 10, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Cave bear and Mousterian tools from Caverna Generosa (Italian Alps).
Illustration for the art exhibition orginized by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists and The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org for the AABA 2026 meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Illustration for the art exhibition orginized by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists and The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org for the AABA 2026 meeting in Denver, Colorado.
"My Name Is Nobody" dwarf elephant 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑥𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑖 from Pleistocene Sicily, which fossils possibly inspired the myth of the cyclops such as Polyphemus.
July 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"My Name Is Nobody" dwarf elephant 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑥𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑖 from Pleistocene Sicily, which fossils possibly inspired the myth of the cyclops such as Polyphemus.
My project has been selected for tThe Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.bsky.social research grant (Fall 2024)! We will study the habitats of Caverna Generosa, the highest glacial refugium of the Italian Alps with evidence of Neanderthal occupation.
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Introducing the Fall 2024 Leakey Foundation Research Grant Recipients
Introducing the fall 2024 Leakey Foundation Research Grant recipients. Twenty-six scholars will receive funding to advance knowledge of human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival.
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February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My project has been selected for tThe Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.bsky.social research grant (Fall 2024)! We will study the habitats of Caverna Generosa, the highest glacial refugium of the Italian Alps with evidence of Neanderthal occupation.
leakeyfoundation.org/fall-2024-re...
leakeyfoundation.org/fall-2024-re...
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¡Comenzamos en #BlueSky con buenas noticias!
🔬🌍 @leakeyfoundation.bsky.social respaldará un proyecto liderado por Flavia Strani y Daniel DeMiguel @iucaunizar.bsky.social que estudiará el papel del clima en la extinción de los #neandertales en los Alpes italianos.
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🔬🌍 @leakeyfoundation.bsky.social respaldará un proyecto liderado por Flavia Strani y Daniel DeMiguel @iucaunizar.bsky.social que estudiará el papel del clima en la extinción de los #neandertales en los Alpes italianos.
👀⬇️
iuca.unizar.es/noticia/resp...
January 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
¡Comenzamos en #BlueSky con buenas noticias!
🔬🌍 @leakeyfoundation.bsky.social respaldará un proyecto liderado por Flavia Strani y Daniel DeMiguel @iucaunizar.bsky.social que estudiará el papel del clima en la extinción de los #neandertales en los Alpes italianos.
👀⬇️
iuca.unizar.es/noticia/resp...
🔬🌍 @leakeyfoundation.bsky.social respaldará un proyecto liderado por Flavia Strani y Daniel DeMiguel @iucaunizar.bsky.social que estudiará el papel del clima en la extinción de los #neandertales en los Alpes italianos.
👀⬇️
iuca.unizar.es/noticia/resp...
Happy winter holidays from a very early reindeer!
Updated reconstruction of Procervulus dichotomus based on what I've learned under the supervision of Prof. Beatriz Azanza @unizar and with the help of Dr. Gertrud E. Rössner curator at the Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology (SNSB-BSPG)
December 25, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Happy winter holidays from a very early reindeer!
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Pseudodama lyra, a Pliocene-Pleistocene deer whose name is inspired by its elegant lyre-shaped antlers
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Pseudodama lyra, a Pliocene-Pleistocene deer whose name is inspired by its elegant lyre-shaped antlers
An introduction for the people that started follow this account! I am a senior researcher and a Marie Curie fellow specialized in Vertebrate Paleontology. I study mostly Quaternary mammals (below I am working with a sample to try to extract fossil DNA) and I also paint from time to time!
November 30, 2024 at 7:20 PM
An introduction for the people that started follow this account! I am a senior researcher and a Marie Curie fellow specialized in Vertebrate Paleontology. I study mostly Quaternary mammals (below I am working with a sample to try to extract fossil DNA) and I also paint from time to time!
Sarkastodon mongoliensis (a big oxyaenid from the Eocene) based on the remains described by Granger (1938)
November 30, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Sarkastodon mongoliensis (a big oxyaenid from the Eocene) based on the remains described by Granger (1938)
I decided to ditch the cursed alphabet letter social for a hopefully less marketing oriented one. I am a researcher working on Paleontology and this is my fav artwork I painted in the last couple of years of the, so far, oldest fossil wolf of Europe that we found in Rome (thus the pose).
Our latest work on the discovery of the fossil belonging to the first wolf (Canis lupus) of Europe is online on Scientific Reports and so it is the illustration I worked on for the press release!
November 29, 2024 at 7:50 AM
I decided to ditch the cursed alphabet letter social for a hopefully less marketing oriented one. I am a researcher working on Paleontology and this is my fav artwork I painted in the last couple of years of the, so far, oldest fossil wolf of Europe that we found in Rome (thus the pose).
Cave lion (Panthera spelaea) quick painting.
November 18, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Cave lion (Panthera spelaea) quick painting.
At the #INQUARoma2023 meeting with Daniel DeMiguel (senior researcher @ARAID_ES) in front of my Palaeoloxodon antiquus artwork I've realized for the "Rome Before Rome" exhibition at the Department of Earth Sciences of Sapienza University @SapienzaRoma @InquaRoma2023 @unizar
November 18, 2024 at 5:40 PM
At the #INQUARoma2023 meeting with Daniel DeMiguel (senior researcher @ARAID_ES) in front of my Palaeoloxodon antiquus artwork I've realized for the "Rome Before Rome" exhibition at the Department of Earth Sciences of Sapienza University @SapienzaRoma @InquaRoma2023 @unizar
Pseudodama lyra, a Pliocene-Pleistocene deer whose name is inspired by its elegant lyre-shaped antlers
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Pseudodama lyra, a Pliocene-Pleistocene deer whose name is inspired by its elegant lyre-shaped antlers
Hoplitomeryx (a "prongdeer" from the Italian Miocene and Early-Pliocene) unfinished painting
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Hoplitomeryx (a "prongdeer" from the Italian Miocene and Early-Pliocene) unfinished painting
From the Cretaceous to the Pleistocene...
#ArtStationGlowUp
#ArtStationGlowUp
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
From the Cretaceous to the Pleistocene...
#ArtStationGlowUp
#ArtStationGlowUp
The artwork I made to promote the paper on Aragonictis araid, a Miocene mustelid found in the Aragon region and described by colleagues and friends from @unizar, is on the cover of the latest issue of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology!
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
The artwork I made to promote the paper on Aragonictis araid, a Miocene mustelid found in the Aragon region and described by colleagues and friends from @unizar, is on the cover of the latest issue of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology!
Found the initial sketches of my fossil wolf illustration. My drawing and painting process is really messy but having a solid idea of the composition from the very beginning, immensely simplify the work later on.
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Found the initial sketches of my fossil wolf illustration. My drawing and painting process is really messy but having a solid idea of the composition from the very beginning, immensely simplify the work later on.
I'm not always 100% satisfied with the results of my work, but I'm really pleased with how the illustration I created to promote our work of the fossil wolf from Rome looks like on @SapienzaRoma website!
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
I'm not always 100% satisfied with the results of my work, but I'm really pleased with how the illustration I created to promote our work of the fossil wolf from Rome looks like on @SapienzaRoma website!
Our latest work on the discovery of the fossil belonging to the first wolf (Canis lupus) of Europe is online on Scientific Reports and so it is the illustration I worked on for the press release!
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Our latest work on the discovery of the fossil belonging to the first wolf (Canis lupus) of Europe is online on Scientific Reports and so it is the illustration I worked on for the press release!
Finally had the oportunity to see in person @MAntonPaleoart paleoart exhibition at @museonat!
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Finally had the oportunity to see in person @MAntonPaleoart paleoart exhibition at @museonat!
It's good to be back! Missed Zaragoza so much in the last two years!
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
It's good to be back! Missed Zaragoza so much in the last two years!
Revamped an old illustration of some Middle Pleistocene herbivores based mostly on the fossils unearthed from the site of Fontana Ranuccio (Central Italy) dated around 0.4 Ma
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Revamped an old illustration of some Middle Pleistocene herbivores based mostly on the fossils unearthed from the site of Fontana Ranuccio (Central Italy) dated around 0.4 Ma
It is online our latest work on the fossil bear remains from the Middle Pleistocene locality of Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, Italy) where we review material of Ursus deningeri and of some specimens we couldn't ascribe to this species with certainty
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
It is online our latest work on the fossil bear remains from the Middle Pleistocene locality of Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, Italy) where we review material of Ursus deningeri and of some specimens we couldn't ascribe to this species with certainty
Updated reconstruction of Procervulus dichotomus based on what I've learned under the supervision of Prof. Beatriz Azanza @unizar and with the help of Dr. Gertrud E. Rössner curator at the Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology (SNSB-BSPG)
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Updated reconstruction of Procervulus dichotomus based on what I've learned under the supervision of Prof. Beatriz Azanza @unizar and with the help of Dr. Gertrud E. Rössner curator at the Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology (SNSB-BSPG)
A Micromeryx, a tiny fossil musk-deer, I painted to promote the article on European Miocene palaeoenvironments by Daniel DeMiguel and co-authors recently published on BMC Biology. #paleoart
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
A Micromeryx, a tiny fossil musk-deer, I painted to promote the article on European Miocene palaeoenvironments by Daniel DeMiguel and co-authors recently published on BMC Biology. #paleoart