Palaeontologists have found 360 million year old placoderms, the oldest known jawed vertebrates, in the quarry of Strud, close to Namur. They mostly found young animals, which could be an indication that it was a nursery or spawning place.
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23/08/2016
360 Million Year Old Fish Nursery Found in Namur
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19/08/2016
Pollen from Cesspits Reveal Medieval Diet
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Reinout VerbekeBetween 1100 and 1700, the menu of the ‘Belgians’ mostly consisted of cereal products and occasionally some exotic ingredients, like honey from Spain or cloves from Indonesia. Researcher Koen Deforce (RBINS) analysed pollen that were collected in ancient Flemish cesspits.
06/07/2016
Belgian Neandertals Were Cannibals
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Reinout VerbekeNeandertals that lived near the Belgian caverns of Goyet were cannibals. Several bones show cut marks and percussion marks. It is the first evidence of Neandertal cannibalism in northern Europe.
27/06/2016
India was a “Noah's Ark”
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Reinout VerbekeAn international team of palaeontologists and geologists have dug up 54 million year old fossils in India. The fossils are from mammals, birds and reptiles, including a newly discovered giant snake.
25/05/2016
Constructions in French Cave Indicate Neanderthals Were More Modern than Assumed
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Reinout VerbekeScientists have found constructions in a cave in the south west of France that are 176,500 years old. This makes them among the oldest known human constructions. Neanderthals built structures with broken stalagmites and used them as fireplaces.
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