We believe they did, in fact! Not technically in the mandibles themselves, but in the clypeal horn, on their foreheads. Micro-CT scans indicate high density around where the mandibles articulate with the horn, which is thought to be bioaccumulated metal reinforcing the horn during mandible closure
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Interested in ants, dad jokes, and insect puns (not necessarily in that order)? I had so much fun talking about ant fossils and evolution in this podcast! πππ (attempted ant finger guns - tarsal claw guns?)
08.07.2025 14:17 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Upping this again one week before the deadline! If you're interested in ecology, plants, insects, fossils, new methods and more, please consider applying! Lots of potential routes to answer these questions, and a beautiful (if cold!) setting to do so in!
Pls repost!
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Thanks for the follow list! Okinawa is great and so are the hermit crabs - found the cutest Ryukyu pottery mug with blueberry hermit crabs
23.04.2025 09:37 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Please come join us and help us unravel deep-time community dynamics in bugs and plants! Edmonton is a great city to live in and there are lots of different approaches to tackle these questions!
22.04.2025 06:45 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Finally made the (long-overdue) switch to Bluesky and can start posting about bugs and fossils again πβοΈ (tragically no fossil emojis so have a dubious rock hammer instead)
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Reproductive Scientist. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Opinions my own. Also on Mastodon: @dmacphee@mas.to
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A.v.Humboldt professor at the University of Mainz. Evolutionary ecologist. Runs a research group that once prompted the description "in this [coffee] room there's almost always someone who is at least partially fun". (Which we then translated into Latin.)
We are a research lab at Western University, Canada studying soil biodiversity.
Paleobotany | Paleoclimate | Paleomagnetism | Focused mostly on the Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene in western North America
Assistant Professor in Department of Geological Sciences at New Mexico State University
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Father, Husband, Prof. ~ Community & Population Ecologist ~BCE~ #mosquitoes #urbanecology #dytiscids #entomology~ All around Science Enthusiast ~ posts are my own
Since you asked, no. Giant ground sloths did NOT eat avocados and shit out the seeds, resulting in the evolution of modern avocados. *paper coming soon-ish⦠someday⦠when I have time for that.
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology: https://www.oist.jp
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Evolutionary biologist; postdoc @oistedu.bsky.social; evolutionary theories | complex traits | evolutionary novelties
Views are my own.
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Freelance illustrator / concept artist / paleoartist. Please email me at EmilySteppArt@gmail.com for business inquiries.
evolutionary biologist (phylogenetic network methods, plant systematics) | postdoc @ University of Washington | PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison | ππ»ββοΈβ¨ππ»π§¬ she/her
Botanist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Washington Dept. of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture https://tribblelab.org/
PhD student in NIGPAS.
Interest in Devonian plants and paleontological data analysis. See evolution by fossils.
Professor and physicist. Black holes, quantum gravity, cosmology. Rocky Top. Tar Heel. Reposts are spooky action at a distance. These are my views, not my employer's. Just terrible at this.
CEB PhD Candidate at UChicago/Field Museum | Westneat Lab
evolutionary ecomorphology, venom delivery in fishes, teaching
Chicago Cubs Fan | runner | hotdog enthusiast
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- Executive Director, Project Drawdown drawdown.org
- Climate scientist, working on solutions
- Passionate about science, communication, and hope
- Minnesota based, Maine born
- Personal account / My views
Forbes Bio Station Director
Wetland Bird/Waterfowl @ Illinois Natural Hist Survey
Posts do not represent my employer
President @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social
Gardening
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aurielfournier.github.io
forbes-bio-station.inhs.illinois.edu
Deep-sea ecologist investigating how humans shape and reshape the sea floor. Conservation technologist developing open-source tools to understand our changing oceans. Ocean educator creating novel programs to help students interact with marine ecosystems.
π³οΈβππ¨π¦π§ Conservation, curator in charge of birbs, island hopper, climber, connoisseur of fine teas, biscuit fiend, v left, queer af, ErdΕsβBacon = 8, he/him.
π Tring & Milton Keynes, UK
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Official Entomemeology. Education & compassion through humor. The internetβs #1 source of entomology memes & invertebrate humor.
I didnβt choose the bug life, the bug life chose me. πͺ²
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