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Paleoanthropologist at Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (www.icp.cat)
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Dr. Ornella Bertrand
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New paper out on the brain endocast of a distant relative of pangolins: Metacheiromys! We found a possible neurological convergence among myrmecophagous mammals 🧠🐜 Check it out, it's open access!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Virtual brain endocasts of the palaeanodont Metacheiromys marshi and the neurosensory evolution of early Pholidotamorpha
We describe the endocranial anatomy of Metacheiromys marshi. Decrease in olfaction and eye movement control occurred through time in Pholidotamorpha and is likely linked to fossorial adaptations. The...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.70142
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Finally our latest paper in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution is out!!! Have a look at what an additional Oreopithecus partial cranium can tell us about the phylogenetic position of this enigmatic Late Miocene Italian ape.
rdcu.be/fa21y
#paleoanthropology
#apes
#insularity
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New evidence from the bony labyrinth and teeth of the Late Miocene ape Oreopithecus based on a partial cranium from Baccinello
https://rdcu.be/fa21y
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Amélie Beaudet
11 days ago
🚨 Two postdoc positions open in the
#LHOSA
team at
@palevoprim.bsky.social
! Passionate about Australopithecus and hominin paleobiology? Skilled in virtual study of long bones or
#GIS
applied to hominin-bearing sites? Join us 👇
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There's also a Perspective on it, by Dr David M. Alba and I, check it out here👇👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Masripithecus was very interesting to learn and think about!
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Check out this new Early Miocene ape, Masripithecus, from Egypt! 👀 Paper by Al-Ashqar et al.👇https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz4102
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An Early Miocene ape from the biogeographic crossroads of African and Eurasian Hominoidea
The Early Miocene fossil record documenting hominoid evolution has long been restricted primarily to sites in East Africa, whereas contemporaneous North African sites have only yielded remains of cerc...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz4102
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Patrick Randolph-Quinney
13 days ago
Four-year fully funded PhD! The project is based on Campus Gotland (Visby), and would be suitable for students in archaeology, bioarchaeology, forensic archaeology or palaeoanthropology who have the necessary technical background. Application window closes on 27th April.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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PhD student in Archaeology in Graduate School GRASS - Uppsala University
PhD student in Archaeology in Graduate School GRASS, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation, Uppsala Univer...
https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jobs-and-vacancies/job-details?query=917189
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Clément Zanolli
22 days ago
Job alert! Postdoc position in genetic data analysis to better understand the link between genotype and phenotype of teeth, with implications for the evolution of dental morphology in hominins. Please apply here:
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/417844
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Genetic Data Analysis (M/F)
This postdoctoral project is part of the ANR GenoMorph project (https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-20-CE12-0018) led by Dr. Clément Zanolli.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/417844
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
26 days ago
We all know lemurs like to move it move it, but how did they evolve to do this? Using fossil limbs of Malagasy sloth-lemurs & koala-lemurs, this paper uncovers the potential use of internal bone structure for reconstructing locomotor evolution! 🌍🧪👇
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The locomotor behaviour of subfossil Malagasy sloth-lemurs (Strepsirrhini: Indriidae) and koala-lemurs (Strepsirrhini: Megaladapidae): new insights from limb trabecular bone
Abstract. The locomotion of Malagasy Quaternary subfossil lemurs, including palaeopropithecines (‘sloth-lemurs’) and megaladapids (‘koala-lemurs’), has bee
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag021
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Katerina Harvati
26 days ago
New job opportunities at the HUMAN ORIGINS Cluster of Excellence, University of Tübingen!
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ICERCA
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#SomCERCA
| 🌍 Dilluns 23/03 👉 Taula rodona per abordar l’equitat de gènere en el desenvolupament professional a universitats i centres de recerca. ✔️ Parlarem de les mentories feministes CERCA-REMA i molt més... 📆 23/3 de 12 a14h 📍 Via Laietana, 2 🔗
https://tuit.cat/ivaw0
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ICERCA
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#SomCERCA
| 💪
#8M2026
Dia Internacional de les Dones 🔬 La igualtat no és opcional 🔗
https://genere.cerca.cat/
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Fabio Alfieri
about 1 month ago
I’m very happy to share that our work on bone inner structure of Madagascar’s subfossil sloth- and koala-lemurs is finally out 🦴🐒 on
@zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social
A big thank you to co-authors
@julsam.bsky.social
Carla Argilés Esturgó and Damiano Marchi!
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The locomotor behaviour of subfossil Malagasy sloth-lemurs (Strepsirrhini: Indriidae) and koala-lemurs (Strepsirrhini: Megaladapidae): new insights from limb trabecular bone
Abstract. The locomotion of Malagasy Quaternary subfossil lemurs, including palaeopropithecines (‘sloth-lemurs’) and megaladapids (‘koala-lemurs’), has bee
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/206/3/zlag021/8509525
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New paper alert!!🚨 Trabecular structure of the Malagasy sloth-lemurs and koala-lemurs and its relationship with locomotion🐒🐒 led by
@fabioalfieri2.bsky.social
It was great to work with all the people involved! Check it out👇🏽https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/206/3/zlag021/8509525
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ICERCA
about 1 month ago
#SomCERCA
| 🌍 Una recerca sense excuses és aquella que entén la igualtat com a base de la qualitat científica. 🔬 Fem dels centres CERCA espais segurs, diversos i justos. 💪
#8M2026
Dia Internacional de les Dones 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/ajswjpuimp
#RecercaAmbRespecte
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Katerina Harvati
about 1 month ago
🚨There is still time to apply! Deadline March 11
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Katerina Harvati
2 months ago
🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
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Carmen Nacarino-Meneses
2 months ago
Come and work with us on an exciting PhD project focused on dental evolution in tetrapods! 🦷🔬🦎🐊🐎🦌
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Marta Pina
3 months ago
Eskerrik asko
@martamachos.bsky.social
eta
@zientziakaiera.eus
!! 🦍🦴⚒️
#Nakali🇰🇪
#BPpostdoc
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Nature Portfolio
3 months ago
Hominin fossils discovered in Morocco, which have been dated to about 773,000 years ago, may be close ancestors of modern humans. The findings, published in Nature, provide insights into African populations before the earliest known Homo sapiens. 🏺🧪
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Early hominins from Morocco basal to the Homo sapiens lineage - Nature
New hominin fossils from the Grotte à Hominidés at Thomas Quarry I (ThI-GH) in Casablanca, Morocco, dated to around 773 thousand years ago are similar in age to Homo antecessor, yet are morphologically distinct.
https://go.nature.com/4jsS1c6
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Delighted to share our new paper about Pliobates!! Its radius shows apelike adaptations providing interesting clues about the locomotor evolution of catarrhines. Find it here!👇🏽
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Ape-like locomotor adaptations in the radius of the stem catarrhine Pliobates shed light on hominoid evolution
The 11.6. Ma pliopithecoid Pliobates was initially misinterpreted as a stem hominoid owing to multiple apelike postcranial features. Using 3D geometric morphometrics, we compare its radial shape with ...
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042%2825%2902883-4
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Vaig anar a Ràdio Farró per la
#SetmanaCiencia
#SC25CAT
! Podeu escoltar el programa especial de Fenòmens Naturals, on parlem amb la Cristina Junyent dels primats del Vallès-Penedès i la seva evolució i locomoció aquí 👇🏽
fenomensnaturals.net/setmana-de-l...
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Setmana de la ciència 2025 – fenòmens naturals
https://fenomensnaturals.net/setmana-de-la-ciencia-2025/
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Arnau Bolet
4 months ago
Glad to have contributed to this work lead by Andrea Villa (ICP-CERCA) about a new new anguine lizard from the Miocene of Catalonia!
#paleontology
#fossil
#reptiles
Paper here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@bristolpalaeo.bsky.social
Press release:
www.icp.cat/index.php/en...
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A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula) - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Post-Palaeogene anguids from Europe have been referred to three extant genera: Anguis, Ophisaurus s.l. (including Dopasia and Hyalosaurus), and Pseudopus. In recent years, a higher generic diversity h...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13358-025-00411-3
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ICERCA
5 months ago
#SomCERCA
| 🟪 Acte en commemoració del 25N, Dia Internacional per l’Erradicació de la Violència vers les Dones 📅 Dimarts, 25 de nov. 🕖 De 10 a 12 h 📍 Sala d’actes del Dept. de Recerca i Universitats 🔗 Inscripcions I programa: https://f.mtr.cool/unfqbwyumi
#25N2025
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ICERCA
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#SomCERCA
| 🔍 Què vol dir fer
#Recerca
sense excuses? Vol dir comprometre’s amb la igualtat, la diversitat i el benestar com a condicions per a l’excel·lència científica. 🌍 La igualtat no és opcional. 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/kzexousgew
#RecercaAmbRespecte
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Katerina Guschanski
5 months ago
Just over a month left to apply for scholarships on this project. We will run internal pre-selection interviews end of November, so if you consider applying, please reach out now. I can guarantee amazing scientific and intellectual environment at the Institute for Eco Evo
@edinburghup.bsky.social
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The Palaeontological Association
5 months ago
New evidence of a European giant tortoise (Titanochelon richardi) from the Upper Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin: taxonomic & phylogenetic implications
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PapersinPalaeontology
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Champi
5 months ago
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch! 📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility. 🙏Please, RT!
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Fabio Alfieri
6 months ago
Very happy to share the preprint of our work on Quaternary subfossil lemur trabecular structure! Thanks to co-authors
@julsam.bsky.social
, Carla Argilés Esturgó and Damiano Marchi
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The locomotor behavior of subfossil Malagasy sloth-lemurs (Strepsirrhini: Palaeopropithecidae) and koala-lemurs (Strepsirrhini: Megaladapidae): new insights from limb trabecular bone
The locomotion of Malagasy Quaternary subfossil lemurs - including palaeopropithecids (sloth-lemurs) and megaladapids (koala-lemurs) -has been investigated on abundant postcranial remains. Proposed st...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.21.683631v1
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Dr Juliane Kaminski
6 months ago
We’re looking for a motivated & curious researcher to join our team as a PhD candidate! You’ll work with Prof. Bridget Waller, Dr. Annika Bremhorst, & me at the Dog Cognition Centre, UoP. Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶 Interested? Get in touch with me.
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Shaped by domestication: Did the evolution of facial muscle anatomy and ear morphology in dogs reflect adaptations to humans’ unconscious preferences?
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.port.ac.uk%2Fstudy%2Fpostgraduate-research%2Fresearch-degrees%2Fphd%2Fexplore-our-projects%2Fshaped-by-domestication-did-the-evolution-of-facial-muscle-anatomy-and-ear-morphology-in-dogs-reflect-adaptations-to-humans-unconscious-preferences&data=05%7C02%7CJuliane.Kaminski%40port.ac.uk%7C3a85325d71cf4d3cd78f08de10cb6863%7C0052307c564d4fdc98795a446cf6c746%7C0%7C0%7C638966662975370175%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Dvq0w4yPTyzJVywovHvv7WZp5px3JNoFQ4zqrWPOl2Y%3D&reserved=0
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Dr. Ornella Bertrand
6 months ago
New paper out! It was an honor to collaborate with the legend Leah Krubitzer on this review to show that paleontologists and neurobiologists working together can only improve our understanding of brain evolution 🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Full access to the paper:
rdcu.be/eK167
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The functional adaptations of mammalian brain structures through a behavioural ecology lens - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Palaeontologists and comparative neurobiologists share a common interest in the evolution of the mammalian brain, but often fail to realize the benefits of this shared interest. This Review draws thes...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00095-0
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Congrats
@fabioalfieri2.bsky.social
& colleagues!!
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Bob Patalano
6 months ago
Interesting new publication on the genomes of living apes, suggesting the split between humans and chimps is more recent than previously thought. “Our analyses dated the human–chimpanzee split between 5.5 and 6.3 million years ago (Ma; minimum to maximum estimate of divergence)” 🏺🧪
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Complete sequencing of ape genomes - Nature
Complete sequences of chromosomes telomere-to-telomere from chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan and siamang provide a comprehensive and valuable resource for future evolutionary comparisons.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08816-3
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Neanderthal News
6 months ago
Paranthropus: The Forgotten Cousins of Humanity Who May Have Made the World’s First Tools
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Paranthropus: The Forgotten Cousins of Humanity Who May Have Made the World’s First Tools
Our robust Paranthropus cousins thrived in Africa for a million and a half years, making stone tools and sharing the landscape with different Homo species at the dawn of human cultural innovation.
https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/anthropology-articles/paranthropus-the-forgotten-cousins-of-humanity-who-may-have-made-the-worlds-first-tools/
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Julia Aramendi
6 months ago
🚨 New paper out! This work combines 3D geometric morphometrics, multivariate statistics, and machine learning to assess sexual dimorphism in great ape long bones — aiming to classify unsexed skeletal remains and reveal patterns relevant to human evolution.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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External Long Bone Morphology as a Tool for Sex Identification in Great Apes: The Case of the Humerus and Femur
Objectives Sexual dimorphism in primates reflects evolutionary, ecological, and social pressures and varies widely across species, complicating its analysis. This study builds on previous research t.....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70139
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Human Evolution Research Institute at University of Cape Town
6 months ago
The
#TaungChild
has been silent for over 2 million years — until now. Our new podcast takes you back to 1924
#SouthAfrica
, where one fossil would upend colonial narratives to centre human origins
#Africa
. 🌍Unburied Season 2: The Taung Child 🔗 Listen:
linktr.ee/arcdocs
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Julia Aramendi
6 months ago
Hot off the press! 🔥 Enjoy 50 days of free access to our new paper revisiting the linear marks on the StW 53 cranium. 💀 Our experiments, GM & ML analyses point to a natural origin.
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Taï Chimpanzee Project
6 months ago
Use the next weekend to apply for the Camp Manager position
@taichimpproject.bsky.social
if you want to observe and protect wild chimpanzees, you are stress resilient and have good organisational skills, speak and write English AND French.👇
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Research with EQUALITY, a campaign by
@cerca.cat
. Important stuff if there is any. Take a look at the videos at
genere.cerca.cat/recerca-amb-...
! They feature lovely staff from ICP,
@nacarino-meneses.bsky.social
and Xènia Aymerich.❤️
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ICERCA
6 months ago
🔬 RECERCA AMB IGUALTAT 📊 El 40,4 % de les dones han patit assetjament sexual o per raó de sexe. També a la recerca. 🔍 Comentaris sexistes, gestos insinuants, dificultats per promocionar… Són conductes estructurals, no casos aïllats. 👉
https://f.mtr.cool/wgjfbuhtty
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ICERCA
6 months ago
📚 Biaixos en la ciència 🔎 Menys cites d’autores, preguntes de recerca esbiaixades, mostres poc representatives… 💡 Incorporar la perspectiva de gènere no és opcional: és ciència de qualitat. 🌍 Fem visible l’invisible 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/phjzlrpyor
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Jane Goodall: la científica que va ensenyar als humans a no ser arrogants
The Washington Post · Emma Brown Jane Goodall no tenia formació científica, ni tan sols un títol universitari, quan, a vint-i-tres anys, va estalviar diners per visitar una amiga a Kenya. Era una adm...
https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/jane-goodall-la-cientifica-que-va-ensenyar-els-humans-a-no-ser-arrogants/
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Jane Goodall Institute of Canada
6 months ago
The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes. She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
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