The World’s First Bugs Had Way More Legs #fossils #paleontology #Carboniferous #Mississippian #Texas #insect #evolution
https://esconi.org/2026/09/the-worlds-first-bugs-had-way-more-legs/
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@esconi.bsky.socialThe World’s First Bugs Had Way More Legs #fossils #paleontology #Carboniferous #Mississippian #Texas #insect #evolution
https://esconi.org/2026/09/the-worlds-first-bugs-had-way-more-legs/
@eartharchives.orgA massive insect study challenges a 60-year-old genetic explanation for how ants, bees, and wasps became masters of social living.
Image credit: Shutterstock.
@eartharchives.orgAboriginal artists painted giant Rainbow Serpents as European colonization brought upheaval to Arnhem Land, reinforcing their traditions and connection to the land.
Image credit: P. Taçon.
@eartharchives.orgSomething took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could well be cannibalism.
Image credit: Yu Wu, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
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@brianbrachiopod.bsky.socialWhen you're explaining snow to someone who's seeing it for the first time-
Taking the piss with complete sincerety is an absolute MUST!
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#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
#FossilFriday
@fathompublishing.bsky.socialNorth Dakota is making history as the site where the first 'giant' footprints of an adult T-Rex have been unearthed.
🔗 Read about the groundbreaking discovery: http://dlvr.it/TVRRTk
@prehistoricmuseum.bsky.socialIt’s Fieldwork Friday!
Today we are highlighting our recent 2026 fieldwork near Ferron Mountain.
Here are some shots of our amazing team with some amazing fossils!
#fieldworkfriday #fossilfriday #volunteers #fossils #paleontology
@denverfowler.bsky.socialThis is a sacrum (vertebrae that fuse over the hips), from a parrot-mimic raptor dinosaur (caenagnathid, oviraptorosaur). These feathered raptors have quite fragile bones and are consequently quite rare.
@mystralfayth.bsky.socialOmg Pokémon fossils are so coooooool!
#pokemon #fossils #chicagofieldmuseum #vtuber
@esconi.bsky.socialFossil Friday #334: Mariopteris from Pit 4 #fossils #paleontology #MazonCreek #FossilFriday #pennsylvanian #carboniferous #seedfern
I was talking to Ralph Jewell and Jeremy Zimmerman at the Braceville field trip a few weeks ago…
https://esconi.org/2026/09/fossil-friday-334-mariopteris-from-pit-4/
@worldunderthewaves.bsky.social@eartharchives.orgAnthropologists studying the hip bones of Homo floresiensis have discovered that its pelvis was human-like, raising new questions about the origin of the enigmatic species.
Image credit: Alamy
@fediboard-science.bsky.socialA newly described Jurassic cephalopod fossil from Wyoming reveals one of the most compact and robustly built squid-like creatures ever discovered — a predator that likely dined on fellow invertebrates
@freegardener.bsky.socialChina's Bianfu Cave holds the richest Denisovan fossil trove yet, with teeth, tools & butchered bones revealing how they lived 160,000 #Denisovans #Archaeology #HumanOrigins #Fossils
https://freegardner.com/sci_scout/yunnan-cave-yields-richest-denisovan-fossil-trove.html
@jasminespirit.bsky.socialThese bizarre, geometric specimens are the fossilized remains of Jimbacrinus bostocki, an extinct type of Australian crinoid that lived during the early Permian period.
#fossils #Australian #animals
@factutainment.bsky.socialSome facts about Simosuchus. To enjoy animals is the right of all sentient beings.
#animalfacts #wildlife #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #simosuchus #crocodile #madagascar #cretaceous #fossils #pugcroc #animals #extinct #paleontology
@eartharchives.orgTracks of what appears to be the largest mammal of the dinosaur era have been found in Brazil.
Image credit: Júlia d'Oliveira/Elsevier.
@4quazulu.bsky.socialWho were the #Denisovans?
Rich trove of #fossils and tools paints new picture www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Science #Chemistry #Biology
#Biochemistry #STEM #Research #Scientist #ScienceFacts
#MolecularBiology
#Evolution #Genomics #Biophysics
#Neurobiology
@brianbrachiopod.bsky.socialA stowaway proves his worth and is officially welcomed aboard as a documented member of the crew.
See- stowing away is a critical stepping stone towards becoming aircrew.
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#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
Heads up- FossilFriday tomorrow
