Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Ressources métalliques : cadre géodynamique et exemples remarquables
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Potential for REE of igneous-related apatite deposits in Europe
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In-situ trace element and Sr isotope signature of apatite: a new key to unravelling the genesis of polymetallic mineralisation in black shales (Early Cambrian Niutitang Formation, Southern China)
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Carbonatites – Classification, Sources, Evolution and Emplacement
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Investigation of metasomatism using Cu, Zn and Fe stable isotopes
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Artificial weathering of an ordinary chondrite: recommendations for the curation of 1 Antarctic meteorites
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Tintigny meteorite: the first Belgian achondrite
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A potential origin for 160-poor cosmic spherules: a near-Earth source and parentage with CY chondrites
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A potential origin for 160-poor cosmic spherules: a near-Earth source and parentage with CY chondrites
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Apport de la méthode (U-Th)/He pour la datation de mammifères néogènes (faune de Douahria) dans le district minier de Nefza-Sejnane (Tunisie)
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Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs
- The grey wolf (Canis lupus) was the first species to give rise to a domestic population, and they remained widespread throughout the last Ice Age when many other large mammal species went extinct. Little is known, however, about the history and possible extinction of past wolf populations or when and where the wolf progenitors of the present-day dog lineage (Canis familiaris) lived1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Here we analysed 72 ancient wolf genomes spanning the last 100,000 years from Europe, Siberia and North America. We found that wolf populations were highly connected throughout the Late Pleistocene, with levels of differentiation an order of magnitude lower than they are today. This population connectivity allowed us to detect natural selection across the time series, including rapid fixation of mutations in the gene IFT88 40,000–30,000 years ago. We show that dogs are overall more closely related to ancient wolves from eastern Eurasia than to those from western Eurasia, suggesting a domestication process in the east. However, we also found that dogs in the Near East and Africa derive up to half of their ancestry from a distinct population related to modern southwest Eurasian wolves, reflecting either an independent domestication process or admixture from local wolves. None of the analysed ancient wolf genomes is a direct match for either of these dog ancestries, meaning that the exact progenitor populations remain to be located.
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Subfamily Parandrinae. Catalogue of species
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Subfamily Prioninae. Catalogue of species
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First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding
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Genital anatomy, jaw, and radula of the species of the genus Jeanneretia (Helicoidea: Cepolidae), endemic to western Cuba
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Genetic diversity and differentiation of alpine salamanders from the Dinarides – an evolutionary perspective with insights for species conservation
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Étude de la sépulture F. 082 (Namur, Le Grognon 2)
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Étude du fémur humain isolé (Namur, Le Grognon 2)
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Analyse van het visbot uit de laat-middeleeuwse site Kipdorp, Antwerpen
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Étalle : une structure funéraire originale pour la Tène D
- Au cours de fouilles réalisées dans les années 80, un bûcher funéraire avait été mis au jour au sommet du barrage néolithique d’Étalle (province du Luxembourg). Si l’étude du mobilier et les datations C14 avaient démontré que ce bûcher remontait à la Tène D, les restes humains et animaux n’avaient, en revanche, pas encore fait l’objet d’analyses. Notre communication se propose de présenter les résultats de ces dernières investigations, qui mettent en avant la complexité des rites funéraires opérés sur ce bûcher qui sert également de lieu de dépôt secondaire. Nous discuterons de cette pratique inhabituelle pour la période mais attestée au Haut-Empire.
