Will Deakin
@digitalpalaeo
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Out today: my article for @guardian! In 2017, 2 orcas started killing great white sharks in South Africa. Here's the whole story so far & how the effects could be a grim reflection of the future of sharks under the much bigger threat of overfishing! 🦈 https://t.co/VxKRTwM15e
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A decade ago, up to 1,000 of the apex predators lived in one South African bay. Now they have gone, fleeing from killer whales. But the gap they have left creates problems for other species
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Sabre teeth are a classic example of convergence. Our new study, integrating 3D shape, biomechanics, and optimality modelling, helps explain why: revealing that functional optimality was a key driver behind the repeated evolution of extreme sabre-tooth morphologies🔪🦷 Link⬇️
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NEW PAPER!🚨Very pleased to announce that the first paper from my PhD on mammalian jaw joint evolution has been published today in @Nature! https://t.co/nLB5OMe2Iy Graphical abstract by @GraphicsSci
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Check out this excellent study (I’m not biased) by the brilliant @JimBobJud!
NEW #OpenAccess PAPER OUT TODAY from @BristolPalaeo! Here we explore the morpho-functional diversity of crocodile-line archosaur lower jaws, from their diverse origins in the Triassic to the crocodilians of today https://t.co/gvZ9L2SsFD
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I'm now open for commission(s)! Available for 3d models, simple renders and full scenes of anything palaeontology related. 🦖🦕🦑 DM me with your ideas or price inquiries. One slot available for now.
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Actually a bit misleading - should say the ancestor of crocodylomorphs - the MRCA of modern crocs is probably Cretaceous in age
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Just trying something fun - the reconstructed evolutionary pathway of the jaw, from the ancestor of modern crocs to the American Alligator
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Check out our new preprint and this awesome thread by @phyloprog on the use of chronospaces to assess the impact of methodological choices over time calibration of phylogenetic trees! https://t.co/rXdalkeGDS
https://t.co/TBGSGbTEBc
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que paquete. Contribute to mongiardino/chronospace development by creating an account on GitHub.
I am really happy to share a preprint that @millacarmonia and I just released, including our new R package chronospace, which includes novel tools to explore and visualize sensitivity in the estimation of divergence times 1/x https://t.co/hjvY0YxPqQ
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Congrats to Dr ‘Morphospace’ Deakin @digitalpalaeo on passing his PhD viva today! Hat courtesy of @TIPollock and @CockroachJuice. Supervisors @jemilyr and I, very proud!
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I dreamed of a Dumbo ammonite so had to make it reality. Arcestes forages on the seafloor. #paleoart #ammonites #paleontology #blender #triassic #cephalopods #3dart #dumbooctopus
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Big Catch - A "sea serpent" caught off the coast of Maine circa 1920. Some vintage cryptid/paleoart art I made a few months back. #paleoart #cryptozoology #cryptids #mosasaurs #seamonsters #blender #alternatehistory
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3x 33 month postdoc positions available applying theoretical morphospace approaches in evolutionary morphology, focussing on the evolution of jaws, wings and leaves @BristolPalaeo @UoBEarthScience Apply by Nov 4: deets https://t.co/jGKYK1WLY0
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Ancient Kraken - Weighing over a tonne with a shell up to 3.5m in diameter, Parapuzosia seppenradensis is the largest invertebrate to have ever lived. Had great fun modelling this in blender! #paleoart #ammonites #paleontology #digitalart
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Around this time 8 years ago, I begged my dad to take me to London to hear a talk on the brand new exhibit of Sophie the stegosaurus at the NHM. Yesterday I GAVE a talk at the NHM for #SVPCA2022 Full circle!
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Job alert @BristolPalaeo! @jemilyr and I will soon be advertising 3x 33 month postdocs using theoretical morphospace approaches in evolutionary morphology, focussing on the evolution of jaws, wings and leaves. If you are interested, please get in touch!
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