Neanderthals from the Belgian Spy cave mostly ate meat, like woolly rhinoceros. Their family members in northern Spain, however, were vegetarians. Researchers discovered these varying eating habits by analyzing DNA in dental calculus.
Neanderthals from the Belgian Spy cave mostly ate meat, like woolly rhinoceros. Their family members in northern Spain, however, were vegetarians. Researchers discovered these varying eating habits by analyzing DNA in dental calculus.
Katleen Wils studies earthquake zones in Chile. She maps the tiniest movements of the surface with colourful satellite images.
Researchers from our Institute have developed a laser technology device that can detect life in extreme environments. A first test in the high deserts of Chile proved to be a success.
Our collaborator Leonard Dewaele has received the Steven Cohen Award for Student Research. It is an acknowledgement for his work on seal evolution.
Three palaeontologists have re-examined and re-described two extremely well-preserved crocodile fossils from the Bernissart mine. They were excavated at the same time as the famous Iguanodons, who were their contemporaries 125 million years ago.
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