Avocados Were Domesticated 7,500 Years Ago According To Fossil Evidence, study out of University of California, Santa Barbara, published by PNAS
#avocados #trees #arboriculture #domestication #agriculture #fossils #food #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/03/13/avocados-were-domesticated-7500-years-ago-according-to-fossil-evidence/
Paleontology (Earth sciences 
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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...
Avocados Were Domesticated 7,500 Years Ago According To Fossil Evidence, study out of University of California, Santa Barbara, published by PNAS
#avocados #trees #arboriculture #domestication #agriculture #fossils #food #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/03/13/avocados-were-domesticated-7500-years-ago-according-to-fossil-evidence/
Ancient Fossils Reveal Survival Secrets of Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction…
Can plants uncover the survival secrets of Earth’s darkest days?... #extinction #fossils
Bone fragments of oldest known human face in western Europe found in #Spain
Remains are of an adult member of an extinct species who lived up to 1.4m years ago, researchers say
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/12/bone-fragments-of-oldest-known-human-face-in-western-europe-found-in-spain #science #HumanEvolution #anthropology #fossils #bones #archaeology
In Spain, a remarkable place,
Bone fragments of human face.
Oldest known in the West,
History at its best,
Unveiling the past's sacred grace.
#GuardianLimerick #Archaeology #Evolution #Spain #Fossils #Science #Europe
Bone fragments of oldest known human face in western Europe found in Spain https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/12/bone-fragments-of-oldest-known-human-face-in-western-europe-found-in-spain #Archaeology #Evolution #Fossils #Science #Europe #Spain
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?
More than 60 dinosaur footprints found on boulder that sat at Queensland school for 20 years https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/12/dinosaur-footprints-boulder-queensland-school #RuralAustralia #Australianews #Palaeontology #Queensland #Dinosaurs #Fossils #Science
Footprints uncovered on school foyer boulder date back 200 million years
By Jasmine Hines
Scientists say the discovery of 66 footprints on a rock at a Queensland high school are a huge breakthrough in understanding early Jurassic dinosaurs.
A really tragic loss for #science and #scicomm. I can't overstate how great Fortey's books were; Trilobite! was immensely influential on me as a young scientist.
Take a moment today, and appreciate the deep time that has led to the natural world around you.
https://www.thebookseller.com/obituaries/author-presenter-and-palaeontologist-richard-fortey-dies-aged-79 #RichardFortey #Trilobites #fossils #museum #NaturalHistory
Gutted to read that palaeontologist #RichardFortey has passed away. I really enjoyed both his book Trilobite! and his memoir and have his recent book on fungi lined up. He will be sorely missed.
Only six days until Paleo 2025!
The last talk of the day will be by the inestimable Dr. Emily Bamforth of the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum about Canadian T. Rexes!
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!
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.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #AnimalBehavior #Ethology #Fossils #Evolution #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Dinosaurs #Scicomm princetonupress@mastodon.social @princetonnature @serpenillus @bookstodon
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!
"While it is true that dinosaurs kept mammals from getting big, mammals did the opposite, which was equally impressive: they kept dinosaurs from becoming small" Steve Brusatte
For todays #FossilFriday I present, an unidentified Cambrian trilobite from my collection. I promise I am slowly working through cataloging all the rocks I've got, this one I have not yet labelled
Translucent silicified wood, Oligocene period, west-central Louisiana. #FossilFriday #Fossils
For #fossilFriday I could use some help in identifying this pitted shale from Northeastern Pennsylvania. #fossils #geology
