Using bone fragments found at archaeological sites, researchers from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have reconstructed the occurrence of sturgeon in the North Sea during the last 7.000 years. It appears that an unexpected sturgeon species was dominant in our region.
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16/09/2016
Are We Reintroducing The Wrong Sturgeon Species in Our Waters?
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Reinout Verbeke
23/08/2016
Discovery of The Most Primitive Primate
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Jonas Van BoxelA cache of exquisitely preserved bones, found in a coal mine in the state of Gujarat, India, appear to be the most primitive primate bones yet discovered. The discovery marks an important chapter in the evolution of primates, mammals which include humans, apes and monkeys.
23/08/2016
360 Million Year Old Fish Nursery Found in Namur
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Reinout VerbekePalaeontologists 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.
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.
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