Researchers from Spanish and Italian institutions, including the National Museum of Natural Sciences and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, have uncovered key aspects about climate changes of the Lower Pleistocene by analysing fossil hippopotamus...
Researchers of the Institut Català de Paleontologia, the UAB, the Naturhistorisches Museum Bern and the Université de Lyon has conducted a paleobiological study on the locomotor diversity of the first euprimates. This work,...
Recently published research centered on the fossil hippopotamus populations from Europe highlighted the importance of the dispersion and ecological requirements of these forms in relation with fossil hominin dispersals into Europe. The authors...
A study involving researchers from the ICP, linked institution to UAB, has described the new marine turtle species back from 83 million years ago: Leviathanochelys aenigmatica. Their scientific name means “the enigmatic leviathan...
A research team of the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) analyzes the navicular bone of the small primate Anchomomys frontanyensis, a species found in Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Berguedà,...
The study of the “legendary” cave bear Ursus spelaeus has made it possible to reveal certain aspects of its biology, ecology and evolutionary history. The lives of these bears passed through a hostile environment in which they...
The Theropithecus oswaldi primate undertook a wide geographic expansion 4.1 million years ago, before becoming extinct during the Pleistocene, and left...
The archaeological digs conducted at "La Grotte de la Carrière", at the Réseau Lachambre karstic complex help to understand the changes undergone by the Pyrennean ecosystems during the last glacial cycles. The palaeontological research...
The discovery of a rodent fossil that was initially mistaken for a small primate, exceeded all expectations: it is the oldest skeleton of a flying squirrel. This specimen provides new clues to the debate about its origins and indicates that flying...
Reading the life-history of organisms in their bones and teeth is the main task of vertebrate palaeontologists. Bone remains of extinct species do not only evidence about who (taxonomy) or how (morphometry) they were, but also about the...
