News from the Silicofossil Group Joint meeting of the Palynology and Silicofossil Groups 2006 The meeting was held at the Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeobotony, Utrecht University on the 9th-10th March, 2006. More>> New WWW links Silicofossil Group report for Spring 2005.  The first joint meeting of the Silicofossil and Palynology groups 9-10 June 2004, School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.  Silicofossil Group report for Summer 2004.   Silicofossils in the News Climate change marks dawn of man - diatoms reveal complex variation in East African climate, which helped drive the development of our human ancestors Diatoms: Algae with Animal traits - the discovery of urea cycle in the genome sequence of Thalassiosira pseudonana Gallery - some false coloured images from www.sinia-planeta.com Article - Colouring-in micrographs - waste of time or capturing the public imagination? by Dee Breger, Photomicrographer & Director of Microscopy at Drexel University