Going quiet now and imminently shutting this down. See you all where skies are blue - you can find me as evoswami

Ever wonder why dog breeds are so different while cats are all pretty similar? Not just house cats, but lions & tigers too! If so, come see me present on cat & dog evolution at both Saturday shows for Nine Lessons & Carols for Curious People, tickets @ https://t.co/Sy4AbJ3Yot

🦴 Signs of bone breakage in extinct giant elephants, likely caused by repeated blows from stone tools, could be the earliest evidence of animal butchery in India, palaeontologists say. ✍🏻 Story by @sahanaghosh8 https://t.co/Lb9kMjETUK @amjukar @ParthRChauhan3 @FloridaMuseum

As an American expat in the UK, I think it’s kind of nice having the US election and Guy Fawkes on the same day because it means my dog and I are both under the bed, shaking, howling, and freaking out.

Someone pinch me - it feels like a dream that we have been able to secure our tenure in Burlington House for 999 years! I am beyond ecstatic that we will be able to continue our important work in our historic home and support many future generations of natural historians!

Our new paper on #AI for evolutionary morphology is out @ICB_journal! This massive team effort covers the history of AI for studying morphology, reviews new tools, provides many case studies & a prospectus for using AI to progress diverse topics in evolutionary morphology.

How do lizard skeletons adapt to the evolutionary reduction of limbs? https://t.co/Dx2hK05mkf #ProcB #OpenAccess @Scincomancer @chapple_lab @DrTeethAl @EvoMorphoLab_KU

New pub alert! With Luca Russo & team, we showed developmental instability effects of skull shape in declining otters 🦦 populations. A cool study that shows the use of museum collections and morphometrics in #conservation #Biology @NHM_Science @anjgoswami

Otter population declines - skull symmetry impacted in UK by habitat loss, pollution and limited gene flow. from @anjgoswami @AgneseLanzetti Carlo Meloro, Ana Loy &al. https://t.co/GL6e6zXQZt

So exactly like a real scientist then? https://t.co/uYD9xqJie6

A huge thank you to the wonderful Professor Anjali. We loved hearing about your fossil-finding expeditions across the globe and digging for our own fossils at Leith Hill Place! @anjgoswami @NosyCrow @nationaltrust @GuildfordBooks @NHM_London

So excited that this experiment in team building has just been accepted to @iobopen! We’ll upload the much-improved revised version soon, and many thanks to the reviewers and editor for their helpful suggestions!

My kid carries a book or three everywhere she goes. I love these pictures of her reading in all sorts of crazy spots across Peru and Ecuador, especially in Galápagos surrounded by loads of amazing animals. #readoutside #reading #bookworm

The ending of this video is exactly why I’ll never chase a wombat

We're back with another book recommendation from our fabulous librarian Phoebe - this time for EYFS! This month it's 'Dig, Dig, Dinosaur', by @anjgoswami, illustrated by @mmaggieli and published by @NosyCrow! For more recommendations for EYFS-Year 6: https://t.co/OYMhu7XAd9

🚨 New paper on #dinosaur #brain evolution & development in @NatureComms 🚨 Pleased to be part of the study led by @Logan_Rex_ showing theropods & ornithischians shared a "dino-wide" brain shape scaling trend different from modern birds and alligators.

I can’t imagine a better location for a “Dig, dig, dinosaur” storytime! So exciting to see it on sale @NHM_London and to receive my copies of the Spanish and Japanese translations from @NosyCrow! #dinosaur #childrensbooks #paleontology

My youngest turned 8 a few days ago so we figured he was ready to swim in shark-infested waters #galapagos #babyshark #birthdayboy

I’ve stayed at two hotels in Galápagos so far, both on Charles Darwin Avenue near the intersection of February 12 street. Now I’m on a mission to track down Darwin statues & street art and find the creepiest. The competition is fierce (but lots of gorgeous ones too)

For an evolutionary biologist, everything about Galápagos really is overwhelming, but I especially enjoyed visiting @DarwinFound yesterday! Would be great to see some of their amazing research in @LinneanSociety journals, where Darwin published the first description of evolution!