Neil Adams
@neilfadams.bsky.social
Curator of Fossil Mammals 🦴 Mammal palaeoecology and palaeo-diet researcher 🦷 Associate Researcher at OUMNH and Honorary Visiting Fellow at University of Leicester. Hiker and rambler 🥾 (he/him)
For #fossilfriday, a new paper I was lucky enough to be invited to help with was published this week. Using dental microwear from fossil wolves to understand ecological resilience in modern wolves! Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... 🐺
Climate Change Challenges Grey Wolf Resilience: Insights From Dental Microwear
We investigate dietary plasticity in European grey wolves across interglacial periods using dental microwear texture analysis. Enhanced durophagy is associated with warm climates in both modern Polis...
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February 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
For #fossilfriday, a new paper I was lucky enough to be invited to help with was published this week. Using dental microwear from fossil wolves to understand ecological resilience in modern wolves! Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... 🐺
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Come and work with our colleagues @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - three new lectureship posts around School strategic priorities - including 'Evolutionary Biology and understanding the evolution of life'
JOB ALERT!
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Come and work with our colleagues @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - three new lectureship posts around School strategic priorities - including 'Evolutionary Biology and understanding the evolution of life'
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Awesome 3D printing brings a fossil Stephanorhinus jaw from the West Runton Freshwater Bed out of @nhm.org stores - thanks to Peter Stibbons and Cromer Savin Project team www.cromer-savin.co.uk, and special thanks to @lotterygoodcauses.bsky.social for funding.
#Norfolk #Pleistocene #Geology
#Norfolk #Pleistocene #Geology
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Awesome 3D printing brings a fossil Stephanorhinus jaw from the West Runton Freshwater Bed out of @nhm.org stores - thanks to Peter Stibbons and Cromer Savin Project team www.cromer-savin.co.uk, and special thanks to @lotterygoodcauses.bsky.social for funding.
#Norfolk #Pleistocene #Geology
#Norfolk #Pleistocene #Geology
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First Known Cranium of Cuvieronius (Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) from North America www.mdpi.com/3711230
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February 9, 2026 at 2:38 PM
First Known Cranium of Cuvieronius (Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) from North America www.mdpi.com/3711230
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While this box might not look that interesting, it pays to take a closer look.
It contains earth collected during excavations, and we’ve got enough to fill around 28 hot tubs!
Sorting through it reveals tiny fossils that tell us about the mammals living millions of years ago.
It contains earth collected during excavations, and we’ve got enough to fill around 28 hot tubs!
Sorting through it reveals tiny fossils that tell us about the mammals living millions of years ago.
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
While this box might not look that interesting, it pays to take a closer look.
It contains earth collected during excavations, and we’ve got enough to fill around 28 hot tubs!
Sorting through it reveals tiny fossils that tell us about the mammals living millions of years ago.
It contains earth collected during excavations, and we’ve got enough to fill around 28 hot tubs!
Sorting through it reveals tiny fossils that tell us about the mammals living millions of years ago.
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This skull, meanwhile, has had many celebrity admirers over the years.
It’s from Toxodon, an ancient mammal that looked a bit like a hippo and a rhino combined.
The fossil was first collected by Charles Darwin and then studied by famous scientists such as Richard Owen, our founder.
It’s from Toxodon, an ancient mammal that looked a bit like a hippo and a rhino combined.
The fossil was first collected by Charles Darwin and then studied by famous scientists such as Richard Owen, our founder.
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This skull, meanwhile, has had many celebrity admirers over the years.
It’s from Toxodon, an ancient mammal that looked a bit like a hippo and a rhino combined.
The fossil was first collected by Charles Darwin and then studied by famous scientists such as Richard Owen, our founder.
It’s from Toxodon, an ancient mammal that looked a bit like a hippo and a rhino combined.
The fossil was first collected by Charles Darwin and then studied by famous scientists such as Richard Owen, our founder.
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This hippo tooth comes from somewhere unexpected – the centre of London!
This 125,000-year-old canine was discovered during digging in Trafalgar Square, and is a reminder of a time when Britain was much warmer than it is today.
It's also one of our fossil mammal curator’s favourite specimens!
This 125,000-year-old canine was discovered during digging in Trafalgar Square, and is a reminder of a time when Britain was much warmer than it is today.
It's also one of our fossil mammal curator’s favourite specimens!
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This hippo tooth comes from somewhere unexpected – the centre of London!
This 125,000-year-old canine was discovered during digging in Trafalgar Square, and is a reminder of a time when Britain was much warmer than it is today.
It's also one of our fossil mammal curator’s favourite specimens!
This 125,000-year-old canine was discovered during digging in Trafalgar Square, and is a reminder of a time when Britain was much warmer than it is today.
It's also one of our fossil mammal curator’s favourite specimens!
If you’ve ever wondered what curators get up to, wonder no more! I was joined by @jamesashway.bsky.social who found out about the latest behind-the-scenes goings-on in the NHM fossil mammal collection!
If you’ve enjoyed this quick peek into the collection, then don’t worry – there’s plenty more to discover.
Find out more about what goes on in the fossil mammal collection, and what it reveals about the past 👇
Find out more about what goes on in the fossil mammal collection, and what it reveals about the past 👇
Fossil mammals behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum | Natural History Museum
In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
If you’ve ever wondered what curators get up to, wonder no more! I was joined by @jamesashway.bsky.social who found out about the latest behind-the-scenes goings-on in the NHM fossil mammal collection!
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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the museum?
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the museum?
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
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Our work applying mesowear angles to diet in xenungulates and pyrotheres is out now: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Palaeoart by Carlos Espinosa
Palaeoart by Carlos Espinosa
February 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Our work applying mesowear angles to diet in xenungulates and pyrotheres is out now: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Palaeoart by Carlos Espinosa
Palaeoart by Carlos Espinosa
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Ever-growing teeth ≠ grass diet! New study on pachyrukhine notoungulates, rodent-like fossil mammals from Argentina, shows they were mainly fruit & seed eaters! #Paleontology #fossils
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @paleosoc.bsky.social @oupaleobiology.bsky.social
10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113585
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @paleosoc.bsky.social @oupaleobiology.bsky.social
10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113585
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Ever-growing teeth ≠ grass diet! New study on pachyrukhine notoungulates, rodent-like fossil mammals from Argentina, shows they were mainly fruit & seed eaters! #Paleontology #fossils
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @paleosoc.bsky.social @oupaleobiology.bsky.social
10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113585
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @paleosoc.bsky.social @oupaleobiology.bsky.social
10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113585
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So cool to see #beavers making themselves very much at home in an urban nature reserve in West London. These epic #rodents were extinct in Britain 400 years ago, and know they're back in our cities. 🦫🌃 #rewilding #UrbanWildlife
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
So cool to see #beavers making themselves very much at home in an urban nature reserve in West London. These epic #rodents were extinct in Britain 400 years ago, and know they're back in our cities. 🦫🌃 #rewilding #UrbanWildlife
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🚨new article alert 🚨 I’ve been sorting through historical documents on the development of the Out of Africa theory with @chrisbstringer.bsky.social - this is the fascinating BBC radio transcript about the 1987 Human Revolution conference #AcademicSky
🚨new article alert 🚨 I’ve been sorting through historical documents on the development of the Out of Africa theory with @chrisbstringer.bsky.social - this is the fascinating BBC radio transcript about the 1987 Human Revolution conference #AcademicSky
And then there was us
In 1987, the academic conference ‘Origins and Dispersals of Modern Humans: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives’ was held in Cambridge, UK. Subsequently referred to as the ‘Human Revolution’ confe...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:13 AM
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🚨new article alert 🚨 I’ve been sorting through historical documents on the development of the Out of Africa theory with @chrisbstringer.bsky.social - this is the fascinating BBC radio transcript about the 1987 Human Revolution conference #AcademicSky
🚨new article alert 🚨 I’ve been sorting through historical documents on the development of the Out of Africa theory with @chrisbstringer.bsky.social - this is the fascinating BBC radio transcript about the 1987 Human Revolution conference #AcademicSky
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For #FossilFriday: skeleton of an American mastodon, Mammut americanum, on display at the American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org in New York City, NY, US. This is the Warren Mastodon, discovered in 1845 in Newburgh, New York - the first complete mastodon skeleton ever found in the US. 🧪
January 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
For #FossilFriday: skeleton of an American mastodon, Mammut americanum, on display at the American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org in New York City, NY, US. This is the Warren Mastodon, discovered in 1845 in Newburgh, New York - the first complete mastodon skeleton ever found in the US. 🧪
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Slow to publicise this but our paper about bioerosive traces in a Late Miocene Bolivian glyptodontid is out, featuring fantastic art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Slow to publicise this but our paper about bioerosive traces in a Late Miocene Bolivian glyptodontid is out, featuring fantastic art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Via Sally Hollingworth and Sue Forrest comes the unexpected news that Richard passed this morning. This is a shock and a major loss. Richard is a notable person in the Mesozoic research community, known for his work on marine reptiles and his role in organising conferences and meetings. Very sad.
January 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Via Sally Hollingworth and Sue Forrest comes the unexpected news that Richard passed this morning. This is a shock and a major loss. Richard is a notable person in the Mesozoic research community, known for his work on marine reptiles and his role in organising conferences and meetings. Very sad.
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Out in @nature.com today, we shake up the ornithischian family tree. Remember those weird Late Cretaceous iguanodontians, the rhabdodontids? Well they're weird because they aren't iguanodontians. They're ceratopsians. Well, at least some of them are... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe - Nature
New results indicate that rhabdodontids and the previously described Ajkaceratops are actually distinctive European ceratopsians, a group better known from Asia and North America.
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Out in @nature.com today, we shake up the ornithischian family tree. Remember those weird Late Cretaceous iguanodontians, the rhabdodontids? Well they're weird because they aren't iguanodontians. They're ceratopsians. Well, at least some of them are... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Still time to submit an abstract for our free online workshop as part of COEXIST🧪🦣🏺
🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨
We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!
We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!
January 7, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Still time to submit an abstract for our free online workshop as part of COEXIST🧪🦣🏺
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@historicalbiology.bsky.social - exciting new era has begun! Our first big step to becoming an Open Science & FAIR Journal. If anyone has any questions please do contact our Data Editor @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social
Historical Biology is now operating under a new Publicly Available data policy 🔓
All submitting authors must make their data &/or code available in an online repository that mints a DOI at submission. See the link below for more information: authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/data-sharing...
All submitting authors must make their data &/or code available in an online repository that mints a DOI at submission. See the link below for more information: authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/data-sharing...
January 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM
@historicalbiology.bsky.social - exciting new era has begun! Our first big step to becoming an Open Science & FAIR Journal. If anyone has any questions please do contact our Data Editor @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social
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The thermostat's reading Pleistocene at the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social.
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
The thermostat's reading Pleistocene at the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social.
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Aberystwyth University seeks a Lecturer in Zoology for the Department of Life Sciences. The role includes research, teaching, and module development. Salary: £42,254.39 - £46,048.78. Apply by 15/01/2026. More info: https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/lecturer-in-zoology-598845.html #job
Aberystwyth University - : Lecturer in Zoology (6015)
Aberystwyth University - : Lecturer in Zoology (6015)
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December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Aberystwyth University seeks a Lecturer in Zoology for the Department of Life Sciences. The role includes research, teaching, and module development. Salary: £42,254.39 - £46,048.78. Apply by 15/01/2026. More info: https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/lecturer-in-zoology-598845.html #job
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We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
A great summary on the dire situation for Geology/Palaeontology at @uniofleicester.bsky.social by Jan Zalasiewicz. Please sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A great summary on the dire situation for Geology/Palaeontology at @uniofleicester.bsky.social by Jan Zalasiewicz. Please sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
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Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums.
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
Curator of Natural Sciences - Warwick,Warwickshire job with Warwickshire County Council | 250490
About Heritage and Culture Warwickshire Heritage and Culture Warwickshire (HCW) provide a wide range of services that help local communities and ...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums.
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
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For generations the Univ of Leicester has been a global leader in geology, Earth science & climate research
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
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November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For generations the Univ of Leicester has been a global leader in geology, Earth science & climate research
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...