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Since 1953, there has been a meeting of the Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. We've been away for a bit, but we will be back very soon, and will let you know what we have been planning.
#svpca back for late August/early September 2026
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Had a lovely time last night talking about Spinosaurids at the Mole Valley Geo Soc https://t.co/UbChLL9MMd
I am really excited that 'Hidden in Stone' opens @dorkingmuseum on Thursday 22nd Jan. Come and find out about Dorking's Dinosaur Discovery from next week
ICYMI: All three of, Session II: Modern Challenges to #Teaching#Evolution, are now on our YouTube playlist from the Scopes "Monkey" Trial Centennial Symposium >> https://t.co/k0brMgRj2i #Scopes100@ncse@kennethrmiller@EvoPhD
Our latest, led by @sometimesferns of @MilnerCentre shows that the notorious mismatch between molecular and palaeontological estimates for the timing of origin of flowering plants is a consequence of the equivocal interpretation of their fossil record https://t.co/TvlZdnA2Mf
Rather sad that comes just after the passing of that doyen of trilobites, Richard Fortey. I’m guessing the editorial might have been his last piece of scientific writing
#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's landmark book 'On the Origin of Species' was first published. The work is one of the foundations of evolutionary biology, and one of the most important scientific works of the 19th century. #HistoryOfScience
On the Origin of Species is 165 years old.
I spill the tea on it here!
You have to agree it still drips, after all this time.
Enjoy this post in TikTok: https://t.co/ypkZ20mIOa
@sotonbiosci@UoS_Engagement@UoSMedia@unisouthampton
Today is the 165th Anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. Published in 1859. The book has never been out of print.
Darwin's explanation of the mechanism of evolution, Natural Selection, is one of the most exquisite ideas in science.