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Juan L Cantalapiedra
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Evolutionary paleobiologist interested in Cenozoic large terrestrial mammals 🐘🦒🦏 | tenured scientist at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales MNCN-CSIC | PI of the Cantalapiedra Lab
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Jan 25
Hey everyone! Since I’m new to BlueSky, I thought I’d share a quick summary of some of the main projects I’ve worked on over the past three years. Buckle up for some paleontology! 🦴⚒️💻
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Fernando Blanco @fernandoblancos.bsky.social · Jun 5
1/ Large herbivores (like ancient elephants, rhinos, deer) aren’t just big plant-eaters—they’re ecosystem engineers. They shape landscapes, disperse seeds, and influence soil and fire dynamics.
But how did they evolve as climates and continents shifted?
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Sergi Valverde @svalver.bsky.social · May 29
Douglas et al. shows that up to 99% of evolutionary change occur at branching points across genes, morphology, and language. A major step for punctuated evolution, aligning with our goal of a unified framework. @nilese.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social #EvoBio #CultEvo doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Evolution is coupled with branching across many granularities of life | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Across many scales of life, the rate of evolutionary change is often accelerated at the time when one lineage splits into two. The emergence of novel protein function can be facilitated by gene duplication (neofunctionalization); rapid morphological ...
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CienciaEs @cienciaes.bsky.social · May 26
Alberto Boscaini y Juan López Cantalapiedra hablan del auge y extinción de los perezosos gigantes. Podcast Hablando con Científicos. #hablandoconcientificos cienciaes.com/entrevistas/...
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Cienciaes.com: Auge y extinción de los perezosos gigantes. Hablamos con Alberto Boscaini y Juan López Cantalapiedra | Podcasts de Ciencia
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · May 22
The emergence and demise of giant sloths | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The emergence and demise of giant sloths
The emergence of multi-tonne herbivores is a recurrent aspect of the Cenozoic mammalian radiation. Several of these giants have vanished within the past 130,000 years, but the timing and macroevolutio...
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · May 22
Thrilled to see our work on sloth evolution finally published @science.org! Huge thanks to Alberto Boscaini and Daniel Casali for bringing me on board for such a fascinating project! 🦥

#evolution #paleontology #paleobiology
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Science Magazine @science.org · May 22
Ancient sloths ranged in size from tiny climbers to ground-dwelling giants.

Now, researchers report in Science that this body size diversity was largely shaped by sloths’ habitats, and that these animals’ precipitous decline was likely a result of increasing human pressures. scim.ag/43dd0t7
The emergence and demise of giant sloths
The emergence of multi-tonne herbivores is a recurrent aspect of the Cenozoic mammalian radiation. Several of these giants have vanished within the past 130,000 years, but the timing and macroevolutio...
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · May 17
Just purchased a compilation of Darwin’s writings that did not make it into The Origin. His initial plan was to publish a larger book called Natural Selection. Then he rushed to deliver a shorter version (his most famous book). Some suggest it contains hints of multilevel selection…
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · May 17
Este lunes 19, en La Botillería, hablaré de Darwin y del papel de la paleobiología en redefinir nuestra comprensión de la evolución

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@pintofscience.es #Pint25ES #Pint25Mad

🗺️ maps.app.goo.gl/wzYfdH8WS1gV...
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Amniota Lab @amniotalab.bsky.social · Apr 4
Burgos retreat at @cenieh.bsky.social with some Amniota Lab members! Ignacio Lazagabaster, @fernandoblancos.bsky.social , @paleoiris.bsky.social @singerstone.bsky.social & @ohsanisidro.bsky.social Fossils, science, food and good vibes

#paleobiology #AmniotaLab #MACPALS
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Apr 4
Who said brontotheres weren’t selfie-ready? Check out this smiley Megacerops at the Yale Peabody Museum!
#FossilFriday
#paleobiology
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CPEG & CPB Symposium 2025 @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social · Mar 31
🚨 Early Bird Pricing Closes TODAY🚨

It's your last chance to sign up with discounted registration for the upcoming CPEG and CPB conference!

Early bird pricing ends TODAY at MIDNIGHT (CET) 🕒

Don’t miss out and register now ⬇️
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| Crossing the Paleontological-Ecological Gap & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium | Zurich, 2025 | UZH
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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · Mar 24
Looking forward to give my perspective on the recent prehistoric #megafauna #extinctions on the Cambridge Prisms' Real World Challenges Seminar Series on Wednesday cassyni.com/events/Pp9Mi... 🦣 ✝️ 🦏 ✝️ 🐎 ✝️🐂 ✝️🐆 #Pleistocene #Holocene #paleoecology #ecosystems #rewilding #mammals
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Sergi Valverde @svalver.bsky.social · Mar 19
Excellent article in the Spanish newspaper @elpais about Elisabeth Vrba's legacy. @nilese.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @blaividiella.bsky.social
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Mar 19
Hoy @argomezcano.bsky.social @hdezfdez.bsky.social y yo publicamos en @elpais.com sobre Elisabeth Vrba, la paleobióloga revolucionaria, que falleció el pasado mes de febrero

#paleontología #evolución

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Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología
En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil
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Ana Rosa Gómez Cano @argomezcano.bsky.social · Mar 19
📢 Hoy en El País se publica un artículo en honor a Elisabeth Vrba, una de las científicas que más han inspirado mi carrera. He tenido el privilegio de participar en su creación junto a @singerstone.bsky.social y @hdezfdez.bsky.social 👇🔗
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Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología
En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Mar 19
Hoy @argomezcano.bsky.social @hdezfdez.bsky.social y yo publicamos en @elpais.com sobre Elisabeth Vrba, la paleobióloga revolucionaria, que falleció el pasado mes de febrero

#paleontología #evolución

elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología
En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Feb 5
After careful examination, we concluded that brontothere horns could have functioned exaptively as towel holders, had they survived into the Anthropocene…
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Feb 5
During our visit, we combined analogical and digital approaches…
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Feb 5
Bill Simpson was an amazing host and also helped with the heavy lifting 🙏

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#museumcollections
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Jan 30
just starting our trip across US, first stop the Field Museum. Here @ohsanisidro.bsky.social warming up before doing some deadlifts 💪🏋🏻
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CPEG & CPB Symposium 2025 @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social · Jan 28
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

Extended deadlines and changes to keynote speakers!

🗓️ Abstract deadline EXTENDED: Feb 15th, 2025
🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025

4th circular with full details below!
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 25
Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.

Smashed records.

Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · Jan 26
Planning on joining us in Birmingham for #2025SVP #SVP2025? Interested in buying merchandise featuring our heavy metal inspired logos designed by @markwitton.bsky.social? We're exploring what merchandise options should be available - please reply to this post & let us know your thoughts!
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · Jan 24
#FossilFriday A small herd of the oreodont Miniochoerus, nestling in death. At the Tate Geological Museum in Wyoming.
Articulated skeletons of the small oreodont Miniochoerus
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Jan 25
So that’s my quick intro here on BlueSky! Paleontology, evolution, and cool collaborations!!
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Jan 25
Also in 2024, @macroecoevoale.bsky.social led a paper where we explored avian dinosaur endothermy 🦖➡️🐦 using phylogenetic and niche modeling methods. We pieced together how warm-bloodedness evolved in bird ancestors. A true evolutionary mystery unraveled! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Early Jurassic origin of avian endothermy and thermophysiological diversity in dinosaurs
Dinosaur acclimatization and the evolution of bird-like, independent thermoregulation are heavily debated. Chiarenza et al. quantify the evolution of dinosaur thermal strategies, showing trends toward...
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Jan 25
In 2024, I collaborated with a Brazilian team to build the longest-ever temporal series of mammal trophic networks (20 million years!). We found that Iberian mammal food webs have simplified over time. A warning sign? 🕸️🐾 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The reorganization of predator–prey networks over 20 million years explains extinction patterns of mammalian carnivores
We used the Iberian fossil records to reconstruct mammalian food webs throughout millions of years. We found that trophic networks became sparser and less connected towards the present and that a hig....
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