Momentous discovery: while most @natecoevo.nature.com editorials are anonymous, it turns out last year we somehow reanimated Gideon Mantell and got him to write one for us, in 1869. Impressive, no?

Why am I getting targeted ads for horse blankets while reading about Sahelanthropus? I neither own a horse nor have I considered buying it a blanket (would probably go for the blue and white polka dots though).

Last month I got to see some extremely long-lived Cryptomeria japonica trees in Yakushima. A cool new paper in @natecoevo.nature.com shows average tree life expectancy has only a weak relationship w/ maximum lifespan, reinforcing the idea that the yakusugi have won the lifespan lottery rdcu.be/elQOY

I am done! See you in 2025

that's up there with "why does my squirrel sneeze?" from 1874 -- bring back the pet advice column, I say.

Vielen dank @emmadnn.bsky.social @taphonomist.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social and @thepalass.bsky.social for my favourite PalAss yet, and not just because of the Brezeln/Christmas shopping opportunities. Just one more for the road…#PalAss24

Now officially competing for the job of chief editor of Nature Fried Things (launching 2025) with @devinleaward.bsky.social after our visit to Erlangen’s multiple Christmas markets last night

I think I might aspire to be a sink when I grow up #PalAss24

I’m delighted with my í @thepalass.bsky.social

I am now 99% Bretzel and enjoying day 2 at #palass24. Floating about sessions 1B and 2A this morning if you’d like to say hello!

Hello! I'm Luíseach, an editor handling all the old things 🏺🦕🦴🧬 (but also live humans) @natureecoevo.bsky.social. My handle, Roinn an Luísigh, is a pun that I thought was funny 12 years ago because my name rhymes with 'taoiseach'. Puns work best when they're laboured and need explaining, right?

Jesus hates archaeology

I'm currently feeling like an octopus in need of a goatfish over here

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hey look, it's an adorable (and open access) frozen kitten!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...