Kale Sniderman
@muddypollen.bsky.social
Palynologist, paleoclimatologist, plant biogeographer | vegetation and climate history | fossil pollen
which trees do so?
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
which trees do so?
even from a paper in an MDPI journal?🤪
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
even from a paper in an MDPI journal?🤪
You're asking a lot but it was apparently in spring
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring - Nature
Examination of fish that died on the day the Mesozoic ended reveal that the impact that caused the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction occurred during boreal spring.
www.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
You're asking a lot but it was apparently in spring
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
which character is the PhD student?
October 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
which character is the PhD student?
Certified Financial Planner? College Football Playoff? clear flooring polyurethane?
October 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Certified Financial Planner? College Football Playoff? clear flooring polyurethane?
Fairly clearly this bombshell:
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans
Diverse forms of Homo coexisted during the Middle Pleistocene. Whether these fossil humans represent different species or clades is debated. The ~1-million-year-old Yunxian 2 fossil from China is impo...
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Fairly clearly this bombshell:
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Clearly this result is model-dependent: those raw skulls are indeed quite distorted, and your phylogenetic analysis is based on a virtually reconstructed skull. How sensitive are your conclusions to model parameterisation or model assumptions?
September 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Clearly this result is model-dependent: those raw skulls are indeed quite distorted, and your phylogenetic analysis is based on a virtually reconstructed skull. How sensitive are your conclusions to model parameterisation or model assumptions?
Wouldn't it be. Keep us posted
September 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Wouldn't it be. Keep us posted
It's a central part of the MAHA playbook
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
The Bad Energy of Casey Means
For many years, it has been common enough to hear the refrain that large corporations are to blame for all of the world’s problems.
www.compactmag.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's a central part of the MAHA playbook
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...