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But I jumped forward a few years and digressed a little, only due to mention of the red deer origins paper… but first a need for some coffee to get my brain cells in order to tell you about the next milestone of this untold origins story of #IrishCaveBones project.

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And this mutual interest was developed in chats with Allan McDevitt (now ATU), whom had worked with me on the Irish red deer paper. So a long collaboration involving many projects started with Allan McDevitt (now ATU) began and still continues to this day. As we still try to answer the colonisation of Ireland many questions, but we have some! We became very good friends too.
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Back in early years of the #IrishCaveBones project, I was interested in knowing what faunal species were here in Quaternary Ireland, & by knowing the dates/when, we could piece together past ecosystems & investigate why some species survived whilst others didn’t.

But also how and when faunal species got to Ireland - the colonisation of our island in the past in terms of animals and plants. #IrishCaveBones #SciCommIE #iSciComm

I asked and was given permission by the Museum staff, to start a full reassessment and (re)identification of all caves’ bones using up to date zooarchaeological recording techniques and creating a unique catalogue of all the bones. And so, the #IrishCaveBones project began… from just a few empty tables in the museum’s stores to tables filled with bones and fragments. #IrishCaveBones #iSciComm #SciCommIE #iSci .... more tomorrow :) (or later today... my natural night owl is showing!)

Back in 2007/8, during research access to the National Museum of Ireland collections for the origins of Irish red deer project (published Carden et al., 2012 bit.ly/3g2CRhm), to the antiquarian archived animal bones excavation from many different Irish caves which were excavated during late 1800s to mid-1900s, I saw mis-identified red deer bones. These were labelled as pig, sheep, horse and reindeer bones. #IrishCaveBones #iSciComm #SciCommIE #iSci

Since it's #ScienceWeek 2022 in Ireland, here's a thread for the next 7 days on the untold Origins Story of the #IrishCaveBones project which I started back in 2007 as a personal project. The origins story starts in 2007 to current day with the milestones and some signfiicant Irish discoveries on the way. As you will find out the #IrishCaveBones project originated out of curiosity and a quest for knowledge on my part and it continued to present day & into the future. #isci #SciComm #SciCommIE