Daniel Martins dos Santos π
@paleodaniel.bsky.social
Geologist & Vertebrate Paleontologist βοΈ
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of SΓ£o Paulo - USP
Ecosocialist scientist βπ EN - PT
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of SΓ£o Paulo - USP
Ecosocialist scientist βπ EN - PT
The climate crisis/biodiversity loss are rooted not only on capitalism, but on the radical prometheanism that Europe spread through colonialism and conquest.
We should promote ecosocialist development through integration with our biomes.
Distancing ourselves from nature clearly didn't work
We should promote ecosocialist development through integration with our biomes.
Distancing ourselves from nature clearly didn't work
January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The climate crisis/biodiversity loss are rooted not only on capitalism, but on the radical prometheanism that Europe spread through colonialism and conquest.
We should promote ecosocialist development through integration with our biomes.
Distancing ourselves from nature clearly didn't work
We should promote ecosocialist development through integration with our biomes.
Distancing ourselves from nature clearly didn't work
The US is a terrorist state. War is fundamental to their existence in a way that is alien to most other countries
It behaves erratically and should not be trusted.
Time for Latin America and BRICS to wake up
It behaves erratically and should not be trusted.
Time for Latin America and BRICS to wake up
January 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The US is a terrorist state. War is fundamental to their existence in a way that is alien to most other countries
It behaves erratically and should not be trusted.
Time for Latin America and BRICS to wake up
It behaves erratically and should not be trusted.
Time for Latin America and BRICS to wake up
#AvatarFireAndAsh is great and caught me off guard a few times
This is Jim Cameron getting trippy and esoteric 8/10 β
Just take me back to Pandora π
This is Jim Cameron getting trippy and esoteric 8/10 β
Just take me back to Pandora π
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
#AvatarFireAndAsh is great and caught me off guard a few times
This is Jim Cameron getting trippy and esoteric 8/10 β
Just take me back to Pandora π
This is Jim Cameron getting trippy and esoteric 8/10 β
Just take me back to Pandora π
Reposted by Daniel Martins dos Santos π
Language remains the most profound technology we humans ever developed because its implication is that our mind is shared
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Language remains the most profound technology we humans ever developed because its implication is that our mind is shared
Absolutely! Hard to understand why people do thisβ¦
In a way the Bone Wars era never really ended
In a way the Bone Wars era never really ended
December 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Absolutely! Hard to understand why people do thisβ¦
In a way the Bone Wars era never really ended
In a way the Bone Wars era never really ended
Stromatolites everywhere πͺ¨
These columnar ones are 2+ billion years old and were used as floor coverings #precambrian #paleontology
These columnar ones are 2+ billion years old and were used as floor coverings #precambrian #paleontology
December 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Stromatolites everywhere πͺ¨
These columnar ones are 2+ billion years old and were used as floor coverings #precambrian #paleontology
These columnar ones are 2+ billion years old and were used as floor coverings #precambrian #paleontology
RIP Dr Jane Goodall π
Glad I had the chance to see her delivering a message of hope in person a couple years ago back
#janegoodall #hope
Glad I had the chance to see her delivering a message of hope in person a couple years ago back
#janegoodall #hope
October 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
RIP Dr Jane Goodall π
Glad I had the chance to see her delivering a message of hope in person a couple years ago back
#janegoodall #hope
Glad I had the chance to see her delivering a message of hope in person a couple years ago back
#janegoodall #hope
Reposted by Daniel Martins dos Santos π
A sand quarry in Ecuador has yielded South Americaβs first amber with bio-inclusions, including a spider's web and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flies, wasps and biting midges that lived 112 million years ago
Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs
A sand quarry in Ecuador has yielded South Americaβs first amber with bio-inclusions, including a spider's web and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flies, wasps and biting midges that lived 112 million years ago
www.newscientist.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A sand quarry in Ecuador has yielded South Americaβs first amber with bio-inclusions, including a spider's web and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flies, wasps and biting midges that lived 112 million years ago
The spectacular Tupandactylus navigans being displayed at the University of SΓ£o Pauloβs Geoscience Museum ποΈ
#paleontology #decolonizescience
#paleontology #decolonizescience
May 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The spectacular Tupandactylus navigans being displayed at the University of SΓ£o Pauloβs Geoscience Museum ποΈ
#paleontology #decolonizescience
#paleontology #decolonizescience
Reposted by Daniel Martins dos Santos π
A crise climΓ‘tica jΓ‘ estΓ‘ aqui π
Impactos socioeconΓ΄micos e na saΓΊde da crise climΓ‘tica
Este artigo documenta as principais preocupaçáes e descobertas que tratam da crise climÑtica global e seus profundos impactos em diversas esferas da vida
tinyurl.com/hsea2c59
Este artigo documenta as principais preocupaçáes e descobertas que tratam da crise climÑtica global e seus profundos impactos em diversas esferas da vida
tinyurl.com/hsea2c59
Impactos socioeconΓ΄micos e na saΓΊde da crise climΓ‘tica
Este artigo documenta as principais preocupaçáes e descobertas que tratam da crise climÑtica global e seus profundos impactos em diversas esferas da vida
tinyurl.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A crise climΓ‘tica jΓ‘ estΓ‘ aqui π
May 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Imagino, mas saibam que admiro o que fazem e os parabenizo
May 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Imagino, mas saibam que admiro o que fazem e os parabenizo
Não desanimem! Continuem seu trabalho de conscientização
May 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Não desanimem! Continuem seu trabalho de conscientização
Reposted by Daniel Martins dos Santos π
Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration
Pelage coloration, which serves numerous functions, is crucial to the evolution of behavior, physiology, and habitat preferences of mammals. However, little is known about the coloration of Mesozoic m...
www.science.org
March 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Daniel Martins dos Santos π
Ancient Beaches Testify To A Long-ago Ocean On Mars
astrobiology.com/2025/03/anci... #Astrobiology #Mars #Oceanography
astrobiology.com/2025/03/anci... #Astrobiology #Mars #Oceanography
Ancient Beaches Testify To A Long-ago Ocean On Mars - Astrobiology
A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once been the site of an ancient sea, providing further evidence that the planet ...
astrobiology.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ancient Beaches Testify To A Long-ago Ocean On Mars
astrobiology.com/2025/03/anci... #Astrobiology #Mars #Oceanography
astrobiology.com/2025/03/anci... #Astrobiology #Mars #Oceanography
Reposted by Daniel Martins dos Santos π
Apply now for SVPβs Futures Award! π¦
This award ($5,000 USD) is intended to support a summer research experience for current undergraduate students (incl. community colleges) who are Black, Indigenous, and/or members of other racial or ethnic minority groups!
Link: vertpaleo.org/svp-futures-...
This award ($5,000 USD) is intended to support a summer research experience for current undergraduate students (incl. community colleges) who are Black, Indigenous, and/or members of other racial or ethnic minority groups!
Link: vertpaleo.org/svp-futures-...
SVP Futures Award β Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
vertpaleo.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Apply now for SVPβs Futures Award! π¦
This award ($5,000 USD) is intended to support a summer research experience for current undergraduate students (incl. community colleges) who are Black, Indigenous, and/or members of other racial or ethnic minority groups!
Link: vertpaleo.org/svp-futures-...
This award ($5,000 USD) is intended to support a summer research experience for current undergraduate students (incl. community colleges) who are Black, Indigenous, and/or members of other racial or ethnic minority groups!
Link: vertpaleo.org/svp-futures-...
Triste é aquele que, dentro do sistema capitalista, busca um trabalho com função social
February 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Triste é aquele que, dentro do sistema capitalista, busca um trabalho com função social
π¨Croc paper alert!
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis π, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis π, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the QuiricΓ³ Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil
Notosuchians comprise a clade of mostly terrestrial crocodyliforms generally found in Cretaceous Gondwanan deposits. They evolved into many forms and some species show convergences with mammalian f...
www.tandfonline.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
π¨Croc paper alert!
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis π, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis π, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
Thanks Marcos!
February 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thanks Marcos!
Essa obsessΓ£o do governo com a margem equatorial Γ© o βdrill, baby, drillβ da centro-esquerda brasileira
Estamos em 2025, passando de 1.5C, a todo vapor rumo a 3C e os caras falando de enriquecer com Γ³leo
Uma esquerda ecossocialista Γ© urgente! #emergΓͺnciaclimΓ‘tica
Estamos em 2025, passando de 1.5C, a todo vapor rumo a 3C e os caras falando de enriquecer com Γ³leo
Uma esquerda ecossocialista Γ© urgente! #emergΓͺnciaclimΓ‘tica
February 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Essa obsessΓ£o do governo com a margem equatorial Γ© o βdrill, baby, drillβ da centro-esquerda brasileira
Estamos em 2025, passando de 1.5C, a todo vapor rumo a 3C e os caras falando de enriquecer com Γ³leo
Uma esquerda ecossocialista Γ© urgente! #emergΓͺnciaclimΓ‘tica
Estamos em 2025, passando de 1.5C, a todo vapor rumo a 3C e os caras falando de enriquecer com Γ³leo
Uma esquerda ecossocialista Γ© urgente! #emergΓͺnciaclimΓ‘tica
#FossilFriday - Mariliasuchus amarali Carvalho & Bertini 1999, a small sphagesaurian (sensu Ruiz et al., 2021) that helped start the current boom in notosuchian research back in the late 90s π
February 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#FossilFriday - Mariliasuchus amarali Carvalho & Bertini 1999, a small sphagesaurian (sensu Ruiz et al., 2021) that helped start the current boom in notosuchian research back in the late 90s π
Needless to say a US occupation of Palestine is yet another war crimeβ¦
It is a sovereign nation and belongs to Palestinians only π΅πΈ
#FreePalestine
It is a sovereign nation and belongs to Palestinians only π΅πΈ
#FreePalestine
February 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Needless to say a US occupation of Palestine is yet another war crimeβ¦
It is a sovereign nation and belongs to Palestinians only π΅πΈ
#FreePalestine
It is a sovereign nation and belongs to Palestinians only π΅πΈ
#FreePalestine
Deepseek is actually excellent news for the climate π
Big tech was all in into building massive new data centers with the equivalent energy and water usage of entire countries.
Some crazy mfs were talking about burning even more coal to power new models
It is obvious now that we donβt need this
Big tech was all in into building massive new data centers with the equivalent energy and water usage of entire countries.
Some crazy mfs were talking about burning even more coal to power new models
It is obvious now that we donβt need this
January 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Deepseek is actually excellent news for the climate π
Big tech was all in into building massive new data centers with the equivalent energy and water usage of entire countries.
Some crazy mfs were talking about burning even more coal to power new models
It is obvious now that we donβt need this
Big tech was all in into building massive new data centers with the equivalent energy and water usage of entire countries.
Some crazy mfs were talking about burning even more coal to power new models
It is obvious now that we donβt need this