Guillaume BILLET
@guillbi.bsky.social
Evolutionary morphologist and curator of fossil mammals at @mnhn.fr & @cr2p.bsky.social
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I am extremely happy to see that our review on fossil tip-dating is out in early view in Systematic Biology! A huge thanks to all the authors of this massive project (@heckeberg.bsky.social, @basantakhakurel.bsky.social, Gustavo Darlim, and @hoehna.bsky.social)! academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I am extremely happy to see that our review on fossil tip-dating is out in early view in Systematic Biology! A huge thanks to all the authors of this massive project (@heckeberg.bsky.social, @basantakhakurel.bsky.social, Gustavo Darlim, and @hoehna.bsky.social)! academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
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Mindblowing research out of the wonderful @isemevol.bsky.social (where I'm delighed to be based for the next three months).
Opening line: "Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring [1,2]. Here, we report a shift from this norm".
1. Darwin (1859)
2. Mayr (1942).
Opening line: "Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring [1,2]. Here, we report a shift from this norm".
1. Darwin (1859)
2. Mayr (1942).
September 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Mindblowing research out of the wonderful @isemevol.bsky.social (where I'm delighed to be based for the next three months).
Opening line: "Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring [1,2]. Here, we report a shift from this norm".
1. Darwin (1859)
2. Mayr (1942).
Opening line: "Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring [1,2]. Here, we report a shift from this norm".
1. Darwin (1859)
2. Mayr (1942).
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Convergent reduction of olfactory genes and olfactory bulb size in mammalian species at altitude: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Convergent reduction of olfactory genes and olfactory bulb size in mammalian species at altitude
Graham et al. report that high-altitude mammalian species have a greatly reduced number
of olfactory receptor genes, and their brains have a smaller olfactory bulb, consistent
with a deteriorated sens...
www.cell.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Convergent reduction of olfactory genes and olfactory bulb size in mammalian species at altitude: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!
Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds
news.njit.edu
July 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!
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@cnrsecologie.bsky.social regrette profondément l'adoption de cette loi à la vision court-termiste & ses conséquences graves sur l’environnement, qui méprise santé & bien-être de la population & le rôle des espèces sauvages dans la prod. agricole. La communauté scientifique n'a pas été entendue.
Le Parlement a définitivement adopté mardi la proposition de loi agricole Duplomb-Menonville, comprenant entre autres une mesure décriée de réintroduction sous conditions d'un pesticide néonicotinoïde, et présentée comme une réponse à la colère agricole de 2024.
July 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
@cnrsecologie.bsky.social regrette profondément l'adoption de cette loi à la vision court-termiste & ses conséquences graves sur l’environnement, qui méprise santé & bien-être de la population & le rôle des espèces sauvages dans la prod. agricole. La communauté scientifique n'a pas été entendue.
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Junior Professor Chair at MNHN Paris :
Integrative Taxonomy for Describing Biological Diversity
odyssee.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/procedures/r...
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Integrative Taxonomy for Describing Biological Diversity
odyssee.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/procedures/r...
filesender.renater.fr?s=download&t...
Odyssée
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July 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Junior Professor Chair at MNHN Paris :
Integrative Taxonomy for Describing Biological Diversity
odyssee.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/procedures/r...
filesender.renater.fr?s=download&t...
Integrative Taxonomy for Describing Biological Diversity
odyssee.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/procedures/r...
filesender.renater.fr?s=download&t...
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And here it is:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Such a @basantakhakurel.bsky.social thing to promise something “in the coming weeks” and then turn around and have it done like the next day #evol2025
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Such a @basantakhakurel.bsky.social thing to promise something “in the coming weeks” and then turn around and have it done like the next day #evol2025
June 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
And here it is:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Such a @basantakhakurel.bsky.social thing to promise something “in the coming weeks” and then turn around and have it done like the next day #evol2025
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Such a @basantakhakurel.bsky.social thing to promise something “in the coming weeks” and then turn around and have it done like the next day #evol2025
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New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
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We’re hiring a postdoc (2+ years) in macroecology and macroevolution in my new lab at CZU Prague: www.researchgate.net/job/1021667_...
POSTDOCTORAL DATA SCIENTIST IN MACROECOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION (2+ YEARS IN PRAGUE) at Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in Prague, CZECHIA
May 12, 2025 | We invite applications for a full-time, two-year data scientist postdoctoralposition (with potential for an extension) spanning large-scale... | NEW JOB
www.researchgate.net
May 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We’re hiring a postdoc (2+ years) in macroecology and macroevolution in my new lab at CZU Prague: www.researchgate.net/job/1021667_...
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Really glad to share with you what would be the oldest evidence of the epidermal skin of early synapsids, with the description of sphenacodont body impressions, likeky belonging to Dimetrodon teutonis, from the early Permian of BROMACKER! Behold Bromackerichnus!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Early Permian synapsid impressions illuminate the origin of epidermal scales and aggregation behavior
Marchetti et al. describe Bromackerichnus, the first definite body impression of early
synapsids and, more specifically, sphenacodontids. Bromackerichnus includes the earliest
fossil evidence of epide...
www.cell.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Really glad to share with you what would be the oldest evidence of the epidermal skin of early synapsids, with the description of sphenacodont body impressions, likeky belonging to Dimetrodon teutonis, from the early Permian of BROMACKER! Behold Bromackerichnus!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Are you seeking a postdoc opportunity? The Natural History Museum in Oslo is on the lookout for candidates who want to create their own projects. If you're interested in brainstorming project ideas, feel free to reach out! More information here:👇 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/280531/postdoctoral-fellow-self-developed-project"
May 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Are you seeking a postdoc opportunity? The Natural History Museum in Oslo is on the lookout for candidates who want to create their own projects. If you're interested in brainstorming project ideas, feel free to reach out! More information here:👇 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Here is our attempt at summarizing the state of the evidence for the punctuated equilibrium hypothesis. The paper is part of a special issue of Paleobiology celebrating the 50th anniversary of the PE Hypothesis. Work led by Gene Hunt. @lhliow.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Punctuated equilibrium: state of the evidence | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Punctuated equilibrium: state of the evidence
www.cambridge.org
May 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Here is our attempt at summarizing the state of the evidence for the punctuated equilibrium hypothesis. The paper is part of a special issue of Paleobiology celebrating the 50th anniversary of the PE Hypothesis. Work led by Gene Hunt. @lhliow.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Great #postdoc opportunity at the Natural History Museum @uio.no! Develop your own project to work here for three years🤩
I am happy to answer questions! Deadline June 23rd.🧪
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
I am happy to answer questions! Deadline June 23rd.🧪
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
May 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Great #postdoc opportunity at the Natural History Museum @uio.no! Develop your own project to work here for three years🤩
I am happy to answer questions! Deadline June 23rd.🧪
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
I am happy to answer questions! Deadline June 23rd.🧪
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Abstract submission is now open for #2025SVP in Birmingham! Deadline is June 3rd & all key information is here:
vertpaleo.org/abstract-sub...
vertpaleo.org/abstract-sub...
April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Abstract submission is now open for #2025SVP in Birmingham! Deadline is June 3rd & all key information is here:
vertpaleo.org/abstract-sub...
vertpaleo.org/abstract-sub...
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The Natural History Museum Denmark is hiring a new Tenure-Track Assistant Professor and Curator of (Vertebrate) Palaeontology! Could it be you or someone you know‽ spread the word! Really excited to have a new colleague to work on our amazing collections! 🧪🏛️
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
211-0238/25-2N Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator of Paleontology
Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Paleontology Natural History Museum Denmark Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen The Natural History Muse
candidate.hr-manager.net
April 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The Natural History Museum Denmark is hiring a new Tenure-Track Assistant Professor and Curator of (Vertebrate) Palaeontology! Could it be you or someone you know‽ spread the word! Really excited to have a new colleague to work on our amazing collections! 🧪🏛️
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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🟢 Une nouvelle espèce de tatou découverte en #Guyane !
L'emblématique #tatou à neuf bandes d'Amérique du Sud s'est révélé être un groupe de 4 espèces distinctes, dont fait partie le tatou à long museau guyanais, jamais encore décrit.
Retour sur cette découverte 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
L'emblématique #tatou à neuf bandes d'Amérique du Sud s'est révélé être un groupe de 4 espèces distinctes, dont fait partie le tatou à long museau guyanais, jamais encore décrit.
Retour sur cette découverte 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
April 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🟢 Une nouvelle espèce de tatou découverte en #Guyane !
L'emblématique #tatou à neuf bandes d'Amérique du Sud s'est révélé être un groupe de 4 espèces distinctes, dont fait partie le tatou à long museau guyanais, jamais encore décrit.
Retour sur cette découverte 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
L'emblématique #tatou à neuf bandes d'Amérique du Sud s'est révélé être un groupe de 4 espèces distinctes, dont fait partie le tatou à long museau guyanais, jamais encore décrit.
Retour sur cette découverte 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
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It's not a dire wolf. It's a gray wolf clone with 20 dire-wolf gene edits, and with some dire wolf traits. And here's my story! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
April 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's not a dire wolf. It's a gray wolf clone with 20 dire-wolf gene edits, and with some dire wolf traits. And here's my story! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
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Une nouvelle espèce de tatou découverte en Guyane grâce à l'étude de l’ADN et l'analyse de la morphologie de crânes.
Les résultats de cette étude menée par plusieurs membres de @isemevol.bsky.social et @guillbi.bsky.social du CR2P viennent d'être publiés dans Systematic Biology.
Les résultats de cette étude menée par plusieurs membres de @isemevol.bsky.social et @guillbi.bsky.social du CR2P viennent d'être publiés dans Systematic Biology.
Notre article sur la délimitation des espèces de tatous du genre Dasypus est désormais publié dans Systematic Biology (doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae027) officialisant ainsi le tatou à long museau de Guyane (Dasypus guianensis) comme une nouvelle espèce endémique du plateau des Guyanes
Une nouvelle espèce de tatou découverte en Guyane
On connait actuellement une vingtaine d'espèces de tatous, ces mammifères emblématiques de l’Amérique du Sud. La plus répandue aurait été le tatou à neuf bandes, qui s'est révélée être en réalité un g...
www.mnhn.fr
April 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Une nouvelle espèce de tatou découverte en Guyane grâce à l'étude de l’ADN et l'analyse de la morphologie de crânes.
Les résultats de cette étude menée par plusieurs membres de @isemevol.bsky.social et @guillbi.bsky.social du CR2P viennent d'être publiés dans Systematic Biology.
Les résultats de cette étude menée par plusieurs membres de @isemevol.bsky.social et @guillbi.bsky.social du CR2P viennent d'être publiés dans Systematic Biology.
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Notre article sur la délimitation des espèces de tatous du genre Dasypus est désormais publié dans Systematic Biology (doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae027) officialisant ainsi le tatou à long museau de Guyane (Dasypus guianensis) comme une nouvelle espèce endémique du plateau des Guyanes
Une nouvelle espèce de tatou découverte en Guyane
On connait actuellement une vingtaine d'espèces de tatous, ces mammifères emblématiques de l’Amérique du Sud. La plus répandue aurait été le tatou à neuf bandes, qui s'est révélée être en réalité un g...
www.mnhn.fr
April 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Notre article sur la délimitation des espèces de tatous du genre Dasypus est désormais publié dans Systematic Biology (doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae027) officialisant ainsi le tatou à long museau de Guyane (Dasypus guianensis) comme une nouvelle espèce endémique du plateau des Guyanes
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🧵 1/2 PhD Opportunity! Join my new HEAR lab
@ the University of Zurich (Sept 2025) to research hominin hearing evolution. 4yr contract, SNSF funded. Focus: cochlear anatomy, computational modeling, fossil hearing. shorturl.at/ohH44
@ the University of Zurich (Sept 2025) to research hominin hearing evolution. 4yr contract, SNSF funded. Focus: cochlear anatomy, computational modeling, fossil hearing. shorturl.at/ohH44
Open PhD position on Biomechanics and Anatomy of the Ape and Hominin Organ of Hearing
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March 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🧵 1/2 PhD Opportunity! Join my new HEAR lab
@ the University of Zurich (Sept 2025) to research hominin hearing evolution. 4yr contract, SNSF funded. Focus: cochlear anatomy, computational modeling, fossil hearing. shorturl.at/ohH44
@ the University of Zurich (Sept 2025) to research hominin hearing evolution. 4yr contract, SNSF funded. Focus: cochlear anatomy, computational modeling, fossil hearing. shorturl.at/ohH44
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PhD alert: Je cherche un candidat pour travailler sur l'évolution morphologique et fonctionnelle de la tête des squamates apodes. Le projet implique de la biologie évolutive, des expériences et simulations mécaniques et des bestioles à écailles! @mnhn.fr @mecadev.bsky.social
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adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
March 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
PhD alert: Je cherche un candidat pour travailler sur l'évolution morphologique et fonctionnelle de la tête des squamates apodes. Le projet implique de la biologie évolutive, des expériences et simulations mécaniques et des bestioles à écailles! @mnhn.fr @mecadev.bsky.social
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
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A new "homepage" for this August's (7-10th) International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology online conference, full of details and links: www.xcdsystem.com/icvm/program...
26 May abstract submission deadline, BTW.
26 May abstract submission deadline, BTW.
ICVM 2025
www.xcdsystem.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A new "homepage" for this August's (7-10th) International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology online conference, full of details and links: www.xcdsystem.com/icvm/program...
26 May abstract submission deadline, BTW.
26 May abstract submission deadline, BTW.
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Postdoc on stegosaurs with Roger Benson at the AMNH careers.amnh.org/postings/4384
Kenneth C. Griffin Postdoctoral Fellow for Paleontology
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...
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March 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Postdoc on stegosaurs with Roger Benson at the AMNH careers.amnh.org/postings/4384
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New @erc.europa.eu funded #ConvergeAnt preprint on using the evolution of pseudogenes to document the parallel regression of oral anatomy in myrmecophagous mammals posted at @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New @erc.europa.eu funded #ConvergeAnt preprint on using the evolution of pseudogenes to document the parallel regression of oral anatomy in myrmecophagous mammals posted at @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New @erc.europa.eu funded #ConvergeAnt paper on phylogenetics and transcriptomics of chitinase gene repertoires in convergent ant-eating mammals finally published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
February 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
New @erc.europa.eu funded #ConvergeAnt paper on phylogenetics and transcriptomics of chitinase gene repertoires in convergent ant-eating mammals finally published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...