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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 6d

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 11d

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Mystery creature found in 'forbidden cloud forest' of Peru is new species of marsupial

The newly described mouse opossum was discovered at a surprisingly high altitude in the Andes.

www.livescience.com

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 12d

A sadly never-realized Pleistocene animal park in La Plata, Argentina. Article from from Fray Mocho (9 August 1912)

The animals were designed by Josef Pallenberg, who also did the dinosaur sculptures at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg

(more info in this article: doi.org/10.31048/185... )

#FossilFriday

Double page spread from an Argentinian magazine from 1912. Shows models of prehistoric animals, including a Toxodon, Macrauchenia, Mylodon, Megatherium, Mastodon, Glyptodon and sabre-toothed cap. The central image is an illustration of all the creatures standing in a landscape.

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 12d

The news in English: www.government.nl/latest/news/....

The Netherlands will return Dubois collection to Indonesia

The Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities. Today, Gouke Moes, Minister of Education, Culture and...

www.government.nl

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 12d

Breaking news: Netherlands to return the Dubois collection of fossils to Indonesia

Naturalis Biodiversity Center @naturalis.bsky.social · 12d

Nederland geeft fossielen Dubois-collectie terug aan Indonesië.

Statement en meer informatie te vinden op www.naturalis.nl/persberichte...

Scheldepkapje in Dubois-collectie in zaal vroege mens

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 14d

Great thread on the Field Museum's mid-90s palaeontology galleries, which look amazingly bonkers

Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 14d

I was asked yesterday to post a walkthrough of Life Over Time, the shortest-lived and generally weirdest iteration of the Field Museum’s fossil halls. If you visited between 1994 and 2004, this is the version you saw. I’ve got some time, so let’s do this.

A carnival-like exhibit entrance with a dinosaur skull, coelacanth model, and pantodont skeleton in cases under freak show-style banners labeling them as "Mesozoic terror" and "the fish that wouldn't die'

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 15d

We have two jobs at KCL History!

16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l...

And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...

(both to start in January 2026)

Lecturer in Irish/British History at King's College London

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Irish/British History on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 25d

Hey you. Wanna apply for a fellowship on collections? the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural & heritage institutions are open!

The Natural History Museum priorities are below.

If you wanna talk birds, hit me up. Collectors, colonialism, Canada, Australia & more

www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 26d

Good point! I'd be a bit more forgiving in this case too if the F. John Moa image wasn't so comically ridiculous by the standards of the time it was produced in...

Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 26d

Ugh

Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 26d

Also seems like a good earner for Getty Images. £275 for the medium res version of that!

www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/illustration/moa-extinct-giant-bird-in-new-zealand-royalty-free-illustration/1409766603

(I'm sure you could license some more plausible modern palaeoart for less...)

Moa - xtinct giant bird in New Zealand. In the background a Canary...

Moa - xtinct giant bird in New Zealand. In the background a Canary dragon tree . Chromolithograph after a drawing by F. John, published in 1900.

www.gettyimages.co.uk

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 26d

Yeah, was struck by that when I saw the article - the choice of using F. John's Turkey-Moa was bizarre....

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 26d

For #FossilFriday - advert for Kühnscherf Museum Cabinets, for when you need a display case for your indeterminate fossil reptile in early Weimar Germany

From Natur und Museum (1920)

Page of an advertisement from a German journal from 1920. In the middle is a picture of a portly black-clad man with a large white beard, black hat and walking cane, pointing at a glass case with a fossil reptile skeleton inside, and the words Kühnscherf at the base.

The main text reads "Kühnscherf Museums-Schränke, aus Eisen and Glas … Anerkannt die besten Museums-Schränke der Welt"
(translation --- "Kühnscherf Museum Cabinets, made from iron and glass … Recognized as the best museum cabinets in the world.")

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 28d

Hugely looking forward to this, and enamoured of the sloths already

Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 28d

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age out later this year... such a thrill to put this series together, oh my goodness are you in for a treat :) Hopefully news on events and publicity coming soon! Sloths, cats, rhinos, glyptodonts AND SOOOO MUCH MORE!!

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age homotheres, white and touching faces together.

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age Woolly rhino old adult and youngster.

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age Glyptotherium.

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age sloth mother with juvenile on back.

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 28d

(main source of all this is Buxton Museum, which has a great archive for Dawkins and Jackson)

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 28d

Yes, checked back and the ones I have most records of are mainly university extension or local lectures, or delivered via the Museum. His Geology & Palaeontology course at Owens College (in the 1870s) seems to end with a discussion of human prehistory too

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 28d

I think there is earlier teaching of prehistory in Geology departments - Boyd Dawkins has courses on it in the 1890s at Manchester (have some archive docs on this - a lot of it seems lifted from his book Early Man in Britain)

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · Sep 4

We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cover featuring what is probably my favourite of Bob's many brilliant artworks!

Bob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · Sep 2

From the vault: my Nature cover art from 2017, featuring #Kulindadromeus, regarding the paper "A new hypothesis of dinosaur relationships and early dinosaur evolution," from Matthew Baron, David Norman, & @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #JurassicWorld

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · Aug 31

If you want to learn about dinosaur palaeontology on Skye (and are in the UK), then BBC Alba have put 2021 documentary "Eilean nan Dìneasar" back up for this month

Featuring appearances from @stevebrusatte.bsky.social and @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social !

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Eilean nan Dineasair

Revealing the variety and importance of Jurassic dinosaur finds on Skye. Beairteas làraich chudromach dìneasar na linne Jurassic san Eilean Sgitheanaich.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Aug 30

UC Berkeley Depart of History tenure-track asst prof job in Global History of Technology. History of technological artifacts & infrastructures through a global & transnational lens. All fields, areas, & periods of #HistTech considered
For more info:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
#HPS 🗃️

Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · Aug 27

Massively well deserved - congratulations Sadiah!

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Cincinnati Museum Center is housed in a restored art deco train station from 1933. I love how Torvosaurus and Allosaurus kinda look like they’re waiting for a train. #FossilFriday

Mounted skeletons of two meat-eating dinosaurs. One is slightly larger and lighter. Art deco-ish train station setting, converted into a museum hall

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · Aug 19

One of the highlights of the year - live coverage of the annual weighing of the animals at London Zoo: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

Watch: Camels, penguins and capybaras set for London Zoo's annual weigh-in

The weigh-in helps zookeepers monitor the health of their animals and the data is shared with conservation groups.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · Aug 18

This looks like a brilliant resource -

(it's going straight on the reading list of my histories of objects and collecting module!):

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgsibg.bsky.social · Aug 18

Looking for ways to discuss the 'Hidden Histories of Exploration' with students studying geography at university?

This resource examines how to use materials from our collections to run a workshop on local knowledge and Indigenous agency in the history of exploration 👉 www.rgs.org/research...

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