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Dr. James G. Napoli Profile picture
Dr. James G. Napoli
@JGN_Paleo
Vertebrate Paleontologist | Instructor @ Stony Brook University | Intraspecific variation, taxonomy, systematics | 1/5 of @SkeleCrewPaleo | Views mine | he/him
Apr 9 • 35 tweets • 8 min read
Yesterday, @TIME broke news of a landmark advance in gene editing and de-extinction. This piece has proven divisive, and many criticisms I have seen are misplaced or incorrect. This 🧵 is intended to provide my take, based on my own expertise, and set the record straight. Image First:
1) I am not affiliated with or paid by @colossal
2) I am acutely aware of the ethical issues inherent to de-extinction, in concept and in practice
3) Colossal has made many big claims, which they need to back up.
4) This thread is my opinion alone, not that of my employer
Jul 25, 2022 • 16 tweets • 7 min read
Is Tyrannosaurus rex the one true king of the Cretaceous? Our new paper reviews the evidence🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#paleontology #dinosaur #fossil #scicomm #museum #AcademicTwitter
(art by @MarkWitton, who graciously gave us permission to use his work for this project)

1/16 In March, a team of researchers published a provocative new idea: Tyrannosaurus rex, the most famous dinosaur, wasn't one dinosaur at all, but three separate species that were so similar all prior researchers had missed their differences.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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