Isaac Kerr

PhD, kangaroo palaeontologist at Flinders Uni on Kaurna country. Also greenie, comic 'artist', musician, opinion-haver

He/him

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

Here is our great big monograph on #fossil #megafaunal #kangaroos of genus #Protemnodon! Six years in the making. We recognise 7 species, 3 newly named, with diversity of locomotor mode. Thanks to everyone that got this over the line ❤️

https://t.co/Co9rbYlcLi

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

https://t.co/nSZthrHyvJ

New #research out today! We describe a late Miocene #fossil #kangaroo from central #Australia...

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

@WoodnuttStacey Ahh I see! That's likely due to their eyes facing laterally - sideways - so they can more effectively watch for predators. This means they will have a small blind-spot directly in front of their nose.

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

Should've happened a while ago, but I'm saying goodbye now to this burning train being driven headlong into oblivion by a world-destroying, wannabe-fascist little man-child.
Come join me where the sky is Blue and my handle is the same as here xo

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

@WoodnuttStacey Hi Stacey, I don't know of an inability in kangaroos to focus on close objects. But they do have fairly poor colour-vision compared to many placental mammals (eg. humans) & have relatively good hearing & smell. Probably because they're night/dusk-dawn active, when light is low.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

"Leave fossil fuels in the ground. It's so simple.This is the most important predicament humanity has ever faced and by design as a result of the enormous oppressive power of the fossil fuel industry, we're flunking it." George Monbiot.

No time to waste. #ActOnClimate

[Natalie Warburton @aNATomy_Lab]

Exciting news! The free, online Skeletal Atlas of the #Echidna is here! Thanks to @marsupialtapir & all for bringing this beautiful resource to life. #zoology #wildlife #palaeontology #monotreme #skeleton
https://t.co/E4NuMRK5sO

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

@JGN_Paleo @biorxivpreprint @Zoelenotherium this is it!

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

@aNATomy_Lab @_TomMansfield @MosesOmogbeme @NTay_ Aw brilliant! Well done Natasha!!

[Dr Alex Burchmore @DrAlexBurchmore]

You mean mass redundancies, the evisceration of entire disciplines, rampant managerialism, and the fanatic embrace of a profit-driven model of scholarship haven't fostered a climate of open inquiry and big ideas?

Who could've known?! 🤷‍♂️

https://t.co/kwWkxhNUR6

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

Heck, when you see it all lined up like that... it's absolutely as bad as it seems.

[Dr Emma Dunne @emmadnn]

Lots to digest in this piece - well worth 5 mins of your time to read.

Though grim, the original study puts tangible numbers on the utterly shit situation that so many PhD grads + postdocs are finding themselves in right now 😔

[Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @EuanRitchie1]

Op Ed by me, in @AusGeo.

"What’s most important, and sorely needed, is a reckoning with our relationship with this vast continent’s lands, seas and waters."

https://t.co/scbOaeAxcY

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

@RobinSSci Sweeet!

[Dr Phoebe McInerney @Phoebyornis]

The description of the skull of Genyornis newtoni, a giant anseriform, is finally out, https://t.co/LZ7rQwHwHX after years of work, this skull has revealed so much more about this bird and its relatives than we could have hoped for. @Blokoweka and Trevor Worthy

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

https://t.co/7ItLRFAtsY

beaut article from @ABCscience about @Blokoweka's amazing #Genyornis #reconstruction!

[D. Rex Mitchell @DRexMitchell]

Another new paper looking at how both the size of an animal and its diet together influence skull shape - this time in rodents! 🐭💀

Well done team! @WeisbeckerLab @aemarcy @TGuillerme

https://t.co/WF5D5om9yj

[Dr Phoebe McInerney @Phoebyornis]

Very honoured to have been a contributing scientist to the new #megafauna documentary by @ABCaustralia which is now live on #ABCiview. The production team and the scientists are wonderful. Very highly recommend watching the new series Megafauna: what killed Australia's giants?

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

The trip was generously funded by an Australia & Pacific Science Foundation grant.

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

Back from the trip of a lifetime to #papuanewguinea, 2 weeks in the Bulolo area digging for #fossils in the Pliocene Otibanda Formation. Thankyou to @MuseumPNG, & to the welcoming & generous people in Saksak village for trusting us with your place & knowledge, we'll be back soon!

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

The best thing about digging in PNG is you never do it alone. We owe just about every fossil we found to our good mates at Saksak

[Isaac Kerr @IsaacARKerr]

Thanks also to the trip's unofficial sponsor