TwilightBeasts

Exploring the magnificent world of lost Pleistocene beasts. Blog created and written by @JanFreedman @DeepFriedDNA @JustRena

[TwilightBeasts @TwilightBeasts]

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[Lee R Berger @LeeRberger]

Just marvel at these beautiful images of teeth! A new paper describing what is likely the largest sample of a certain ancient species teeth in history.. what great work. Congrats Lucas! #Homonaledi #Neverstopexploring https://t.co/ZEISUMSfdV

[The Mammoth Site @TheMammothSite]

Look who’s finally here 👀

Our replica dire wolf, giant ground sloth, and saber-tooth cat arrived last week, and exhibit construction is underway!

[Jan Freedman @JanFreedman]

A beautiful cast of the 41,000 year old mummified baby mammoth Lyuba, in the collections @LeMuseumParis.
#FossilFriday

She has quite a story to tell: https://t.co/KOrVzJz6hP

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

Bison licking its shoulder, from La Madeleine, carved in reindeer antler
Photo: Don Hitchcock 2008

[Dr. Hanneke Farstad Meijer @DrHanneke]

#FossilFriday Fossil tracks of the giant stork Leptoptilos falconeri (last known occurrence?) found alongside a Pleistocene lake margin in northern Kenya, together with tracks of elephants, rhinos and Homo erectus. Source: Roach et al. 2016 https://t.co/XceyA6HCrY

[J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond]

Check out👀 our latest paper from @CpgSthlm

In @IndianaDiez et al. (https://t.co/Rx9o2tZNkZ) we analysed 23 #woollymammoth 🦣 #genomes 🧬, including a ~700ka specimen, to investigate how this iconic species adapted through time to life in cold Arctic environments.

A 🧵 here ⬇️

[Dr Diana Fusco (megalibgwilia)(ecoevo)(.)(social) @HvyMetalPalaeo]

How about #Thylacoleo carnifex for #FossilFriday? Australia's fierce Pleistocene marsupial predator. Check out the edge on that premolar. This dentary is one of the fresh specimens from our recent #WellingtonCaves work now cleaned up and ready for study.

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

This #fossilfriday while using some old #fieldnotes passed onto me, dated 1982 from a field trip led by Dr David Martill ( perhaps someone on here could ask him if he remembers ) 🤔 I've found a few pieces of #ammonites yet to describe. Going to see if I can find some more ⚒️

[Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre @yukonberingia]

#DYK that camels once roamed the Arctic? Fossil evidence shows that two species of camels once called the Yukon home, the Yukon giant camel (Paracamenlus) and the western camel (Camelops hesternus). Learn more here: https://t.co/V471boZEjH #FossilFriday

[The Mammoth Site @TheMammothSite]

Happy #FossilFriday! This week, Conservator Alex worked on creating a fossil jacket for a mammoth hip bone removed from the Bonebed. Check out this video of some of the process!

[The Mammoth Site @TheMammothSite]

Enjoy a proboscidean foot for your #FossilFriday!

[TwilightBeasts @TwilightBeasts]

@Livalab Thank you Mary :)

[Mary Mary 🌻🦔👵🏻👜🐔🐄🐂🪴☕️ @Livalab]

A lovely but sad piece. Glad to have read it.

[TwilightBeasts @TwilightBeasts]

Our 2nd least read post of 2022 is about the beautiful story of one of the most incredibly preserved baby mammoths found!

(Image Ford Motors)

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A very happy and healthy 2023 to everyone!!

Have a glance at our most read and least read of posts of 2022! More beasts coming in 2023!!!!

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Our least read post of 2022 may be about the smallest beasts we have written about, but they are extremely important! Discover more about the gorgeous single celled foraminifera! (Image USGS)

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[TwilightBeasts @TwilightBeasts]

Wishing everyone a very lovely, fun, festive time!

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[The Mammoth Site @TheMammothSite]

Have a nice, summery #TBT on day three of this blizzard warning to remind you that summer does, in fact, exist.

[Marc Kissel (marckissel.bsky.social) @MarcKissel]

"Moving beyond the adaptationist paradigm for human evolution, and why it matters"

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