Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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A new species of Orthophana Melichar, 1923 from Vietnam (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Nogodinidae)
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Description of a new Sarmydus species from Zixang Autonomous Region in China: Sarmydus cheni sp. nov. (4th Contribution to the study of genus Sarmydus Pascoe, 1867) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Description of a new species of Aegosoma Audinet-Serville, 1832 from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)
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Note on the genus Nepiodes Pascoe, 1867 in Borneo and first description of the female of N. cognatus Pascoe (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Nouvelles données sur la distribution en Afrique de Cantharocnemis (Cantharoprion) livingstonii Westwood, 1866 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Nouvelles données pour le genre Autocrates Thomson, 1860 dans l'Himalaya (Coleoptera, Trictenotomidae)
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Titanatemnus conradti (Tullgren, 1908) et Titanatemnus tanensis Mahnert, 1983, pseudoscropions phorétiques de trois espèces de Prioninae africains (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
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Checklist of the Prioninae of China with illustrtions of genera and subgenera (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
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Présentation d'une nouvelle donnée de capture pour Agapanthia (Epoptes) dahli (Richter, 1820) en Belgique (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
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New species of Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Six new species of the Platypalpus pallidiventris-cursitans group (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus
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Sex ratio bias caused by endosymbiont infection in the dwarf spider Oedothorax retusus
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Liste commentée et descriptions de deux nouveaux Rutelinae de la République du Bénin (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Melolonthidae). 1ère partie
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Return to sender: Hydrozoa collected by Emperor Hirohito of Japan in the 1930s and studied in Brussels
- A small number of Hydrozoa specimens, collected by Emperor Hirohito of Japan in Sagami Bay in the 1930s, was re-discovered in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. The history of the collection is described here; part of it has been returned to the Showa Memorial Institute in Japan., Een klein aantal Hydrozoa specimens ingezameld door de Japanse Keizer Hirohito in de Baai van Sagami in de jaren 1930 werd gevonden op de schappen van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen in Brussel. De geschiedenis van de collectie wordt hier beschreven; een deel ervan werd teruggestuurd naar het Showa Herdenkingsinstituut in Japan.
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The timing and spatiotemporal patterning of Neanderthal disappearance
- The timing of Neanderthal disappearance and the extent to which they overlapped with the earliest incoming anatomically modern humans (AMHs) in Eurasia are key questions in palaeoanthropology. Determining the spatiotemporal relationship between the two populations is crucial if we are to understand the processes, timing and reasons leading to the disappearance of Neanderthals and the likelihood of cultural and genetic exchange. Serious technical challenges, however, have hindered reliable dating of the period, as the radiocarbon method reaches its limit at ∼50,000 years ago. Here we apply improved accelerator mass spectrometry (14)C techniques to construct robust chronologies from 40 key Mousterian and Neanderthal archaeological sites, ranging from Russia to Spain. Bayesian age modelling was used to generate probability distribution functions to determine the latest appearance date. We show that the Mousterian ended by 41,030-39,260 calibrated years bp (at 95.4\% probability) across Europe. We also demonstrate that succeeding 'transitional' archaeological industries, one of which has been linked with Neanderthals (Châtelperronian), end at a similar time. Our data indicate that the disappearance of Neanderthals occurred at different times in different regions. Comparing the data with results obtained from the earliest dated AMH sites in Europe, associated with the Uluzzian technocomplex, allows us to quantify the temporal overlap between the two human groups. The results reveal a significant overlap of 2,600-5,400 years (at 95.4\% probability). This has important implications for models seeking to explain the cultural, technological and biological elements involved in the replacement of Neanderthals by AMHs. A mosaic of populations in Europe during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition suggests that there was ample time for the transmission of cultural and symbolic behaviours, as well as possible genetic exchanges, between the two groups.
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Identification of Belgian mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) by DNA barcoding
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Molecular identification of novel intermediate host species of Angiostrongylus vasorum in Greater London
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A lithofacies classification as a tool in the reconstruction of the Pleistocene depositional environments in the western coastal plain (Belgium)
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Étude des pierres à aiguiser provenant de cinq sites gallo-romains de la région des Vallées des Eaux-Vives (Sud-Ouest de la Province de Namur, Belgique)
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