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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 mvgs.org.uk 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

New creatures. New era. Experience the Ice Age like never before. #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge premieres November 26 on Apple TV.

⚠️Job alert : "General Manager & Curator - Dinosaur Isle" ⬇️ 🔹iow.gov.uk/jobs/detail/57… #palaeontology #job #curator

ICYMI: All three of, Session II: Modern Challenges to #Teaching #Evolution, are now on our YouTube playlist from the Scopes "Monkey" Trial Centennial Symposium >> loom.ly/4IBdeAk #Scopes100 @ncse @kennethrmiller @EvoPhD

@TinandEmu @BFWGraduates Congratulations! This is superb.

Honoured to receive the Ruth Bowden Award for my PhD research on the cool biomechanics behind how birds stand up from @BFWGraduates! Grateful to the committee and everyone who supported this journey. #BFWG #BritishFederationofWomenGraduates

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 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

@lescarr @NeilJGostling @unisouthampton Thanks Les!

I’m so looking forward to tonight’s launch of the “Hidden in Stone” exhibition of South Coast dinosaurs by @NeilJGostling of the @EvoPalaeoLab at @unisouthampton eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-event…

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

@SteveBrusatte I'm really looking forward to this.

Coming soon! A very cool read. Sorry for the bad pun.

Attenborough and the Giant Sea monster is repeated at 8pm BBC2 tonight. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… @TEC_Kimmeridge @UoSMedia @unisouthampton @sotonbiosci #pliosaur #KimmeridgeBay

@TetZoo @anthon5001 @Vectivenator Oh, this is superb! Congratulations.

Having worked repeatedly with @anthon5001 over recent years - our projects have concerned Wealden #dinosaurs with @Vectivenator @EvoPalaeoLab and others - this sure feels personally apt. More news in time.

Here's the final cover we're going with on #MesozoicArtII, featuring an image by Anthony Hutchings. The book is already available for preorder online. Out September 2025, and oh boy is it a thing of beauty. #palaeoart #paleoart #books #dinosaurs

Thread from the long ago of Feb 2023, on part of our group's work - led by @Vectivenator and @EvoPalaeoLab - on UK baryonychine #dinosaurs...

#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: vm.tiktok.com/ZGd26bFcy/ @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.

@anjgoswami It's brilliant. Congratulations, and thank you for all of your hard work.

Someone pinch me - it feels like a dream that we have been able to secure our tenure in Burlington House for 999 years! I am beyond ecstatic that we will be able to continue our important work in our historic home and support many future generations of natural historians!

facebook.com/share/YdBANfVd… Hopefully see some of you there... @sotonbiosci @unisouthampton @UoSMedia #KnowledgeExchange #Dinosaurs

Dr Elisa Fadda @elisaTelisa and her team have developed a glycan 3D structure database and toolbox GlycoShape (glycoshape.org) for the reconstruction of glycoproteins. The paper is now fresh off the press @NatureMethods nature.com/articles/s4159…