Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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The lithostratigraphy of the Lower Devonian formations of the Eisleck (Northern Luxembourg). Comparison with their Belgian lateral equivalents.
- The Eisleck region forms the northern third of the territory of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and also represents the southeastern part of the Ardennes. The underground is made up of detrital rocks (shales and sandstones) of lower Devonian age folded during the Variscan orogeny. They have undergone strong diagenesis reaching up to weak metamorphism. In order to allow modern geological mapping of this area, a lithostratigraphical framework is proposed. Seven formations are considered and their lithological characteristics, thicknesses and paleogeographical settings are described. References to their paleontological content are also mentioned. Comparisons with their Belgian lateral equivalents are drawn in order to facilitate the cross-border comprehension of geological maps.
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Andenne/Sclayn. Grotte Scladina : pyrites fibroradiées découvertes dans un contexte stratigraphique et archéologique du Paléolithique moyen final
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Terre à terres » : quelques mots sur la formation de la derle à Andenne et les communes voisines.
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Roman stone ointment palettes in the northern part of Gallia Belgica and Germania Inferior: provenance, trade and use.
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Life and After-life of Roman Ornamental Stones within the civitas Tungrorum (Germania inferior).
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Introduction
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Recherches sur des meules romaines dans un paysage dépourvu de ressources lithiques : premier bilan d’une analyse multidisciplinaire dans la Civitas Menapiorum (Belgique).
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Prospection pédestre des meulières dites de « Macquenoise », entre Hirson et Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache (Aisne)
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Caractérisation pétrographique de certaines productions égyptiennes, imitations et importations de la période ptolémaïque. Rapport du Projet : « Conteneurs de transport égyptiens du IIIe millénaire av. n.è. à la fin de la période ptolémaïque. Imitations,
- Document non publique Projet de recherche de 5 ans (2017-2022) entre l'IFAO (S.Marchand)et l'IRSNB (E.Goemaere)
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Ein Sammelfund frühkaiserzeitlicher Wetzsteine aus der Colonia Ulpia Traiana.
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Etude archéométrique de la brique d’Ancien Régime à Bruxelles avant et après le bombardement par les troupes de Louis XIV en 1695 : distinction de la production briquetière locale et importée.
- 21ème Colloque international du GMPCA Archéométrie, Rennes 1977 – 1997 – 2017 ; Rennes, 18-21 avril 2017
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Not too white’: an investigation into the influence of the use of imported calcium carbonate-rich imported marls on 17 - 18th century Dutch tin-glaze tiles
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Reprise des fouilles de la Grotte Genvier à Matignolle (Treignes, Viroinval - Province de Namur)
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Scladina Cave (Belgium): fire-production with marcasite/pyrite during the Late Middle Palaeolithic? The Rhine during the Middle Palaeolithic: boundary or corridor ?
- The Rhine during the Middle Palaeolithic: boundary or corridor ?, Sélestat (France, 15-16 May 2017
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Gallo‐Roman millstone supply of a hinterland territory limited by the North Sea and the Ardennes: the example of the Macquenoise sandstone (France‐Belgium).
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Le commerce de la pierre en Gaule du Nord. Diffusion et commercialisation des pierres à aiguiser produites dans le Massif de Rocroi (Ardennes, Paléozoïque inférieur).
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Premier panorama de l’extraction meulière ancienne dans le massif des Ardennes : le Dévonien à l’honneur (Protohistoire – Antiquité – haut Moyen-Age).
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Evolutionary history of the thicket rats (genus Grammomys) mirrors the evolution of African forests since late Miocene
- Aim Grammomys are mostly arboreal rodents occurring in forests, woodlands and thickets throughout sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated whether the divergence events within the genus follow the existing evolutionary scenario for the development of African forests since the late Miocene. Location Sub-Saharan African forests and woodlands. Methods We inferred the molecular phylogeny of Grammomys using Bayesian and maximum likelihood methods and DNA sequences of 351 specimens collected from across the distribution of the genus. We mapped the genetic diversity, estimated the divergence times by a relaxed clock model and compared evolution of the genus with forest history. Results Phylogenetic analysis confirms the monophyly of Grammomys and reveals five main Grammomys lineages with mainly parapatric distributions: (1) the poensis group in Guineo-Congolese forests; (2) the selousi group with a distribution mainly in coastal forests of southern and eastern Africa; (3) the dolichurus group restricted to the easternmost part of South Africa; (4) the macmillani group in the northern part of eastern and Central Africa with one isolated species in Guinean forests; and (5) the surdaster group, widely distributed in eastern Africa south of the equator. Every group contains well supported sublineages suggesting the existence of undescribed species. The earliest split within the genus (groups 1 vs. 2–5) occurred in the late Miocene and coincides with the formation of the Rift Valley which resulted in the east–west division of the initially pan-African forest. The subsequent separation between groups (2 vs. 3–5) also dates to the end of the Miocene and suggests the split between Grammomys from coastal to upland forests in eastern Africa followed by a single dispersal event into western Africa during the Pleistocene. Conclusions The evolutionary history of the genus Grammomys closely reflects the accepted scenario of major historical changes in the distribution of tropical African forests since the late Miocene.
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Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus
- Recent genomic data have revealed multiple interactions between Neanderthals and modern humans, but there is currently little genetic evidence regarding Neanderthal behaviour, diet, or disease. Here we describe the shotgun-sequencing of ancient DNA from five specimens of Neanderthal calcified dental plaque (calculus) and the characterization of regional differences in Neanderthal ecology. At Spy cave, Belgium, Neanderthal diet was heavily meat based and included woolly rhinoceros and wild sheep (mouflon), characteristic of a steppe environment. In contrast, no meat was detected in the diet of Neanderthals from El Sidrón cave, Spain, and dietary components of mushrooms, pine nuts, and moss reflected forest gathering. Differences in diet were also linked to an overall shift in the oral bacterial community (microbiota) and suggested that meat consumption contributed to substantial variation within Neanderthal microbiota. Evidence for self-medication was detected in an El Sidrón Neanderthal with a dental abscess and a chronic gastrointestinal pathogen (Enterocytozoon bieneusi). Metagenomic data from this individual also contained a nearly complete genome of the archaeal commensal Methanobrevibacter oralis (10.2× depth of coverage)-the oldest draft microbial genome generated to date, at around 48,000 years old. DNA preserved within dental calculus represents a notable source of information about the behaviour and health of ancient hominin specimens, as well as a unique system that is useful for the study of long-term microbial evolution.
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Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Rhaphipodus Audinet-Serville, 1832 with the description of a new species from Sulawesi Island in Indonesia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
