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Article Reference The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world
The cat has long been important to human societies as a pest-control agent, object of symbolic value and companion animal, but little is known about its domestication process and early anthropogenic dispersal. Here we show, using ancient DNA analysis of geographically and temporally widespread archaeological cat remains, that both the Near Eastern and Egyptian populations of Felis silvestris lybica contributed to the gene pool of the domestic cat at different historical times. While the cat’s worldwide conquest began during the Neolithic period in the Near East, its dispersal gained momentum during the Classical period, when the Egyptian cat successfully spread throughout the Old World. The expansion patterns and ranges suggest dispersal along human maritime and terrestrial routes of trade and connectivity. A coat-colour variant was found at high frequency only after the Middle Ages, suggesting that directed breeding of cats occurred later than with most other domesticated animals.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017
Article Reference Sclerochronological evidence of pronounced seasonality from the late Pliocene of the southern North Sea Basin, and its wider implications
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2022
Article Reference Revisiting the chondrichthyan egg capsules inventory from the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) of Belgium: new data and perspectives
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2022
Article Reference Applying micro-CT imaging in the study of historically and newly collected specimens of Belosaepia (Sepiida, Coleoidea, Cephalopoda) from the Early Eocene (Ypresian) of Belgium
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2022
Article Reference Cone Penetration Test characterization of middle and upper Miocene lithostratigraphic units near Antwerp International Airport
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2022
Article Reference Zur Taxonomie, Synonymie und Faunistik der Callichromatini der orientalischen und indoaustralischen Region (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Callichromatini). Bemerkungen zur Gattung Polyzonus Dejean, 1835: Teil 1
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Article Reference Euchomenella adwinae sp.nov., a small stick mantis from southern Central Vietnam (Mantodea: Mantidae: Deroplatyniae: Euchomenellini)
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Article Reference Phasmomantella gen.nov., a spectacular new genus of praying mantis from southern Central Vietnam (Mantodea, Mantidae, Deroplatyinae, Euchomenellini-
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Article Reference Micropalaeontological dating of the Prémontré mammal fauna (MP10, Prémontré Sands, EECO, early late Ypresian, Paris Basin)
At their type locality the Prémontré Sands contain fairly well-diversified organic-walled microfossil assemblages attributable to the lower part of dinoflagellate cyst Zone D9 and indicating a transition from an estuarine to a lagoonal depositional regime, up-section as well as laterally. Identical assemblages have been recorded in the inner to mid-neritic Merelbeke Clay Member in Belgium, allowing the Prémontré Sands to be positioned within lower NP13 and early Chron C22r. The deposition of the MP10 Prémontré mammal fauna is estimated to postdate the onset of both NP13 and Chron C22r, which are nearly coincident, by about 200 to 300 kyr. The biostratigraphic dating refers this deposit to the early late Ypresian and to the final phase of the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO) at about 50.4 to 50.3 million years ago. The Prémontré Sands, as well as their distal equivalent the Merelbeke Clay Member, were deposited following a major sea-level rise, the highest of the late Ypresian in the southern North Sea Basin s.l. (including the Paris Basin). They are separated from the overlying “Glauconie grossière” (zone NP14; middle part of zone D9) by a hiatus of approximately 2.5 myr.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2016
Article Reference Revision of ‘Balaena’ belgica reveals a new right whale species, the possible ancestry of the northern right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and the ages of divergence for the living right whale species
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017