Henry Gee 亨利·纪

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Check out my story “Rebody” in Nature!

Twitcher hivemind - I think this is a turnstone. Either that or a pterodactyl.

Despite suffering the lingering after-effects of LURGY, this weekend I finished drafting chapter 4 of 'The Only Way is Ethics' (not its real name). At 48,800 words it's more than half done now. I can see my way to the finish line. @picadorbooks.bsky.social @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social #booksky

Denisovans from the Xujiayao and other East Asian sites are morphologically distinctive, with a low cranial profile with near-parallel lateral walls, a massive supraorbital torus, a flat zygomaxillary region and weak prognathism, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/3WnOg04 🏺🧪

While reading Farmelo’s ‘Hawking’ I came up with this Dad joke: ‘old Professors never die: they just lose their faculties’. Sorry. I’m going now.

“We are finally starting to put a face to the Denisovan” go.nature.com/3W0eYvO

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The Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute is hiring a Preventive Conservator Fellow to work on questions around environmental controls for museum collections. trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

Our October 2026 issue is now live! Check out the table of contents: http://dlvr.it/TW28x4

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My grumpy internal editor function is getting exercised over song lyrics, French doors and café signs: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2026/10/beco... #grumpyoldman #englishusage

UK edition is coming from Hodder & Stoughton soon, as well!

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Our Dept. of Genetics and Developmental Biology at the Institut Curie in the heart of Paris is hiring a new junior PI. It has a nice start up package and excellent I. Curie facilities. Please spread the word: Deadline Dec. 18th! jpi-recruitment-curie-umr3215-u934.curie.fr

Please buy books from an independent bookshop. My favourites are The Book Hive (Norwich and Aylsham); The Chicken & Frog Bookshop(Brentwood) and Books at the Dragon's Garden (Llandovery). You can select your favourite bookshop from the comfort of your armchair through uk.bookshop.org

We’ll try to stay serene and calm/ The day Alberta gets the bomb.

Please post widely. Tell your friends. Buy some to give children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, godchildren or any inquisitive child who happens to be passing. Thank you!

Seasonal shopping hint: ‘The Independent’ rated THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH the best gift book for 10-year-olds. www.independent.co.uk/extras/indyb...

My Inaugural Professorial Lecture at @glasgow.ac.uk has been announced: “A kind of elvish craft”: In conversation with Prof. Tolkien Myth, folklore, fairy-story, fantasy + the traditions behind the stories we tell. 9 Nov, 5pm. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/critical-s... @uofgartshums.bsky.social

The discovery of an early avian ancestor fossil in China reveals that flightless birds lived alongside the known flying species go.nature.com/4s6LYy5

The current LURGY has hit chez Gee with the impact of a bag of spanners on a stuffed owl. Over the worst, but still fatigued and breathless, I have postponed visit to the Great Wen. I think it's a variety of flu, or maybe Big Rock Candy Mountain Spotted Fever.

Seasonal shopping hint: ‘The Independent’ rated THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH the best gift book for 10-year-olds. www.independent.co.uk/extras/indyb...

A rare opportunity to work on natural history collections with a great team at National Museums Northern Ireland. Curator for vertebrates, closing 27 October, £37,694 to £38,990 per annum ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...

new out in @nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genetic underpinnings of the cellular processes that could explain why humans move in the way they do - and why it's so costly in terms of musculoskeletal complaint - paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A flightless bird contemporary with Archaeopteryx shows how some birds thought all this newfangled flight malarkey would never take off - paper in @Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The emerging sturgeon model and stiff necks of early tetrapods - paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A great review of ‘The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire’ medium.com/@hootperch/p... @picadorbooks.bsky.social @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social

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Christmas coming up rapidly fast approaching. Just a thought. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...

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'Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends'.

My final postdoc project is out today in Nature! We show microbes co-migrated with humans out of Africa; three independent methods agree, and timing matches archaeological / genetic evidence (Fig. 4c). Seeing Fig. 4c for 1st time was one of my most memorable "eureka" moments! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

A paper in Nature presents an updated phylogeny of bats based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils. The findings could resolve long-standing controversies in bat biology and provide new insights into the evolutionary history and trait diversification of bats. go.nature.com/4hJWfvI 🧪

Out today in @nature.com: our review on how single cells evolve into multicellular organisms. With Ozan Bozdag, @kaitong25.bsky.social, Peter Yunker, and @matthewherron.bsky.social. rdcu.be/9ZuiKow9twKa For an overview, check out the video below.

Protists are practically falling over themselves to become multicellular. So why did so few lineages manage to achieve complex, obligate multicellularity as a way of life? A Review in @nature.com digs in www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A Jurassic platypus-like swimmer with evidence for suckling. Paper in @nature.com - www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interested in Historical Ecology and Conservation Palaeobiology? 🪸🦀 Steve Pates and I are offering a PhD project on "Reducing uncertainty in the impact of climate on biodiversity" 🔗 unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/red... 🗓️ Deadline: 13th January 2027

This morning, refreshed by a week away, I am breaking ground on a new chapter in 'The Only Way is Ethics'. Oh, I do so enjoy writing. @picadorbooks.bsky.social @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social

This gave me a good laugh. (from @accordionguy.bsky.social 's "Saturday Picdump" of tech-related memes, cartoons, etc.)

Most mammals replace their teeth only once. A new, carnivorous, semiaquatic fossil mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China reveals multiple tooth generations, enhancing our understanding of mammal dental evolution, according to a paper in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4ALPDFx #Paleosky 🧪

The Audible version of ‘A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth’ is just £0.99 for a limited time www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Short-H...