Philip Donoghue
@phil-donoghue.bsky.social
Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Bristol, UK
In between, the Paleontological Society medal!
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
In between, the Paleontological Society medal!
I’ve been enjoying SVP from a distance
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’ve been enjoying SVP from a distance
Do you have enough data for this to be a question that can be answered scientifically or just by force of rhetoric?
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Do you have enough data for this to be a question that can be answered scientifically or just by force of rhetoric?
This is poetic but I know Steve is sure that palaeontology is not the sort of vague science that this quote suggests
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is poetic but I know Steve is sure that palaeontology is not the sort of vague science that this quote suggests
what about this awesomeness? Donoghue, P. C. J., Purnell, M. A., Aldridge, R. J., et al., 2008. The interrelationships of ‘complex’ conodonts (Vertebrata). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6: 119-153
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
what about this awesomeness? Donoghue, P. C. J., Purnell, M. A., Aldridge, R. J., et al., 2008. The interrelationships of ‘complex’ conodonts (Vertebrata). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6: 119-153
Distinctly lacking in conodont awesomeness
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Distinctly lacking in conodont awesomeness
Ah, shucks! Thanks @julietccoates.bsky.social !
October 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ah, shucks! Thanks @julietccoates.bsky.social !
And there's also a study from our group, led by @edmoody.bsky.social on the evolution of metabolisms over Earth history, with interesting factoids about HGT, including evidence that it seems to be dominated by exchange between closely related branches in the tree of life
The emergence of metabolisms through Earth history and implications for biospheric evolution | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
We investigate the evolution of microbial metabolisms from the last universal common ancestor to the extant biota through comparative phylogenomics, reconciling the evolution of the genes that underpin metabolic pathways with a time-calibrated tree of ...
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August 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
And there's also a study from our group, led by @edmoody.bsky.social on the evolution of metabolisms over Earth history, with interesting factoids about HGT, including evidence that it seems to be dominated by exchange between closely related branches in the tree of life
For a distillation of the contents, read the introduction by myself, Tim Lenton, Samir Okasha, Graham Shields and Anja Spang
Chance and purpose in the evolution of biospheres | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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August 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
For a distillation of the contents, read the introduction by myself, Tim Lenton, Samir Okasha, Graham Shields and Anja Spang
Damn! You just made me buy another book!
May 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Damn! You just made me buy another book!
… and therefore crown vertebrates in the Cambrian …
May 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
… and therefore crown vertebrates in the Cambrian …