Our member Khalafallah Salih features in Nature Africa on how Sudanese scientists keep research alive through war.
With fieldwork in #Sudan halted, he continues studying Sudan’s fossil record at @mfnberlin.bsky.social via the #PALEONILE project 🐊
Our member Khalafallah Salih features in Nature Africa on how Sudanese scientists keep research alive through war.
With fieldwork in #Sudan halted, he continues studying Sudan’s fossil record at @mfnberlin.bsky.social via the #PALEONILE project 🐊
River oysters keep a diary of the rains in their shells. Aisha Huseen read it in Sudan’s Atbara River: shells up to ~224,000 years old show that strong wet–dry seasons have shaped eastern #Sudan for at least ~200,000 years
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River oysters keep a diary of the rains in their shells. Aisha Huseen read it in Sudan’s Atbara River: shells up to ~224,000 years old show that strong wet–dry seasons have shaped eastern #Sudan for at least ~200,000 years
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A nearly complete ~2.6-million-year-old buffalo skull from Ethiopia reveals a new small-bodied species of 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴, with short, widely divergent horns.
It looks surprisingly similar to young and small African buffalo!
#OA #paleontology #Africa
A nearly complete ~2.6-million-year-old buffalo skull from Ethiopia reveals a new small-bodied species of 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴, with short, widely divergent horns.
It looks surprisingly similar to young and small African buffalo!
#OA #paleontology #Africa
Huge congratulations, @pierreorgebin.bsky.social , you totally deserved it! 🐐🧠
@mammalbiology.bsky.social @mfnberlin.bsky.social #AmniotaLab
Huge congratulations, @pierreorgebin.bsky.social , you totally deserved it! 🐐🧠
@mammalbiology.bsky.social @mfnberlin.bsky.social #AmniotaLab
Proud to see #AmniotaLab science at the meeting! #paleobiology #islandrule
Proud to see #AmniotaLab science at the meeting! #paleobiology #islandrule
The Atbara River, one of the Nile's tributaries in #Sudan, hasn't always flowed where it does today.
Mohammednoor et al found that about 27,000 years ago the river suddenly started carrying sediment from a different mountain region: the volcanic Ethiopian Highlands ⛰️
The Atbara River, one of the Nile's tributaries in #Sudan, hasn't always flowed where it does today.
Mohammednoor et al found that about 27,000 years ago the river suddenly started carrying sediment from a different mountain region: the volcanic Ethiopian Highlands ⛰️
Sara, a former fellow of the lab, gave a fascinating presentation on her current research projects at @mapaslab.bsky.social and shared exciting insights into her latest work.
It is great to have you back! 😊🦴
Sara, a former fellow of the lab, gave a fascinating presentation on her current research projects at @mapaslab.bsky.social and shared exciting insights into her latest work.
It is great to have you back! 😊🦴
Jijia Sun and colleagues test whether hominin dispersal out of Africa ~2 Ma was part of a wider faunal expansion.
𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿: it wasn't.
Instead, major faunal interchange occurred between Europe & Asia, while African faunas remained distinct
#OA #Evolution
Jijia Sun and colleagues test whether hominin dispersal out of Africa ~2 Ma was part of a wider faunal expansion.
𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿: it wasn't.
Instead, major faunal interchange occurred between Europe & Asia, while African faunas remained distinct
#OA #Evolution
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 is featured in@jexpbiol.bsky.social, sharing her scientific journey and her work testing 3D jaw models against real bite-force data in lizards 🦎🦷 #EarlyCareerResearch
full interview 👇
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/229/3/jeb252051/370624
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 is featured in@jexpbiol.bsky.social, sharing her scientific journey and her work testing 3D jaw models against real bite-force data in lizards 🦎🦷 #EarlyCareerResearch
full interview 👇
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/229/3/jeb252051/370624
Led by Faysal Bibi, this study provides a major update to early human timelines. Singa and the Abu Hugar fossil site are now constrained by new dating evidence 🕜.
#PALEONILE #ERCproject
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Led by Faysal Bibi, this study provides a major update to early human timelines. Singa and the Abu Hugar fossil site are now constrained by new dating evidence 🕜.
#PALEONILE #ERCproject
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Squirrels 🐿️ include more biome specialists than expected by chance, supporting 𝗩𝗿𝗯𝗮’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲-𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀: species restricted to a single biome speciate faster when climatic change fragments habitats.
👇 #OA
Squirrels 🐿️ include more biome specialists than expected by chance, supporting 𝗩𝗿𝗯𝗮’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲-𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀: species restricted to a single biome speciate faster when climatic change fragments habitats.
👇 #OA
How do macroevolutionary patterns begin?
By studying tooth shape 🦷 in the Ibiza wall #lizard🦎, this study shows that diet-related changes in tooth complexity already emerge within populations.
How do macroevolutionary patterns begin?
By studying tooth shape 🦷 in the Ibiza wall #lizard🦎, this study shows that diet-related changes in tooth complexity already emerge within populations.
Using micro-CT scans, Tomás Fornari and Johannes Müller show that the skull bones 🦴 of fully aquatic frogs 🐸 carry signals of both shared lifestyle and deep evolutionary history👇
Using micro-CT scans, Tomás Fornari and Johannes Müller show that the skull bones 🦴 of fully aquatic frogs 🐸 carry signals of both shared lifestyle and deep evolutionary history👇
How well do computer models really predict bite force in living animals?
𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 has just published this paper from her PhD, testing digital jaw models against real bite-force measurements in #lizards 🦎
How well do computer models really predict bite force in living animals?
𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 has just published this paper from her PhD, testing digital jaw models against real bite-force measurements in #lizards 🦎
Sorbelli and collaborators describe a fossil frog from Early Pleistocene Italy: a large, robust frog that likely hunted hard-shelled invertebrates!
don't miss it!👇
A new JSP paper by Sorbelli 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. describes an extinct 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖 species (Anura: Discoglossidae) from the Early Pleistocene of the Apennine Peninsula—offering fresh clues on how the genus survived in Eurasia.
Read more: buff.ly/NGVelt5 #Paleosky @amniotalab.bsky.social
Sorbelli and collaborators describe a fossil frog from Early Pleistocene Italy: a large, robust frog that likely hunted hard-shelled invertebrates!
don't miss it!👇
Faysal Bibi and Jean-Renaud Boisserie describe a fossil buffalo from Ethiopia, revealing how early members of the lineage evolved into today’s African buffalo 🐃
paleo.peercommunityin.org/PCIPaleo/art...
Faysal Bibi and Jean-Renaud Boisserie describe a fossil buffalo from Ethiopia, revealing how early members of the lineage evolved into today’s African buffalo 🐃
paleo.peercommunityin.org/PCIPaleo/art...
Thank you for sharing your passion for paleoanthropology with us!
Thank you for sharing your passion for paleoanthropology with us!
He shared his work on Neogene mammal fossils from the classical Siwalik sequences, and highlighted the work still ahead💪
He shared his work on Neogene mammal fossils from the classical Siwalik sequences, and highlighted the work still ahead💪
👏 @pierreorgebin.bsky.social @robertorozzi.bsky.social
🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
👏 @pierreorgebin.bsky.social @robertorozzi.bsky.social
🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Huge thanks to @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social for a great conference, and for recognizing our poster as one of the best! An honor to be part of it 🙌
Huge thanks to @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social for a great conference, and for recognizing our poster as one of the best! An honor to be part of it 🙌
Khalafallah Salih et al. describe a new Late Pleistocene crocodile from #Sudan 🐊
the first 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘴 from this period in Africa, and distinct from all known species!
Just the beginning for the #PALEONILE project 🌍🦴
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Khalafallah Salih et al. describe a new Late Pleistocene crocodile from #Sudan 🐊
the first 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘴 from this period in Africa, and distinct from all known species!
Just the beginning for the #PALEONILE project 🌍🦴
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 More:
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
#Evolution #Lizards #FunctionalMorphology
🔗 More:
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
#Evolution #Lizards #FunctionalMorphology
A fantastic few days of sharing ideas, methods, and common interests.
Looking forward to more collaboration ahead!
#EvolutionaryBiology #Paleobiology #AmniotaLab
A fantastic few days of sharing ideas, methods, and common interests.
Looking forward to more collaboration ahead!
#EvolutionaryBiology #Paleobiology #AmniotaLab
A new #AmniotaLab study shows a 5-fold increase in suitable habitat since 2015 driven by climate shifts, land use, and dispersal corridors. Rising encounters raise urgent public health concerns.
🔗 Read more: herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/1434...
A new #AmniotaLab study shows a 5-fold increase in suitable habitat since 2015 driven by climate shifts, land use, and dispersal corridors. Rising encounters raise urgent public health concerns.
🔗 Read more: herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/1434...