# paleoart sciart paleoproteomics fossilfriday goldenwolf goldenwolfen christygrandjean goldenwolfart sabertooth fatalis smilodon bigcat prehistoric woollymammoths lions bigcats iceage

Gomphotherium, a proboscidean from the Miocene and Pleistocene of Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Unlike its distant modern relatives, Gomphotherium had 4 tusks: 2 longer ones on the upper jaw, and two shorter, shovel-like ones on the lower jaw.

17 50
2018-11-25

Hippidion is an extinct genus of horse that lived in South America during the Pleistocene epoch.

(Credit: Satoshi Kawasaki)

69 335
2018-10-03

reshuffles the phylogeny of Pleistocene rhinos using ~1.77 million y. old proteome sequences from Dmanisi. This extraordinary breakthrough extends molecular phylogeny based on fossils far beyond the range of preservation of ancient DNA.
https://t.co/ClNR9r7Q6F

66 101
2018-09-11

and I've finished my book chapter on wolves, so here are some views of the Pleistocene gray wolf (Canis lupus) skull found by Rev. MacEnery in Kents cavern. It was one of his favourite fossils.

19 78
2018-08-03

For new of Doggerland (a landmass in what's now the North Sea) with some of its characteristic Pleistocene fauna: a (modern) walrus, mammoths, spotted hyenas, cave lions, swans and great auks. Painted for 's 'Ancient Seas' exhibition.

86 279
2018-07-27

Scientific illustrations in the mid 1800s were just stunning. This is a skull of a cave hyena from Somerset, in 'British Pleistocene Mammalia' (1866). (Art by J. Greene).

105 280
2018-06-08

Happy Caturday!
"Pleistocene King"
by Christy "Goldenwolf" Grandjean | https://t.co/22vQCAZ4z4
Watercolor and colored pencil. 2007.

3 19
2018-04-22

Quantifying the skeletal injuries of Pleistocene predators to demonstrate distinct hunting behaviours https://t.co/HBi1AbEsqC

17 11
2017-04-11

Day 3 and my first post for the tweet storm. These are in Alaska and Siberia during the period.

1 1
2017-03-03

Brain ontogeny and life history in Pleistocene hominins https://t.co/VGC6IGjRGA via

7 9
2016-05-17

Pleistocene hippo jaw from Barrington UK. Imagine if we didn't know what hippos looked like when alive.

54 56
2015-07-31

Diet of Paranthropus boisei in the early Pleistocene of East Africa http://t.co/NhmKNQjcnO

9 12
2015-07-17

A pride of extinct American soaks up some sun.

2 1
2014-11-18