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Pepe Carrión
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Paleoecologist, Quaternary pollen analysis, Naturalist, Professor of Evolutionary Botany at University of Murcia (Spain), Cat Lover, Red, Republican, Ecofeminist
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It remains largely unknown whether epigenetic mosaicism arising in long-lived plants can have evolutionary relevance.We show in this new preprint that somatic epigenetic mosaics within Pistacia terebinthus trees leave a signature in DNA of the pollen grains produced
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Somatic epigenetic mosaicism within Pistacia terebinthus (Anacardiaceae) trees leaves signature in reproductive cells
Propagation of epimutations over the branching topology of individuals often produces epigenetic mosaicism in long-lived plants, but whether such epigenetic mosaics can bear some evolutionary relevanc...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Very happy. A paper just out of the oven. It is a piece of work made possible only after many years of thinking about, and looking at, an old problem from multiple perspectives. And with the magical brushstrokes of our artists, Gabriela and Ariadna.

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November 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Our beloved teacher in palynology, Michèle Dupré, has left us — a luminous being of knowledge and kindness. May she rest in peace and live on in all of us who learned from her how to walk lightly, rise gently, and fall without a sound.
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Great job opportunity here in Vienna at the Natural History Museum. @nhmwien.bsky.social
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Stellenangebot Curator for the osteological collection of human remains (m/f/d) bei Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Forschung, wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit in Wien
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September 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A last paper. To our knowledge, the Biennale has never shown paleoart before. With Gabriela Amorós, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo & Federica Crivellaro, we bring a scientifically informed work that explores the ecological, artistic & social scope of the Venetian panel.

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Out of the cave: Rewilding deep time at the Venice Biennale
Out of the Cave, part of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, reimagines prehistoric human life through scientifically grounded paleoart. This visual installation bridges deep-time knowledge with co...
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September 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last paper: paleoecology of Cueva del Arco.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
WHY BOTHER VOTING IN SPAIN? Just ask the Supreme Court, bishops, IBEX bosses, and Franco’s leftovers who should rule, who gets crushed, and who pays in silence. Keep people ignorant, the hierarchy sacred, and the cash flowing up. It’s tradition.
July 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Neanderthals were not ‘hypercarnivores’ and feasted on maggots, scientists say www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Neanderthals were not ‘hypercarnivores’ and feasted on maggots, scientists say
Researchers believe humans’ closest relatives may have stored meat from their kills for months before eating it
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July 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Here it is! Please welcome the AMAZING Mirasaura grauvogeli, a NEW MARVELOUS Drepanosaur published in NATURE today!
This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures!

I was commissioned to bring it to life
#paleoart
July 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Just finished the Spanish edition of a book I’d already read in English. Flawless translation. Solid, well-told science—no drama, no nonsense. One of the great minds behind it. Congrats, Tom. (Photo: my old grape knife, harvest-trained in 1970).
July 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Still buzzing after Parker Barrow’s wild set at #SanJavierJazz 🔥
Southern rock? More like a blast of blues, soul, metal & symphonic fire.
Megan Kane = unstoppable.
July 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A 2014 photo at the Biology faculty cafeteria (Murcia), with Encarni Montoya. She started in palynology under my distracted watch… and has long since surpassed me. Brilliant work, always humble, honest, and generous. So proud. Grande, my Encarni.
July 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Unique conifer assemblage from Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous deposits (NE Brazil) unveils the paleoclimate and paleobiogeography in the interior of equatorial Gondwana
[Metapodocarpoxylon brasiliense sp. nov.]
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Art by Zeinner de Paula
February 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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An oasis in Western Gondwana: A diverse Guadalupian paleoflora from South America

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Art by Zeinner de Paula
July 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Un síntoma más de una sociedad débil y enferma que se vuelve incapaz de enfrentar realidades dificiles no es solo no escuchar las recomendaciones científicas sino que sea la desvergüenza la que lo impulse

#ciencia #fernandovalladares
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La desvergüenza y ‘libertad de las cañitas’ contra la ciencia
La lógica sostendría que para tomar buenas decisiones basta con los datos objetivos que arrojen luz sobre la cuestión en particular. Sin embargo, se
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July 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Ariadna, one of my two artists, gave me this drawing: it brings back my childhood and the bond with Estrellica, a stray dog a friend and I once rescued. It was a tense night—we truly put ourselves at risk, as the city was rounding up dogs to be killed. That night, over 100 were saved.
June 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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This Friday (June 27th), 11am BST (apologies to those far to the west), join me and Dr Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social for a zoom chat about Natalia's work in the new palaeoart-themed @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social book #MesozoicArtII. Cont...
June 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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A closer look at yesterdays new dinosaur species, #Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, from the Morrison Formation. It is always a big thrill to be the first to reconstruct a new species.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Fossils #Jurassic #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
June 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
How did Spain come to be one of the few nations holding firm on aid spending? | Ana Carbajosa
June 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Terrible times for academia. Those who enabled cuts, disrespect, and erosion of dignity—especially those in power—should be named. Their legacy is shame. If this continues, it will be a tragedy for British science. In Spain, we know the script

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"Miracle" if Bournemouth retains university status after cuts, says protester
Bournemouth University staff are protesting over planned job cuts in the first of four days of strike action.
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June 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My godmother is turning 100 this August. She has seen much, according to her too much.
June 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Proud to share a profession with Juanma Rubiales — committed, generous, ego-free, and an outstanding teacher. He’s achieved his dream of becoming a university professor. An honor to have colleagues like him.
June 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Modified Stalagmites in Cave in Spain Reveal Millennia of Human Activity greekreporter.com/2025/06/04/m...
Modified Stalagmites in Cave in Spain Reveal Millennia of Human Activity - GreekReporter.com
100 modified stalagmites found in Spain’s Cova Dones cave reveal millennia of human activity at the underground site.
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June 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM