Prehistoric mammals bulked up, rather than develop bigger brains, to boost their survival chances once dinosaurs had become extinct, research suggests.
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31/03/2022
Mammals put brawn before brains to survive post-dinosaur world
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04/03/2022
Statement concerning Ukraine - suspension of the execution of collaborations with the Russian Federation
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CommunicationThe Management Committee of Belspo (Belgian Science Policy Office), composed of ten federal scientific institutions (RMI, RBISA, ROB, KBR, State Archives, RBINS, RMCA, RIAP, RMAH and RMFAB), Belnet and the central administration, joins the numer
23/02/2022
Reign of the dinosaurs ended in spring
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Reinout VerbekeAn international team of researchers has discovered that the asteroid that wiped out almost all the dinosaurs came down in spring. This is indicated by the growth and feeding patterns of fish that died immediately after the impact.
02/02/2022
Skeletons of hundreds of Ice Age hyena cubs found in Belgian cave highlight severe ecological event that struck northern Europe about 45,000 years ago
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Reinout VerbekeResearchers from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, have recovered more than 300 skeletons of cave hyena cubs from a prehistoric cave in southern Belgium.
23/12/2021
Supergene turns spider into a ‘macho male’
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Reinout VerbekeBiologists from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences found in a spider species that 'macho males' have an extra set of genes that is lacking in feminized males.
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