National Park Service Streamlines Fossil Data Collection with GIS
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https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/national-park-service-fossil-mapping <-- shared blog post
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[with palæontology as one of the papers in my MSc studies, seeing another use case in GIS is brilliant…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #fossil #paleontology #US #NationalParks #NPS #cataloguing #inventory #NationalParkService #palaeontology #fedscience #documenting #spatialanalysis #geology #stratigraphy #fossilrecord #paleo #monitoring #managing #exploration
@NPS

New study suggests dinosaurs were thriving until the asteroid impact—decline may be a fossil record illusion. #DinosaurExtinction #FossilRecord #Paleontology

https://geekoo.news/dinosaurs-decline-before-asteroid-impact-may-be-misleading/

Do you want to know how the structure of the rock record affects your reconstructions of #biodiversity, #evolution rates or trait evolution? The groundwork for doing this has been laid down in the field of #StratigraphicPaleobiology but until now no software tools have been available to researchers in #paleobiology and #geoscience to evaluate distortion of their #FossilRecord.

Join the webinar on Building modeling pipelines for stratigraphic paleobiology in #RSoftware by my PhD student @Niklas_Hohmann in the Paleoverse lecture series hhttps://palaeoverse.org/lectures this Thursday at 4 PM UTC to learn how to use the new package StratPal developed in my European Research Council (ERC) project #MindTheGap

You can find the package with extensive documentation here: https://mindthegap-erc.github.io/StratPal/
More on the project: https://mindthegap-erc.github.io/

If you are interested in working with us on #StratigraphicPaleobiology, structure of the fossil record, and development of #OpenSource research software, please get in touch!

#VideoTitle "Top Four Recent Human Evolution Discoveries", by https://youtube.com/@gutsickgibbon at https://youtu.be/ZJLm5ag7bRw

#VideoDescription
"""[…]

[1] Vocal labeling of others by nonhuman primates
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp3757

[2] Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50649-7

[3] A 4.3-million-year-old Australopithecus anamensis mandible from Ileret, East Turkana, Kenya, and its paleoenvironmental context
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248424000873

[4] Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction
https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X(24)00177-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666979X24001770%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

[5] Spatial sampling bias influences our understanding of early hominin evolution in eastern Africa
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02522-5

[6] Darwin's fear was unjustified: Study suggests fossil record gaps not a major issue
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-darwin-unjustified-fossil-gaps-major.html

[7] Annelid Comparative Genomics and the Evolution of Massive Lineage-Specific Genome Rearrangement in Bilaterians
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/41/9/msae172/7733614?login=false
"""

TAGS:
[1] #Cognition #cognitiveFunction #Vocalization #vocalCall #Marmoset #Language #Communication #socialCommunication

[2] #HomoGenus #H_floresiensis #H_luzonensis #MataMenge #FloresIsland #Indonesia #middlePleistocene #Pleistocene #homininFossil #Java #H_erectus #60ka #700ka

[3] #homininMandible #EastTurkana #Kenya #4_3Ma #Australopithecus #Au_anamensis #Au_afarensis #Ardipithecus #Ar_ramidus #Anagenesis #Cladogenesis

[4] #Neanderthal #Thorin #Eurasia #Gibraltar #GrotteMandrin #France #50ka #42ka #105ka

[5] #EasternAfricanRiftSystem #EARS #cercopithecinePrimate

[6] #FossilRecord #Simulation #Projection #Resolution

[7] #Genome #Genomics #Recombination #geneticRecombination #Adaptation #Speciation #bilateralSymmetry #Annelida #Clitellata #Leech #Earthworm

How sampling bias in the fossil record may affect our view of human evolution. https://scitechdaily.com/fossil-hotspot-bias-are-we-missing-the-full-story-of-human-evolution/ A lot of focus on a region in East Africa which is rich in human fossils may overlook other ancient human populations elsewhere whose fossils are more rare. #evolution #humanevolution #Fossils #fossilrecord

How gaps in the fossil record may be useful in understanding evolutionary history. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1055619 #evolution #fossilrecord #phylogeny

New Zealand’s Flightless Birds Are Retreating To Extinct Moa Graveyards [spatial analysis and fossil record analysis]
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https://www.iflscience.com/new-zealands-flightless-birds-are-retreating-to-extinct-moa-graveyards-75303 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02449-x <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1314972111 <-- shared paper
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[facetious maybe, who can resist a 50lb drumstick?]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #NewZealand #weta #kiwi #takahe #moa #polynesia #maori #colonialisation #extinction #habitats #humanimpacts #hunting #habitatloss #ecology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remote #elevation #flightless #birds #endangeredspecies #endangered #RuahineRange #MountAspiring #model #modeling #fossil #fossilrecord #palaeontology #paleoclimate #demographics #populationpressure #spatialdynamics

New Zealand Has A Unique [Open Data] Fossil Record [Online Database] Named FRED
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https://eos.org/articles/new-zealand-has-a-unique-fossil-record-named-fred <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2020.1799827 <-- shared paper
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https://fred.org.nz/ <-- FRED’s open data online portal
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[my ‘minor’ in my MSc Geology at the University of Auckland, NZ was in palæontology, and I have had an interest ever since; total aside – <fred.*> is what I call my temp/junk/working files, anyone else?]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #NewZealand #fossil #fossils #database #opendata #FRED #palæontology #paleontology #palaeontology #onlineportal #standards #records #publicrecords #geology #stratigraphy #sedimentology #scientifichistory #fossilrecord #samples #sampling
@gnsscience

Volcano-Formed Fossils Reveal Trilobites In Never-Before-Seen Detail
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https://newatlas.com/biology/trilobite-fossils-volcanic-ash/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl4540 <-- shared paper
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[Palæontology was a ‘minor’ in my MSc (Geology) coursework, I have always had a fascination with it, and continue to follow it – and wonder…]
#geology #palæontology #paleontology #fossil #trilobite #marine #fossilrecord #Morocco #AtlasMountains #volcanic #pyroclastic #seafloor #ash #Cambrian #xray #microtomography #imaging #imagery #geochemistry #petrography #invertebrate

Pereira et al. found that the turtle fossil record unveils two extinction surges: one during the end-Cretaceous mass extinction and another likely caused by our hominin ancestors. Read now ahead of print to find out more!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/729604

#turtle #fossils #extinction #fossilRecord

#RichardDawkins - #Philosophy of #EvolutionaryBiology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oWgh0bQEY4

#PhilosophyOfBiology #Biology #Evolution #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #Life #Genetics #TreeOfLife #Darwin #DarwinianEvolution #Fossils #FossilRecord #MolecuralBiology #Taxonomy #MolecularTaxonomy #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#NewSpecies
New darwin wasp from early oligocene of #france just surfaced:

Lithoserix oublierus

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2E1851F7-0BBF-49DF-8F4A-63CA367ECC28
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/fr.27.116373
#FossilRecord

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #darwin #darwinwasp #paleo #paleontology #fossil #fossils #oligocene

#NewSpecies
New extinct shark from lower paleocene of #alabama #usa just got discovered:

Palaeohypotodus bizzocoi

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E51D855-B537-4088-95BE-8F20C549BF6F
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/fr.27.e112800
#FossilRecord

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishofmastodon #fishfriday #ichthyology #shark #paleo #paleontology #fossil #fossils #paleocene

A cryobot mission concept to drill through the icy crusts of Europa and Enceladus and search for life

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/digging-deeper-to-find-life-on-ocean-worlds

#life #space #astrobiology #nasa #cryobot #mission #europa #enceladus #ice #water #liquidwater #alien #alienlife #solarsystem #mars #microbes #fossil #record #fossilrecord #ocean #world #oceanworld #worlds #oceanworlds #jupiter #saturn #moon #moons #satellite #robot #satellites #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science #research #SESAME #COLDTech #PESTO

If humans went extinct, the Earth would recover from our impact in a few million years. But some of our legacies would remain in the fossil record, such as the bones of our cities and our plastic pollution. The planet's future inhabitants might wonder who we were and why we disappeared. #HumanExtinction #FossilRecord #EarthRecovery https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/how-human-extinction-would-change-the-earth?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

Marine #fossils are a reliable benchmark for degrading and collapsing ecosystems
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-marine-fossils-reliable-benchmark-degrading.html

The quality of the #FossilRecord across higher #taxa: compositional fidelity of phyla and classes in #benthic marine associations https://peerj.com/articles/15574/

"An analysis of more than 60,000 specimens indicates marine fossils are preserved in the fossil record in proportion to their diversity, enabling their use as a benchmark to assess the health of modern marine ecosystems."

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-criteria-differentiating-pollinating-insect-presumed.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-04-criteria-differentiating-pollinating-insect-presumed.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1648035364441845760#m

Study determines criteria for differentiating a pollinating insect from a presumed pollinator in the #fossilrecord @UniBarcelona @CellPressNews https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169534723000629 https://phys.org/news/2023-04-criteria-differentiating-pollinating-insect-presumed.html

Today’s #FossilFriday is the enigmatic upper M3 from the Megalopolis basin discovered in 1962-63. 😮

In 2021, Röding et al. conducted a crown outline analysis, which concluded that the Megalopolis molar most likely represents a Pleistocene specimen with #Neanderthal lineage affinities. 🦷 This research adds to the scarce Pleistocene human #fossilrecord of Greece and demonstrates the need for analytical methods when examining fragmentary specimens.

📌#OpenAccess 📄
https://doi.org/10.51315/9783935751377.001