Archaeologists of our Institute and Urban.Brussels stumbled upon remains of the 15th century Brussels harbour on the site of the former ‘Parking 58’. The most remarkable find so far: a perfectly preserved wooden fish trap.
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03/04/2019
Medieval Port Found Under ‘Parking 58’ in Brussels
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14/03/2019
Ecological Footprint of First Modern Humans in Europe Was Larger Than That of the Neandertals
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Reinout VerbekeThe first modern humans in Europe hunted mammoths more intensively than Neandertals did, a study on fossils from Belgian and German sites reveals.
18/10/2018
New Pterosaur Species Discovered in the South of France
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Siska Van ParysBelgian and French palaeontologists have discovered a new pterosaur species in the South of France. This flying reptile with a wingspan of about 4,5 meter belongs to the same family as the iconic Quetzalcoatlus.
25/06/2018
Belgium's Largest Collection of Human Remains Reveals Its Secrets
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Reinout VerbekeAn anthropologist from our Institute has analyzed 350 human skeletons from a cemetery in Malines, Belgium. The human remains date from the 10th until the 18th century, and are part of the largest skeletal assemblage ever found in Belgium.
![Reconstruction of the 34-million-year-old whale skull from Antarctica - the second-oldest "baleen" whale ever found. (by Carl Buell)](https://www.naturalsciences.be/sites/default/files/styles/adaptive/public/News_Llanocetus_head_Carl%20Buell_01_EN.jpg?itok=04nxvxpH "Reconstruction of the 34-million-year-old whale skull from Antarctica - the second-oldest "baleen" whale ever found. (by Carl Buell)")
10/05/2018
Ancient Skull Suggests Whales Were Giant Before Baleen Arose
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Reinout VerbekeAt least some whales became giants long before the emergence of filter feeding, a 34-million-year-old whale skull suggests.
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