larusnz.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @ Adelaide University; research interests in palaeoecology, cave sediments, coprolites, ancient DNA, environmental DNA, extinction and evolution
👤 Joined on 13 November 2024
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@larusnz.bsky.socialGet excited :) PhyloSpec is coming! A shared standard + modelling language for phylogenetic models. Write a model once, run it across engines like BEAST X, BEAST 2.8 & RevBayes. Easy and reproducible. Built by @tochsner.bsky.social & collaborators (ETH Zürich, Auckland, LMU). phylospec.com
Show PostAt a recent archaeology conference I was shocked to see AI-generated reconstructions of Māori sites—these are racist tools trained on old northern -hemisphere assumptions. Maybe work with an artist, or learn to draw? theconversation.com/historical-i...
Show PostIt’s bump in time for #AMSABS! Monday-Thursday is going to be a celebration of all things mammalian! @science.org.au @ausmammals.bsky.social
Show PostMy editorial in this week’s Science @aaas.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
Show PostKnown #extinctions are just the tip of the iceberg. Many human-driven losses remain undocumented—so-called #DarkExtinctions, absent from the IUCN #RedList, biasing our view of biodiversity loss. Check our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity: www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🌐🌍🧪
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