French/Norwegian science geek 🇫🇷🇳🇴Field archaeologist at Bergen Museum/Uni of Bergen. Crazy catlady! Love old stuff, bones, rocks, dinos, and travelling.
Happy Birthday Mary Anning! 🥳
The palaeontologist was born #OTD in 1799, & today her statue has been unveiled in Lyme Regis!
The campaign for the statue, @MaryAnningRocks, has worked for 4 years to give Anning recognition for her work collecting fossils on the Jurassic Coast.
#FossilFriday The Lake Mungo 3 skeleton was discovered in 1974 in south eastern Australia and is one of the oldest known red ochre burials. The remains have now been returned for reburial. Picture from the late Colin Groves.
Our beloved Parasaurolophus walkeri turns 100 years young, taxonomically speaking, this year. In celebration its magnificent skull is getting a new protective mount. We’re changing the old spray foam w a support jacket. Here’s @ianm222 & @curioushino working on it. #FossilFriday
The #Cambrian Explosion marks the first appearance of many animal phyla in the #fossil record, but just how radical was it? I'm starting a new #FossilFriday thread where I post Cambrian fossil representatives of one phylum per week. Join me on this trek across the tree of life
So terribly sad to hear this news. Emmanuel was an outstanding Consul Général for France in Scotland and did so much to renew and strengthen the Auld Alliance. On behalf of @scotgov I send my deepest condolences to his family and colleagues 🏴 🇫🇷
📢 #AnimalHistory Conference!
Our annual (online) conference will be held on 25 & 26 July, and will have the broad theme of 'Movement'.
There's still time to submit your abstract! Get in touch by 20 May. See our website for the full CfP: https://t.co/R9JYOy7NvH
The interior of one of the houses from the #Neolithic village of Skara Brae on #Orkney. Occupied from around 3100 to 2500 BC, the prehistoric settlement is one of the best preserved in the British Isles. @welovehistory