Researchers of our Institute have described the oldest mammalian predator of Europe. Vassacyon prieuri from Northern France is 57 million years old and is considered the earliest ancestor of modern-day cats and dogs.
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19/02/2016
Oldest Carnivoran Mammal of Europe Discovered
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Reinout Verbeke
04/02/2016
European Humans Underwent Hefty Shuffle at the End of Last Ice Age
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Reinout VerbekeEuropean populations changed dramatically at the end of the last Ice Age. This is what scientists have revealed as a result of DNA analysis of more than thirty fossils from six countries.
15/10/2015
Baby Dinosaurs from Mongolia
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Reinout VerbekeBelgian palaeontologists have described baby dinosaurs with associated shell fragments. The Saurolophus dinosaurs were likely from a nest. The find sheds more light on the earliest stages of development of this giant hadrosaur species with typical crest.
09/09/2015
Fossilised Meal Illustrates Habitat Shift of Beaked Whales
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Reinout VerbekeOur colleague, palaeontologist Olivier Lambert, has found a 9 million year old fossil of a beaked whale and its last meal. This extremely rare find suggests that part of the beaked whales lived close to the water surface at that time, while the modern species are deep divers.
16/07/2015
A Prehistoric Mammal with Blood Red Teeth
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Charlotte DegueldreOur colleague and palaeontologist Thierry Smith has discovered a 70 million year old mammal with red teeth in Transylvania, Romania. Iron strengthened Barbatodon transylvanicus’ incisors and molars and gave them their red colour.
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