Two of our palaeontologists and one of our citizen scientists have received an award for their contribution to palaeontology.
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04/10/2021
RBINS palaeontologists win awards
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Reinout Verbeke![An artist's depiction of a "touchdown" meteor impact over Antarctica. (by Mark Garlick / markgarlick.com)](https://natuurwetenschappen.be/sites/default/files/styles/adaptive/public/News_antarctic_asteroid_explosion_01_EN.jpg?itok=nSzPphXq "An artist's depiction of a "touchdown" meteor impact over Antarctica. (by Mark Garlick / markgarlick.com)")
01/04/2021
New Study Discovers Ancient Meteoritic Impact Over Antarctica 430,000 Years Ago
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Reinout VerbekeA research team of international space scientists, led by Dr Matthias van Ginneken from the University of Kent’s School of Physical Sciences, has found new evidence of a low-altitude meteoritic touchdown event reaching the Antarctic ice sheet 430,000 years ago.
09/03/2021
Neanderthals disappeared from Belgium thousands of years earlier than thought
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Siska Van ParysBelgian Neanderthal remains, including the world-famous Neanderthals of Spy, are thousands of years older than previously assumed. This is the conclusion of an international research team that re-dated the Belgian Neanderthal remains with a new technique.
29/10/2020
Study of Ancient Dog DNA Traces Canine Diversity to the Ice Age
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Reinout VerbekeA global study of ancient dog DNA presents evidence that there were different types of dogs more than 11,000 years ago in the period immediately following the Ice Age.
21/09/2020
18 Million Year Old Sperm Whale With 'Needle-Shaped' Snout
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Reinout VerbekePaleontologists have excavated and described one of the oldest fossil sperm whales. The new species from Peru is approximately 18 million years old. Rhaphicetus valenciae was about 5 metres long and had an extremely long snout and slender, pointed teeth.
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