https://toriherridge.com/research/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-01-at-12.27.40.pngScreen Shot 2021-07-01 at 12.27.40Section through a juvenile Asian elephant skull, showing elephant tooth development. (c) Victoria Herridgehttps://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc00055.jpgDSC00055George Iliopoulos and I hunting for Kutri Cave, in Crete, where Dorothea Bate found fossils of dwarf deer. Imagine doing this in Edwardian dress! Photo (c) David Richards.https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cret_map_library.pngcret_map_libraryPouring over Dorothea Bate's maps and diaries from her expedition to Crete in 1904. These are now stored in the Natural History Museum's archives. Clockwise from bottom right: me, Adrian Lister, David Richards, Kirsty Penkmanhttps://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscn2432.jpgDSCN2432https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dr_cape_melakas_start.jpgDR_cape_melakas_startIn pursuit of dwarf mammoths. Following in Dorothea Bate's footsteps in Crete. Photo (c) Dr David Richards.https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc06066.jpgDSC06066Taking samples for Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating at Contrada Frategiani, Sicily. I'm top, ably supported by Dr Kirsty Penkman and Gianni Insacco. Photo (c) Dr David Richardshttps://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7988.jpgIMG_7988Working at Spinagallo Cave, Sicily. Thousands of bones of the 1m-tall dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon falconeri were found here in the 1960s. We are trying to find out how old, geologically speaking, these fossils are. Photo (c) Dan Nita.2021-07-01T12:05:58+00:00weekly0.6https://toriherridge.com/2018/03/17/britain-at-low-tide-s2-e4-severn-estuary/2018-03-19T11:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2018/03/13/britain-at-low-tide-s2-e3-clyde/2018-10-20T11:51:06+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2018/02/24/britain-at-low-tide-s2-e2-dorset/2018-02-24T22:25:28+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2018/02/17/britain-at-low-tide-s2-e1-east-sussex/2018-02-24T15:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2018/02/15/britain-at-low-tide-is-back/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/balt2.pngBALT22018-02-15T17:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2017/04/28/scotlands-lost-asteroid-one-year-on-and-nw-highlands-geopark-needs-your-help/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_6179.jpgimg_6179https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/screen-shot-2017-04-28-at-14-57-47.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-28 at 14.57.47https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/screen-shot-2017-04-28-at-14-57-08.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-28 at 14.57.08https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/screen-shot-2017-04-28-at-14-55-50.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-28 at 14.55.502017-05-01T12:25:33+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2015/08/12/book-review-how-to-clone-a-mammoth-by-beth-shapiro/2017-02-17T09:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2016/10/21/raising-horizons-trowelblazers-needs-your-help/2016-10-21T10:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2016/10/08/walking-through-time-jurassic-coast-the-reading-list/2016-10-10T08:40:54+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2016/10/01/walking-through-time-britains-last-mammoths-the-reading-list/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/05walking-in-time-bts.jpg05walking-in-time-bts2016-10-01T16:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2016/09/28/walking-through-time-your-questions-answered/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-28-at-11-04-07.pngscreen-shot-2016-09-28-at-11-04-07From Stewart, A.D. (2002(. The Later Proterozoic Torridonian Rocks of Scotland: Their Sedimentology, Geochemistry and Originhttps://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fullsizerender.jpgfullsizerenderTypical contents of my Walking Through Time back pack!2016-09-30T10:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2016/09/23/walking-through-time-scotlands-lost-asteroid-the-backstory/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2791.jpegimg_2791https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/impact-deposit-and-gravity-low-map.jpgimpact-deposit-and-gravity-low-mapRegional geology of north-west Scotland showing relationship of the Stoer Group, and directional features within it, to the Lairg Gravity low and the Moine Thrust. The radial dotted lines are projected from key Stoer Group sites to the centre of the Lairg Gravity Low. From Simms (2015)https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3_reidite-in-zircon_grain1.jpg3_reidite-in-zircon_grain1The zircon is shown here in in red. The yellow lamellae that cut across the zircon are reidite. The phases have been identified using a technique called “electron backscatter diffraction”. Image from Steven Reddy (Curtin University).https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2033-crop.jpgimg_2033-cropMike Simms at Stoer Bay in 2012 (c) Geoff Steelhttps://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2874.jpegimg_2874https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2896.jpegimg_2896The epic landscape of Northwest Scotland. (c) Adrian Glover2017-09-28T10:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2016/09/22/walking-through-time-is-back/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wtt_s1_txcard.jpgwtt_s1_txcardhttps://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mike-tells-tori-about-debri-raining-down-from-sky-at-second-coast-sc__4115.jpgmike-tells-tori-about-debri-raining-down-from-sky-at-second-coast-sc__4115Me with Mike Simms at Second Coast, sitting atop a layer of boulders (aka spallation) flung far and wide by the 1.2 billion year old asteroid impact (c) Renegade Pictures/Channel 42016-09-24T16:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2016/01/31/fieldwork-family-friendship-and-feeding/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4106.jpgCave feedWith the right support, anything is possible... Feeding R in the cave, while giving instructions!https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4163.jpgMe, Suzie Pilaar Birch & the tiniest (for now!) trowelblazerMe, Suzie Pilaar Birch & the tiniest (for now!) trowelblazer2016-09-30T10:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2016/02/01/92084/2016-02-18T21:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2016/01/30/walking-through-time-6th-feb-2000-channel-4/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screen-shot-2016-01-30-at-15-20-27.pngwalking through time schedule2016-01-30T15:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2015/09/23/my-natural-history-hero-dorothea-bate/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bate_dorothea_2_nhm_img_1232_full-580x459.jpgBate_Dorothea_2_NHM_IMG_1232_full-580x459Dorothea Bate and an unnamed workman excavating in Bethlehem in ?1937. An elephant tooth can be seen just behind the man’s right arm. Copyright Natural History Museum, London. With thanks to Karolyn Shindler for providing the digital image.2015-10-01T10:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/11/11/mammoth-autopsy-coming-soon/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screen-shot-2014-11-11-at-10-49-23.pngScreen Shot 2014-11-11 at 10.49.232015-05-20T17:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/12/07/mammoths-in-the-media/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/autopsy_tv_reviews.jpgautopsy_tv_reviewsThe Daily Mail, the Independent and the Guardian all thought you should watch Woolly Mammoth: The Autopsy on Channel 4, Sunday 23rd November 2014https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/torisuzie-in-nyc.jpgtori&suzie in NYCSuzie Birch and I catching up in Central Park, NYC. Nice selfie work there, Suzie!https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_12731-e1417959093442.jpgIMG_1273Thanks dear chum Anna Zecharia for getting her entire US family up early on the day after Thanksgiving to record this for posterity!https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_12721.jpgIMG_1272CBS This Morning puts on a good breakfast spread. Nobody wants to eat the pastries, again.https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_12711.jpgIMG_1271One of four limo trips through NYC. Must say BBC Breakfast didn't stretch (*groan*) to this ;-)https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1286.jpgIMG_1286Number 7 on Grazia's Chart of Lust. Surely life is downhill from here? https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1257.jpgIMG_1257Flowers, crisps, chocolates and pizza to order in the Russell Howard's Good News dressing room!https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1237.jpgIMG_1237No one wants to eat the Saturday Live pastries… From left to right: John Carder Bush, Rebecca Root, Carrie Grant, and me.https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-07-at-13-05-09.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-07 at 13.05.09https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-07-at-12-56-15.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-07 at 12.56.152015-05-20T16:58:28+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2015/03/11/volunteer-with-me-at-the-natural-history-museum/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-11-at-13-29-38.pngScreen Shot 2015-03-11 at 13.29.38The team contemplating the remnants of sediment in Ghar Dalam Cave. Was this Getrude Caton Thompson's trench? (clockwise from left: John Borg, Chris Standish, Adrian Lister & Leila D'Souza)https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ghar-dalam-cave-volunteer-details.pngGhar Dalam Cave volunteer details2015-05-17T13:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2015/03/16/woman-in-time/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/haw18_3_26_47.jpgHAW18_3_26_472015-03-16T22:43:42+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2015/03/04/woman-in-time-my-contribution-to-british-science-week/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/woman-in-time-poster.jpgPrint2015-03-11T13:16:27+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/11/18/the-ethics-of-mammoth-cloning/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screen-shot-2014-11-18-at-16-57-36-e1416330087346.pngScreen Shot 2014-11-18 at 16.57.362014-11-23T22:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/05/20/start-the-week-alien-invaders/2014-11-12T12:46:19+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/09/08/tucking-baby-lyuba-for-her-journey-home/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1087.jpgIMG_1087https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1084.jpgIMG_1084https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1067-e1415646400514.jpgIMG_1067https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1066.jpgIMG_10662014-11-12T12:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/10/12/educating-21st-century-women-conference/2014-11-12T09:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2012/09/20/what-do-dwarf-elephants-have-to-do-with-climate-change/2014-11-11T11:08:39+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/05/17/shiny-new-website-for-trowelblazers-trowelblazers-com/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-11-10-at-14-06-12-e1415628550735.pngScreen Shot 2014-11-10 at 14.06.12https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screen-shot-2014-11-10-at-13-56-10.pngScreen Shot 2014-11-10 at 13.56.102014-11-10T19:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2013/05/13/trowelblazers-is-launched/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/trowelblazers_logo_white_t.jpgtrowelblazers_logo_white_t2014-11-10T19:22:45+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2013/06/21/in-search-of-the-female-indiana-jones-for-cnn/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screen-shot-2014-11-09-at-20-40-33.pngScreen Shot 2014-11-09 at 20.40.332014-11-10T19:22:34+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2013/10/15/trowelblazers-join-forces-with-the-credible-superstar-role-model-project/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cb_dino_park_group_shot.jpgCB_Dino_Park_Group_ShotPalaeontologists assemble on Dinosaur Island. Left to right: Susannah Maidment (Imperial College London), with Amber; Fiona Gill (U. Leeds); Liam Herringshaw (U. Durham); Anjali Goswami (UCL); Lucy McCobb (National Museum of Wales); David Legg (Oxford University); Xiaoya Ma (Natural History Museum, London); Victoria Herridge (TrowelBlazers) and Catherine Bennett. Photo credit: Daniella Cesarei2014-11-10T19:22:11+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2013/10/18/from-the-first-female-oxbridge-prof-to-kevin-bacon-in-just-six-steps/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dorothy_garrod.jpgDorothy_GarrodImage of Dorothy Garrod from Newnham College, Cambridge: http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/about-newnham/college-history/history/content/dorothy-garrod2014-11-10T19:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2013/11/06/wikipedia-gets-the-trowelblazers-treatment-at-the-nhm/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/trowelblazers-wiki-edit-event-1.jpgTrowelblazers-wiki-edit-event-1https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pa190061-e1415556976819.jpgPA190061trowelblazers wikipedia editathon at the nhm2014-11-10T19:21:39+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/01/22/cosmic-genome-live-at-the-conway-hall/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cosmic-genome-live.jpgcosmic genome live2014-11-10T19:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2012/05/08/mini-mammoths-once-lived-on-crete/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/leshyk-dwarfmammoth3.jpgLeshyk-dwarfmammoth3Mammuthus creticus, next to a man for scale. By Viktor Leshyk. (c) NPG2014-11-10T13:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2012/08/02/hunting-for-hugh-falconers-notebooks-in-forres/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_0267.jpgIMG_0267Witches Stone, Forres. Inscription reads: 'From Cluny Hill witches were rolled in stout barrels through which spikes were driven. Where the barrel stopped they were burned with their mangled contents. This stone marks the spot of one such burning.' Nice.https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1040311-e1415540505929.jpgP1040311HF survives an incident at the Geological Society, thanks to his hat. Letter to his niece Grace.https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1040856.jpgP1040856https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1040551-e1415540434613.jpgP10405512014-11-10T13:42:24+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2012/08/25/a-whos-hugh-of-aberdonian-science/2014-11-10T13:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2013/09/12/geological-society-shell-lecture/2014-11-10T13:41:28+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2013/10/23/ct-scanning-an-elephant-at-the-royal-veterinary-college/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_0540.jpgIMG_0540John Hutchinson CT scanning an Asian elephant skull at the RVC2014-11-10T13:40:58+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/02/10/rodents-of-unusual-size/2014-11-10T13:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/2014/09/10/when-hippos-swam-in-the-thames/https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0182.jpgIMG_0182https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0181-e1415621246193.jpgIMG_0181https://toriherridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hippopothames-8253_1_768_460_90_s_c1.jpgHippopoThames-8253_1_768_460_90_s_c1HippopoThames by Florentijn Hofman at Nine Elms on the South Bank © Steve Stills2014-11-10T13:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://toriherridge.com/blog/2014-11-08T14:23:57+00:00weekly0.6https://toriherridge.comdaily1.02021-07-01T12:05:58+00:00