Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab
@neilgostling.bsky.social
I'm an Associate Professor of Evolution and Paleobiology at the Gostling Evolution and Paleobiology Lab, the University of Southampton.
Birds, Dinosaurs, Mammals, 'Animals', Evolution and Paleobiology, Placentology
Birds, Dinosaurs, Mammals, 'Animals', Evolution and Paleobiology, Placentology
Really chuffed to be featured. Lovely work led by @gruiformabi.bsky.social. @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
#DBfeature
Micro-CT 3D structures provide new criteria can be used to identify medullary bone and female individuals in the avian fossil record.
Crane A H @gruiformabi.bsky.social, Baldry C J, Rankin K E, Clarkin C E @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social, Williams K A, Gostling N J @neilgostling.bsky.social
Micro-CT 3D structures provide new criteria can be used to identify medullary bone and female individuals in the avian fossil record.
Crane A H @gruiformabi.bsky.social, Baldry C J, Rankin K E, Clarkin C E @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social, Williams K A, Gostling N J @neilgostling.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Really chuffed to be featured. Lovely work led by @gruiformabi.bsky.social. @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
The Dodo went extinct more that 350 years ago, and yet it still has a very large presence... Here is a lovely piece from BBC Future about our work and 'it'. with Karen Fawcett and Julian Hume
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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'It's just a weird, weird bird': Why we got the dodo so absurdly wrong
The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we have distorted what the dodo was really like.
www.bbc.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The Dodo went extinct more that 350 years ago, and yet it still has a very large presence... Here is a lovely piece from BBC Future about our work and 'it'. with Karen Fawcett and Julian Hume
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
And so, the GostlingEvoPalaeoLab and volunteers from the Dinosaur on Your Window Sill head off to a school fête to talk dinosaur and bird evolution.
#palaeoSaturday
#palaeoSaturday
July 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
And so, the GostlingEvoPalaeoLab and volunteers from the Dinosaur on Your Window Sill head off to a school fête to talk dinosaur and bird evolution.
#palaeoSaturday
#palaeoSaturday
Great day in the Palaeo lab at Dinosaur Isle with @christijanibarker.bsky.social and @jamesmacdonell.bsky.social looking at Isle of Wight dinosaurs. Keep an eye out for some exciting developments...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Great day in the Palaeo lab at Dinosaur Isle with @christijanibarker.bsky.social and @jamesmacdonell.bsky.social looking at Isle of Wight dinosaurs. Keep an eye out for some exciting developments...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Incredibly proud and grateful for the amazing efforts of the Southampton team at the #LymeRegisFossilFestival. We spoke to 1000s of people, and several local schools. The students were brilliant. Thank you all for hard work.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Incredibly proud and grateful for the amazing efforts of the Southampton team at the #LymeRegisFossilFestival. We spoke to 1000s of people, and several local schools. The students were brilliant. Thank you all for hard work.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
A super talk by asst producer Jay Balamurugun from #WalkingWithDinosaurs2025.
A wonderful insight into how the series was put together.
Lots of people were inspired in 1999, I am sure lots of new palaeos will result from the new series.
#LymeRegisFossilFestival
A wonderful insight into how the series was put together.
Lots of people were inspired in 1999, I am sure lots of new palaeos will result from the new series.
#LymeRegisFossilFestival
June 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A super talk by asst producer Jay Balamurugun from #WalkingWithDinosaurs2025.
A wonderful insight into how the series was put together.
Lots of people were inspired in 1999, I am sure lots of new palaeos will result from the new series.
#LymeRegisFossilFestival
A wonderful insight into how the series was put together.
Lots of people were inspired in 1999, I am sure lots of new palaeos will result from the new series.
#LymeRegisFossilFestival
Fantastic talk about Mary Anning and her discoveries from @tomsharperocks.bsky.social at #LymeRegisFossilFestival
Anning was a fascinating person.
Anning was a fascinating person.
June 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Fantastic talk about Mary Anning and her discoveries from @tomsharperocks.bsky.social at #LymeRegisFossilFestival
Anning was a fascinating person.
Anning was a fascinating person.
Day 2 of #LymeRegisFossilFestival and I am chairing talks!
The first is 'How to build a dinosaur' from the amazing team at Everything Dinosaur introducing the 'Evolutions' project... New dinosaur models...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
The first is 'How to build a dinosaur' from the amazing team at Everything Dinosaur introducing the 'Evolutions' project... New dinosaur models...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Day 2 of #LymeRegisFossilFestival and I am chairing talks!
The first is 'How to build a dinosaur' from the amazing team at Everything Dinosaur introducing the 'Evolutions' project... New dinosaur models...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
The first is 'How to build a dinosaur' from the amazing team at Everything Dinosaur introducing the 'Evolutions' project... New dinosaur models...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
Great day at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. Lovely to see my former lecturers, from Reading, Amanda Callaghan and Graham Holloway. The star of the show was undoubtedly Karen Fawcett 's wonderful Ceratosuchops reproduction. A smashing, friendly, exciting day talking science. Last day tomorrow.
June 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Great day at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. Lovely to see my former lecturers, from Reading, Amanda Callaghan and Graham Holloway. The star of the show was undoubtedly Karen Fawcett 's wonderful Ceratosuchops reproduction. A smashing, friendly, exciting day talking science. Last day tomorrow.
We're at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival with MRes and PhD students from @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social and @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social. It's schools day today, but the festival is a weekend of palaeobiological delight. Come along and say hello.
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We're at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival with MRes and PhD students from @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social and @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social. It's schools day today, but the festival is a weekend of palaeobiological delight. Come along and say hello.
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
Really pleased to be on my way to @linneansociety.bsky.social for #PintOfScience.
Polly is excited too. Dodos are cool
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
Polly is excited too. Dodos are cool
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Really pleased to be on my way to @linneansociety.bsky.social for #PintOfScience.
Polly is excited too. Dodos are cool
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
Polly is excited too. Dodos are cool
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
Reposted by Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab
Fantastic article by Dr Neil Gostling on how Sir David Attenborough has reshaped how we see the natural world throughout his illustrious career.
Follow him at: @neilgostling.bsky.social
theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...
Follow him at: @neilgostling.bsky.social
theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...
From Zoo Quest to Ocean: The evolution of David Attenborough’s voice for the planet
Attenborough’s filmography has shaped how we perceive the natural world.
theconversation.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Fantastic article by Dr Neil Gostling on how Sir David Attenborough has reshaped how we see the natural world throughout his illustrious career.
Follow him at: @neilgostling.bsky.social
theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...
Follow him at: @neilgostling.bsky.social
theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...
From Zoo Quest to Ocean: The evolution of David Attenborough’s voice for the planet theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...
The piece I wrote with Sam Illingworth. I hope that you enjoy it.
The piece I wrote with Sam Illingworth. I hope that you enjoy it.
From Zoo Quest to Ocean: The evolution of David Attenborough’s voice for the planet
Attenborough’s filmography has shaped how we perceive the natural world.
theconversation.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
From Zoo Quest to Ocean: The evolution of David Attenborough’s voice for the planet theconversation.com/from-zoo-que...
The piece I wrote with Sam Illingworth. I hope that you enjoy it.
The piece I wrote with Sam Illingworth. I hope that you enjoy it.
What are people saying about Hidden in Stone at God's House Tower, Southampton?
If you haven't been yet there's still a few days of the Easter Holiday, and we're here until June 1st.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
If you haven't been yet there's still a few days of the Easter Holiday, and we're here until June 1st.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What are people saying about Hidden in Stone at God's House Tower, Southampton?
If you haven't been yet there's still a few days of the Easter Holiday, and we're here until June 1st.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
If you haven't been yet there's still a few days of the Easter Holiday, and we're here until June 1st.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
There's still time to get to Hidden in Stone for my talk on 'Dinosaurs of the South'. The talk starts at 6.30 at God's House Tower.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There's still time to get to Hidden in Stone for my talk on 'Dinosaurs of the South'. The talk starts at 6.30 at God's House Tower.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Reposted by Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab
Our open access article on early spinosaur brains and senses, coauthored by myself, @neilgostling.bsky.social, @tetzoo.bsky.social, @witmerlab.bsky.social and others, is apparently a #TopViewedArticle in the Journal of Anatomy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Modified skulls but conservative brains? The palaeoneurology and endocranial anatomy of baryonychine dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae)
Spinosaurids were unusual large-bodied tetanuran theropods with semi-aquatic ecologies. The neuroanatomy of baryonychine spinosaurids has yet to be studied, and may inform about the early evolution o....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Our open access article on early spinosaur brains and senses, coauthored by myself, @neilgostling.bsky.social, @tetzoo.bsky.social, @witmerlab.bsky.social and others, is apparently a #TopViewedArticle in the Journal of Anatomy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab
🧪 Science... 🦤 Dodos.... 🎶 Ukuleles!
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
April 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🧪 Science... 🦤 Dodos.... 🎶 Ukuleles!
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
We're back at Pint of Science again on Tues 20 May, 6 - 8pm: @neilgostling.bsky.social reveals the dodo’s wild side, then @helenarney.bsky.social hits you with sharp wit & science songs.
Expect surprises, LOLs & maybe singalongs. 🍻
Book here: bit.ly/3G3hGIH
@willattard.bsky.social is giving a wonderful flint knapping demonstration at Hidden In Stone, at God's House Tower, this morning. How our recent ancestors made tools and interacted with the environment is fascinating.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@willattard.bsky.social is giving a wonderful flint knapping demonstration at Hidden In Stone, at God's House Tower, this morning. How our recent ancestors made tools and interacted with the environment is fascinating.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@willattard.bsky.social is giving a wonderful flint knapping demonstration at Hidden In Stone, at God's House Tower, this morning. How our recent ancestors made tools and interacted with the environment is fascinating.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
@willattard.bsky.social is giving a wonderful flint knapping demonstration at Hidden In Stone, at God's House Tower, this morning. How our recent ancestors made tools and interacted with the environment is fascinating.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Hidden in Stone at God's House Tower features work from Archaeology and @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social of @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Here are some pieces inspired by the research in my lab, by @christijanibarker.bsky.social during his PhD... The Spinosaur Ceratosuchops... Work by Karen Fawcett
April 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Hidden in Stone at God's House Tower features work from Archaeology and @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social of @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Here are some pieces inspired by the research in my lab, by @christijanibarker.bsky.social during his PhD... The Spinosaur Ceratosuchops... Work by Karen Fawcett
Highlights from the last week at Hidden in Stone at God's House Tower. Come and find out about the last 200 million years in the south.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Photos by Luke Shears
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Photos by Luke Shears
April 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Highlights from the last week at Hidden in Stone at God's House Tower. Come and find out about the last 200 million years in the south.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Photos by Luke Shears
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Photos by Luke Shears
Hidden in Stone has been open for a week now. Today is our first workshop as @willattard.bsky.social demonstrates flint knapping! Join us at God's House Tower.
Here are some of the highlights from the last week...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Here are some of the highlights from the last week...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Hidden in Stone has been open for a week now. Today is our first workshop as @willattard.bsky.social demonstrates flint knapping! Join us at God's House Tower.
Here are some of the highlights from the last week...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Here are some of the highlights from the last week...
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social MRes Evolution are looking at the @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social to understanding how our view of prehistoric life has changed... WaterhouseHawkins' models were amazing introductions of dinosaurs to the world of the 1850s. @uosmedia.bsky.social @drmicrowill.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social MRes Evolution are looking at the @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social to understanding how our view of prehistoric life has changed... WaterhouseHawkins' models were amazing introductions of dinosaurs to the world of the 1850s. @uosmedia.bsky.social @drmicrowill.bsky.social
A wonderful day for the @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social MRes Evolution trip to Darwin's home, Down House. Learning about the social and personal implications of evolution. We're off to see the @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social & understand the evolution of understanding dinosaurs @unisouthampton.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A wonderful day for the @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social MRes Evolution trip to Darwin's home, Down House. Learning about the social and personal implications of evolution. We're off to see the @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social & understand the evolution of understanding dinosaurs @unisouthampton.bsky.social
We have a rich fossil heritage on the south coast, marine reptiles, dinosaurs, the first humans on these islands... And everything in between. Come and find out about it at our new exhibition, running from April 4th to June 1st.
godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/exhi...
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/exhi...
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We have a rich fossil heritage on the south coast, marine reptiles, dinosaurs, the first humans on these islands... And everything in between. Come and find out about it at our new exhibition, running from April 4th to June 1st.
godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/exhi...
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/exhi...
@unisouthampton.bsky.social