Ungewöhnliche Zusammenarbeit: Die Anthropologin Kathelijne Koops und die Paläontologin Catalina Pimiento nutzten einen methodischen Ansatz für marine Megafauna, um das evolutionären Verhalten von Affen zu untersuchen. Daraus wurde eine interessante Studie: arch.cam.ac.uk/news/multidime…

Check out our new 🔓 paper on the Rise and Fall of Shark Functional Diversity during the Cenozoic in GEB Journal Dr. Jack Cooper 🦈

Dr. Regan Dunn (#TarPits Interim Assistant Deputy Director & Assistant Curator) joins this year’s #WBF2024 in Davos, kicking off June 16! 🌍 Visit worldbiodiversityforum2024.org for event details, panel information, and more.

🦈New research by Dr. Jack Cooper 🦈 & Catalina Pimiento reveals that #shark functional diversity has steadily declined over the last 10 million years to its lowest value today. ➡️Find out more bit.ly/JCCPSharks

Heading back to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 by 🚊 after the World Biodiversity Forum🇨🇭. Most ppl still fly from UK to EU meetings. Can’t more sustainable travel be incentivised somehow? Should it just be down to personal choice, which usually, understandably, tends to be cheaper option?

We had the most amazing time at the #WBF2024. Our special session “Insights from the past for a better future” brought together 30+ inspiring paleontologists and macroecologists who shared their exciting research, while surrounded by the breathtaking landscape of Davos🏔️🇨🇭 🧵👇🏽

A recently published paper by UZH paleontology professor Catalina Pimiento has got people talking. This has to do with the charismatic marine species it covers, but also with the sheer number of authors: more than half of the 34 co-authors are students at UZH. news.uzh.ch/en/articles/ne…

Benchmarking imputation methods for categorical biological data - Gendre - Methods in Ecology and Evolution - We compare different methods to impute missing trait data, use sharks as a test, and introduce an R package besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/20…

We are very excited to invite you all to the next edition the Crossing the Palaeontological-Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting AND the Conservation Paleobiology Symposium, which will be held together, at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) in the summer of 2025

One of these should be a crime.

Massive congrats to Saupe Lab Oxford for this well-deserved award. You are an inspiration to us all, Air!

Heterogeneity & complexity are well-known to affect biodiversity, but what about ecosystem functioning? Our new paper shows substrate heterogeneity triggers cascades that boost foundation species, biodiversity, and ultimately multifunctionality. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

🚨 Exciting news! The second circular for the upcoming CPEG meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium in summer 2025 is out! Details on keynote speakers, abstract submissions, registrations, fees, workshops, and more: cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html See you in Zurich!🇨🇭 #CPEGCPB25

WHAT!! CPEG + Conservation Paleobiology Symposium combined in a single event!?! 🌱🦎🦣🦈🐠🪸👩‍💻 In Zurich!?! 🍫 🇨🇭 That is something you can’t miss!! 🧳 #paleobiology #conservation #ecology #paleontology #conference #Zurich #Switzerland

🚨 Registration & abstract submission are NOW OPEN for the CPEG Meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium! 🚨 📅 Summer 2025 📍 University of Zurich, Switzerland Visit our website for keynote speakers, deadlines, fees, workshops & more cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html #CPEGCPB25

🦋Our group is now also on Bluesky! 🦋

🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Abstract submission closes soon! 🗓️ Abstract deadline: Feb 1st, 2025 🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025 Details on keynote speakers, deadlines, fees, workshops & more below! 👉 cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html # CPEGCPB25

Do people still use X/Twitter? If so, please see & RT the preliminary schedule of the next CPEG & CPB 2025, which is approaching!

Vicente!!!!!!