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Article Reference Portrait de famille
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2018
Article Reference Nososticta impercepta sp.nov. (Odonata: Platycnemididae) from Timor, with a key to the Sundaic species
Located in Library / RBINS collections by external author(s)
Article Reference The Bryocorinae, Cylapinae, Deraeocorinae and Mirinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Baiteta Forest, Papua New Guinea, with a discussion of their feeding habits and a list of species of the Country
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Article Reference Microfossils in calculus demonstrate consumption of plants and cooked foods in Neanderthal diets (Shanidar III, Iraq; Spy I and II, Belgium).
The nature and causes of the disappearance of Neanderthals and their apparent replacement by modern humans are subjects of considerable debate. Many researchers have proposed biologically or technologically mediated dietary differences between the two groups as one of the fundamental causes of Neanderthal disappearance. Some scenarios have focused on the apparent lack of plant foods in Neanderthal diets. Here we report direct evidence for Neanderthalconsumption of a variety of plant foods, in the form of phytoliths and starch grains recovered from dental calculus of Neanderthal skeletons from Shanidar Cave, Iraq, and Spy Cave, Belgium. Some of the plants are typical of recent modern human diets, including date palms (Phoenix spp.), legumes, and grass seeds (Triticeae), whereas others are known to be edible but are not heavily used today. Many of the grass seed starches showed damage that is a distinctive marker of cooking. Our results indicate that in both warm eastern Mediterranean and cold northwestern European climates, and across their latitudinal range, Neanderthalsmade use of the diverse plant foods available in their local environment and transformed them into more easily digestible foodstuffs in part through cooking them, suggesting an overall sophistication in Neanderthal dietary regimes.
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Article Reference Frontal sinuses and human evolution
The frontal sinuses are cavities inside the frontal bone located at the junction between the face and the cranial vault and close to the brain. Despite a long history of study, understanding of their origin and variation through evolution is limited. This work compares most hominin species’ holotypes and other key individuals with extant hominids. It provides a unique and valuable perspective of the variation in sinuses position, shape, and dimensions based on a simple and reproducible methodology. We also observed a covariation between the size and shape of the sinuses and the underlying frontal lobes in hominin species from at least the appearance of Homo erectus. Our results additionally undermine hypotheses stating that hominin frontal sinuses were directly affected by biomechanical constraints resulting from either chewing or adaptation to climate. Last, we demonstrate their substantial potential for discussions of the evolutionary relationships between hominin species. Variation in frontal sinus shape and dimensions has high potential for phylogenetic discussion when studying human evolution.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2022
Article Reference Description of a new species belonging to the Aegosomatini tribe (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017
Article Reference Description de deux nouvelles espèces appartenant au genre Chondrorrhina Kraatz sous-genre Plaesiorrhinella Krikken 1984 (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae, Cetoniinae, Goliathini)
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Article Reference Contribution à l'étude de la faune des Prioninae du Laos (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2018
Article Reference A new ant-eating spider genus Sufascar (Araneae: Zodariidae) endemic to Madagascar: a considerable extension of the dual femoral organ clade
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Article Reference Vier nieuwe boktorsoorten aan de westrand van Brussel (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019