The last known freshwater coelacanths: New Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from Southern France Coelacanths are iconic fishes represented today by a single marine genus. The group was [...]

June 8 2020: publication Evolutionary Biology The evolutionary puzzle of the mammalian ear Press conference: May 27 2020 How could the tiny, tightly [...]

Deadline for application May 8th 2020: thesis offers at PALEVOPRIM PALEVOPRIM offers two thesis subjects likely to be funded The role of vertical [...]

April 29 2020 : publication Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Long-Term Isotope Evidence on the Diet and Habitat Breadth of Pleistocene to Holocene [...]

April 20 2020: publication PNAS Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water Major evolutionary transitions, in which [...]

April 8 2020: publication PLoS ONE The earliest known crown-Testudo tortoise from the late Miocene (Vallesian, 9 Ma) of Greece We here report [...]

April 6 2020: publication PNAS Convergent evolution of olfactory and thermoregulatory capacities in small amphibious mammals Olfaction and thermoregulation are key functions for [...]

March 23 2020: publication Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology New basal ruminants from the Eocene of the Pondaung Formation, Myanmar Two new genera and [...]

January 30rd 2020: night of ideas in Ethiopia A livable Ethiopia "A livable Ethiopia" was the topic of the 2020 Night of Ideas, [...]