A podcast that doesn't put the same amount of care into sourcing its images as it does with its literature is kind of ironic and sad. And they are even aware of some of AI shortcomings. You know what wouldn't fall into these easy to avoid problems? A human mind.

In 1834, the Beagle dropped anchor off of Patagonia. Charles Darwin went ashore and encountered big fossilized bones of a weird mammal unknown in Europe. It was a litoptern. And here Hans Püschel presents their family tree, from his School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh PhD! academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/art…

Biomechanics and morphological comparisons of the caudal region of titanosaurs from the Cretaceous of Brazil: Paleobiology and paleoecology inferences - Vidal - Journal of Anatomy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Very cool stuff-total evidence phylogeny of the Mantis Shrimps - add the fastest-punching invertebrates to Jurassic-Cretaceous turnover roster

Early Pennsylvanian Lagerstätte reveals a diverse ecosystem on a subhumid, alluvial fan | nature communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

I see multiple people I know and respect still following World of Paleoanthropology and would urge you to consider otherwise. Their response to artists over their use of AI images has been abysmal. Rude, childish, and gloating. Does not speak well about the people behind it.

#OnThisDay Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10, 1941. Gould's books + Bryozoans = my love for invertebrate paleontology. Here is one of my favorite Stephen Jay Gould quotes.

We are saddened to hear the news about the passing of Prof Jack Zussman who only recently reached his 100th birthday. Prof. Zussman is best know for his contribution to Crystallography and as author of 'An Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals'

New article - How Japanese #eels escape from the stomach of a predatory fish. #Biology 🔓 cell.com/current-biolog… 🔗 SciComm - newscientist.com/article/244712…

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New version of Campanian North America, after feedback. Full size at over 8K resolution, 72 x 90 cm - available on patreon for the odd one.

Surprise in the Stomach: 120-Million-Year-Old Bird’s Unexpected Diet scitechdaily.com/surprise-in-th…

Direct evidence of frugivory in the Mesozoic bird Longipteryx contradi... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Crested Rats & Hairy Porcupines: Meet 7 of the World’s Coolest Rodents blog.nature.org/2024/09/02/cre…

Postcranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio (Italy/Switzerland), with implications for reconstructing the swimming styles of Triassic ichthyosaurs sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.11… Artwork by Alessio Ciaffi

I’m seeing a slow but disappointing “creep” among some artists, saying “I hate AI art, but find ChatGPT (or some other genAI) really useful”. That’s not how this works. If you recognise the threat that generative AI poses to the visual arts, you need to extend that recognition to

…and yes, if I’m honest, there have been a couple of occasions when using something like generative fill would have saved me a whole lot of work and time. But I never have. And never will. Because this stuff is really, really important. And you either take your responsibility

Researchers sequence the genome of the spur-thighed tortoise phys.org/news/2024-09-s… via Phys.org

New Zealand's kākāpō developed different feather colors to evade predatory birds, genome sequencing shows phys.org/news/2024-09-z… via Phys.org

Hvaldimir’s skeleton will be given to the Nature Museum and Botanical Garden at the University of Adger in Kristiansand, Norway instead of being destroyed per usual protocol according to the Directorate of Fisheries: vetinst.no/nyheter/skjele…