Who needs to spend hours making a diorama when you have AI? Loving the new toy 😊
#smilodon #sabertooth #iceage #megafauna #pleistocene

Mastodon tooth is 23 cm long by 13 cm tall.

A view of the grinding surfaces, showing glossy and polished-appearing preservation.

Mastodon tooth, North Sulphur River, NE Texas. At this locality Pleistocene alluvium overlays Late Cretaceous marine sediments, making for a double-whammy fossil collecting opportunity.

#fossilfriday #mastodon #tooth #pleistocene #fossilcollecting

DNA virus–host patterns in lake and marine environments over the last glacial cycle Abstract. Viruses are integral to population dynamics, biogeochemical cycling, and host evolution, making them essential for ecosystem function. We explore

What did #ancient #viral #ecosystems look like? 🦠🧬 Sedimentary #aDNA from lakes and oceans reveals 2,000+ viral taxa and shows how #virus–host interactions changed from the #Pleistocene to today.
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #sedaDNA

Smilodon fatalis is the most well known sabertooth cat. Yet depictions of this extinct species differ very widely, from popular media to museums and scientific recreations. Here are my attempts, which do you like best and feel is the most accurate or realistic?

#smilodon #pleistocene #megafauna

Most people don’t know the Wiarton Willie statue in Bluewater Park is a life size replica of the actual giant albino groundhogs that roamed Earth in the late pleistocene period.

#wiarton #groundhog #pleistocene

The Life Appearance of the Giant Deer Megaloceros — Tetrapod Zoology Eurasian Pleistocene megafauna are among the most familiar and oft-depicted of prehistoric animals...

The 2018 Tetrapod Zoology article The Life Appearance of the Giant Deer Megaloceros just had an editorial revamp... why? Well, that would be telling. It's here: tetzoo.com/blog/2018/9/... #Pleistocene #deer #fossilmammals

Header: Cats 10,000 B.C... A man with a pony tail and a vest made of fur says, “Awww... Does Smiley want a belly rub?” To a sabertooth tiger lying on its back with its paws up. A close up of his arm, hand missing, bones sticking out, scratches, he says "Twas a trap...”

#Pleistocene #Smilodon #SabertoothTiger #cat #memes #comics #paleontology

Yes I looked up those first two words. Trying to snag a few paleontologists

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Germania Mint joins the prehistoric genre after a long absence with the Cave Lion, debuting the new Megafauna coin series - AgAuNEWS Germania Mint joins the prehistoric genre after a long absence with the Cave Lion, debuting the new Megafauna coin series While most of Europe is devoid of formidable apex predators today, that certainly wasn't the case for our ancestors, who had

Germania Mint joins the prehistoric genre after a long absence with the Cave Lion, debuting the new Megafauna coin series #coins #numismatics #silver #gold #germaniamint #bigcats #cats #lions #megafauna #pleistocene #prehistoric
agaunews.com/agaushoot-germania-mintm...

What Elephant Teeth Tell Us About Neanderthal Hunters Strontium isotopes in 125,000-year-old molars reveal the surprisingly distant origins of the giant prey Neanderthals hunted at a German lakeside site

New research reads 125,000-year-old elephant molars like travel diaries—strontium isotopes show some Neanderthal-hunted giants roamed up to 300 km before arriving at a German lake site. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Pleistocene www.anthropology.net/p/what-eleph...

Original post on c.im

Review of the European Middle #Pleistocene hominin record 'characterized by pronounced morphological variability and persistent taxonomic uncertainty'. Authors argue 'trait-by-trait approaches inflate phylogenetic fragmentation of the fossil record.' […]

For @dinokinggreg.bsky.social , who wanted me to draw the Ngandong tiger!

Here it is with another extinct animal, the longhorn water bufalo!

#paleoart #pleistocene #tiger

Principal Researcher in Human Evolution:South Kensington

#Jobarchéo The Natural History #Museum of London is recruiting a Researcher in #Pleistocene #Human #Evolution.

🚩Closing date: 17/04/2026

jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Digital artwork of a woolly mammoth with a luxurious coat and soulful lashes. She is leaping in victory while some kind of (unseen) volcanic surface lights her glossy fur from underneath. The image has no background. It's just the mammoth because that's all you really need to see here, really.

I'm well aware that elephants cannot jump, but you've never seen a living woolly mammoth in the first place so don't even get started on scientific accuracy here

Character from my game about animals who...jump! On a volcano!

#gamedev #art #paleoart #pleistocene #indie

The Late Pleistocene Megafauna: Huge Animals that Used to Roam the Earth Not so long ago, huge mammals weighing more than 1,000 kg existed practically all over the world. We call these giants the Pleistocene megafauna because they lived in a time period called the Pleistocene and were almost completely extinct around 11,700 years ago. These mammals lived on Earth for millions of years and were very important to almost all land-based ecosystems. However, natural climate change and humans decreased their ability to survive. Today, we find fossils of Pleistocene megafauna all over the world, including bones, hair, droppings, and even footprints. Scientists dig for these fossils to learn more about these animals and why they went extinct. Studying these ancient animals also gives scientists important information that helps them understand the risks that today’s living animals face in our world.

Nice kids frontiers piece on #Pleistocene megafauna

kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.20...

Taphonomic insights into fossil preservation and accumulation of Pleistocene Pongo‐bearing assemblages from Tham Khao Phak Kut in Krabi, Peninsular Thailand This paper presents the first systematic taphonomic study of cave deposits from the newly discovered fossil site of Tham Khao Phak Kut cave (TKPK), Ao Luek District, Krabi Province in Peninsular Thai...

Our new paper has been published in the Journal of #Quaternary #Science! 🥳 Find '#Taphonomic insights into #fossil preservation and accumulation of #Pleistocene Pongo-bearing assemblages from Tham Khao Phak Kut in Krabi, Peninsular #Thailand' here >>
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#Archaeology #PaisleyCaves #Pleistocene #AncientTechnology
#PeoplingOfTheAmericas #GreatBasinArchaeology #HumanAdaptation

A black Smilodon faces off with a gladiator. Who will win?
#smilodon #ice_age #gladiator #sabertooth #pleistocene #bigcats

Possible Ice Age horse molar next to bison molar. Science Museum of Minnesota. Another incredible Ice Age find from my good friend Bill in 2018 — New Ulm, Minnesota. Every one of these teeth and bones helps us answer a bigger question: Were Ice Age horses still roaming Minnesota later than we thought? Follow along as we work through all twelve specimens and uncover what the dates reveal. #Pleistocene #Equus #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience #IceAgeMinnesota #RadiocarbonDating

Possible Ice Age horse molar. Science Museum of Minnesota.

Possible Ice Age horse molar. Science Museum of Minnesota.

🐴 #FossilFriday — Lower horse molar (SMM P2020.7.34) from my hometown ❤️‍🔥. Specimen 7 of 12 headed for radiocarbon dating. #LostBones updates on Substack: substack.com/@marcusbrand...

👇 What do you think this molar’s age will come back as — Ice Age or more recent?
#Pleistocene #Equus #CitizenScience

DNA barcoding reference dataset revealed overlooked diversity and clarified biogeography of fishes in the largest European river system – Volga River This study represents the first thorough genetic assessment of freshwater fishes from the Volga River Basin – the longest (3,690 km) river in Europe. DNA barcode sequences (COI) were studied in 84 spe...

The first thorough #genetic assessment of the Volga River Basin is here!

Researchers #barcoded 84 #fish species, discovering 7 species new to the region (incl. 2 invasives) and 3 new phylogenetic lineages. The Kama River is highlighted as a vital #Pleistocene refuge and Arctic faunal corridor. ⤵️

Figure 2. Images of Centorus rufipes from Kusgan Lake (A–G) and subfossil late Pleistocene remains from Suzun-1 site (H,I) [9]. (A–C) These represent the habitus of adult female (A) and male (B,C), dorsal and lateral views; (D–F)—habitus of older larva, dorsal, ventral and lateral views; (G,H)—aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views; (I)—left elytron. Scale bar is 2 mm (A–F,I) and 1 mm (G,H).

#LiteratureNotice Dudko et al. Did Cold Resistance Influence the Success of the Halobiont Darkling Beetle #Centorus rufipes (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) During the Pleistocene? doi.org/10.3390/inse... #Beetle #Beetles #darklingbeetle #Pleistocenebeetle #Pleistocene

First paper by Cristi for her PhD thesis:

Velasco-Flores & al. in press | Life-position succulent #Euphorbia L. fossils buried in #Pleistocene explosive volcanic deposits from #Tenerife, Canary Islands, #Spain | RPP: doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
#openaccess #Palaeobotany

Prehistoric Mammal Partial Skull Studies. Made with an Apple Green Prismacolor Pencil. Top Left: Short Face Bear Jawbone Top Right: Mammoth Vertebrae Middle Left: Cave Lion Lower Mandible Bottom Left: Mammoth Tooth Bottom Right: Map of Alaska

Boneyard Alaska (P1)
Partial Bone Studies

References: www.instagram.com/theboneyarda...

#bones #fossils #prehistoric #mammals #Pleistocene #sketch #traditionalart #alaska #coloredpencil #animal #animalart #paleontology #paleoart #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #sciart

A man in a green tee-shirt (Prof Andy Gale) recording Chalk stratigraphy and collecting samples at Keswick Chalk Pit, near Norwich, UK. The excavated chalk is white, but the weathered chalk surface is green with algae and has shrubs growing on it.

Pleased to have helped Andy Gale in his research - storvaxt.blogspot.com/2020/05/clin.... He's inspired me to find out more about early #Pleistocene #barnacles in the Norwich Crag Formation.

📑 #Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution, 218 #OpenAccess
"Species delimitation based on phylogenetic analyses..."
Hassanin, A., Jullemier, E. @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al.
#Mammalia #Alpha_taxonomy #DNA_barcoding #Cryptic_species #Pleistocene
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...

🦒 isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...

Sometimes you just gotta sculpt big extinct lizards-s-s-s Megalania, Austrialias largest lizard from the Pleistocene!

#pleistocene #sculpting #megalania #lizard

Lower p2 horse molar (side view) found near Olson's Point in Buffalo Lake

Lower p2 horse molar (side view) found in 1976 on Olson's Point south side of Buffalo Lake

Horse molar occlusal view.

#LostBones #FossilFriday! 🐴🐂🦥🐪🐟 Was on the road this week with@dr-crocogator.bsky.social to retrieve this beauty, specimen #4, found on Buffalo Lake in from Wright County, Minnesota.

www.wrighthistory.org
📖 Notes: substack.com/profile/7473...
#pleistocene #equus #palaeontology #citizenscience

Paleolake geochronology supports Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) age for human tracks at White Sands, New Mexico Additional data from an adjacent ancient lake support a 23,000-year-old age for human tracks in New Mexico.

Dated human footprints from the White Sands area of New Mexico suggest that people were in North America by ~23,000 calibrated years before the present.

The stratigraphic data...spans >23.6 thousand years to ~17.0 thousand calibrated YBP.
#Pleistocene
#PreClovis

Complex perishable technologies from the North American Great Basin reveal specialized Late Pleistocene adaptations Organic items from the Great Basin broaden understanding of complex technologies in the Pleistocene.

“Complex perishable technologies from the North American Great Basin reveal specialized Late Pleistocene adaptations”…

— interplay of #culture, #climate, and #technology in the #Pleistocene.

— 15 different plant and animal taxa, including the oldest known physical remains of sewn hide.

I can’t quite explain how but somehow I remember these animals.
#Pleistocene #naturewriting #sabertoothedcat

A 3D-printed replica in brown plastic of a fossil mandible of Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis. It shows two mandibular rami with rows of molar teeth in. The original is in the Natural History Museum, London.

Peter Stibbons holding a 3D-printed replica in brown plastic of a fossil mandible of Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis. It shows two mandibular rami with rows of molar teeth in. The original is in the Natural History Museum, London. Peter is driving forward a project to digitise fossil collections relating to the Victorian collectors Alfred Savin and Anna Gurney - see https://www.cromer-savin.co.uk/.

Members of the Norfolk Museums team and fossil collectors discussing the 3D-printed rhinoceros jaw, seated around a table at Cromer Museum. The jaw is made of brown plastic.

Awesome 3D printing brings a fossil Stephanorhinus jaw from the West Runton Freshwater Bed out of @nhm.org stores - thanks to Peter Stibbons and Cromer Savin Project team www.cromer-savin.co.uk, and special thanks to @lotterygoodcauses.bsky.social for funding.
#Norfolk #Pleistocene #Geology