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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jul 19

I love your poem! It's spot on. Thank you so much for your kind words too.

Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jul 16

The Dodo went extinct more that 350 years ago, and yet it still has a very large presence... Here is a lovely piece from BBC Future about our work and 'it'. with Karen Fawcett and Julian Hume
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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'It's just a weird, weird bird': Why we got the dodo so absurdly wrong

The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we have distorted what the dodo was really like.

www.bbc.com

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jul 5

And so, the GostlingEvoPalaeoLab and volunteers from the Dinosaur on Your Window Sill head off to a school fête to talk dinosaur and bird evolution.
#palaeoSaturday

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jul 4

Great day in the Palaeo lab at Dinosaur Isle with @christijanibarker.bsky.social and @jamesmacdonell.bsky.social looking at Isle of Wight dinosaurs. Keep an eye out for some exciting developments...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jun 16

Incredibly proud and grateful for the amazing efforts of the Southampton team at the #LymeRegisFossilFestival. We spoke to 1000s of people, and several local schools. The students were brilliant. Thank you all for hard work.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social

Southampton Palaeontology people by their display at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jun 15

A super talk by asst producer Jay Balamurugun from #WalkingWithDinosaurs2025.
A wonderful insight into how the series was put together.
Lots of people were inspired in 1999, I am sure lots of new palaeos will result from the new series.
#LymeRegisFossilFestival

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jun 15

Fantastic talk about Mary Anning and her discoveries from @tomsharperocks.bsky.social at #LymeRegisFossilFestival
Anning was a fascinating person.

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jun 15

Mike, from Everything Dinosaur is changing the dinosaur model world, no single use plastics, British design, development, scientifically accurate models of prehistoric animals...

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jun 15

Day 2 of #LymeRegisFossilFestival and I am chairing talks!
The first is 'How to build a dinosaur' from the amazing team at Everything Dinosaur introducing the 'Evolutions' project... New dinosaur models...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jun 14

@palaeosingh.bsky.social I am so sorry I only saw you across the marquee and didn't get to chat. Are you around tomorrow?

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jun 14

#LymeRegisFossilFestival
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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jun 14

Great day at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. Lovely to see my former lecturers, from Reading, Amanda Callaghan and Graham Holloway. The star of the show was undoubtedly Karen Fawcett 's wonderful Ceratosuchops reproduction. A smashing, friendly, exciting day talking science. Last day tomorrow.

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Jun 13

We're at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival with MRes and PhD students from @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social and @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social. It's schools day today, but the festival is a weekend of palaeobiological delight. Come along and say hello.
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you ever so much. I'm really pleased you enjoyed it.

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · May 20

Really pleased to be on my way to @linneansociety.bsky.social for #PintOfScience.
Polly is excited too. Dodos are cool
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social

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University of Southampton News @uosmedia.bsky.social · May 13

Fantastic article by Dr Neil Gostling on how Sir David Attenborough has reshaped how we see the natural world throughout his illustrious career.

Follow him at: @neilgostling.bsky.social

theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...

From Zoo Quest to Ocean: The evolution of David Attenborough’s voice for the planet

Attenborough’s filmography has shaped how we perceive the natural world.

theconversation.com

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · May 13

From Zoo Quest to Ocean: The evolution of David Attenborough’s voice for the planet theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...
The piece I wrote with Sam Illingworth. I hope that you enjoy it.

From Zoo Quest to Ocean: The evolution of David Attenborough’s voice for the planet

Attenborough’s filmography has shaped how we perceive the natural world.

theconversation.com

Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Apr 17

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Apr 17

What are people saying about Hidden in Stone at God's House Tower, Southampton?
If you haven't been yet there's still a few days of the Easter Holiday, and we're here until June 1st.
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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Apr 17

There's still time to get to Hidden in Stone for my talk on 'Dinosaurs of the South'. The talk starts at 6.30 at God's House Tower.
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Chris Tijani Barker @christijanibarker.bsky.social · Apr 16

Our open access article on early spinosaur brains and senses, coauthored by myself, @neilgostling.bsky.social, @tetzoo.bsky.social, @witmerlab.bsky.social and others, is apparently a #TopViewedArticle in the Journal of Anatomy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Modified skulls but conservative brains? The palaeoneurology and endocranial anatomy of baryonychine dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae)

Spinosaurids were unusual large-bodied tetanuran theropods with semi-aquatic ecologies. The neuroanatomy of baryonychine spinosaurids has yet to be studied, and may inform about the early evolution o....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Apr 14

Until June 1st. I hope that you can visit.

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · Apr 14

🧪 Science... 🦤 Dodos.... 🎶 Ukuleles!

We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.

Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻

Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · Apr 12

@willattard.bsky.social is giving a wonderful flint knapping demonstration at Hidden In Stone, at God's House Tower, this morning. How our recent ancestors made tools and interacted with the environment is fascinating.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

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