Wear marks on 28,500-year-old teeth indicate dogs were already domesticated by hunter-gatherers during the last Ice Age. Dogs (domesticated wolves) were given harder food such as bones, while wild wolves were eating softer food.
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20/02/2020
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Siska Van Parys19/02/2020
Teeth wear reveals: dogs already domesticated during the last Ice Age
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Reinout Verbeke
12/02/2020
First Launch of the New Research Vessel Belgica
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Kelle MoreauThe future Belgian research vessel Belgica was launched for the first time on 11 February 2020 from the Freire Shipyard in Vigo, Spain. An important milestone following the keel laying, the equivalent of the laying of the foundation stone of a building, just under a year ago.
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27/01/2020
Our XperiBIRD Project Won A FNRS Prize
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Reinout VerbekeOur citizen-science project XperiBIRD.be has won a prize of the funding agency FNRS.
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17/01/2020
A Lot of Birds On The Menu 14.000 Years Ago in Belgian Chaleux Cave
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Reinout VerbekeThe hunter-gatherers who lived along the Lesse at the end of the last Ice Age exploited many different species of birds. Some bird remains suggest that humans attributed symbolic value to them.
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