Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Macroraptorial sperm whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Peru
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The Holocene occurrence of Acipenser spp. in the southern North Sea: the archaeological record
- Archaeological sturgeon remains from the southern North Sea basin used to be automatically attributed to Acipenser sturio, since this was the only acipenserid species believed to occur there. These species identifications, however, were in need of revision after a growing number of indications were found for the historical presence of Acipenser oxyrinchus in western Europe. In this study, morphological and genetic data on sturgeon remains from archaeological sites along the southern North Sea are revised. A large number of Dutch, Belgian, British and some French archaeological sturgeon remains, dating from theMesolithic up to Late Modern times, are morphologically examined and fish sizes are reconstructed. This study of >7000 acipenserid bones proves the sympatric occurrence of European sturgeon A. sturio and Atlantic sturgeon A. oxyrinchus in the southern North Sea at least since the Neolithic (fourth millennium BC onwards), with A. oxyrinchus remains always outnumbering those of A. sturio. Human influence is documented by the decrease in finds through time, but no clear evidence was found for a diachronic change in fish lengths that could possibly be related to fishing pressure.
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Fluorapatite in carbonatite-related phosphate deposits: the case of the Matongo carbonatite (Burundi)
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Book review of Kouki, P., M. Lavento. - Petra - The Mountain of Aaron. The Finnish Archaeological Project in Jordan. Volume III. The Archaeological Survey.
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The 'Demange drawings': known and unknown malacological contributions of Victor Demange (1870-1940)
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Synchronous genetic turnovers across Western Eurasia in Late Pleistocene collared lemmings
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The end of the mammoth steppe in central East European plains during the Epigravettian: insights from collagen stable isotopes
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Comparing Gravettian and Epigravettian canids from Europe with Late Pleistocene canids from Yakutia
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The Upper Palaeolithic domestication of the dog
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The identity of Darwininitium shiwalikianum Budha & Mordan, 2012 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)
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Crossed-lamellar layer in evolution of the Molluscan shell microstructures
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Shell repurposing is an important consideration for the future sustainability of mollusc aquaculture
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Reviewing the EASIN catalogue of alien terrestrial gastropods in Europe
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Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Toxeutes de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae, Aegosomatini)
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Some faunistic notes on selected moth species (Lepidoptera) from the Seychelles
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An Integrated taxonomic tool for Online Dissemination of Concise, Verified and Visualized Information on Biodiversity, Retgrieved from Data and Text Mining of natural History Collections and Libraries
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An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids
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Faune des eaux souterraines du Bénin : un nouveau champ de recherches...
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Mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity and its potential causes in the marine periwinkle Melarhaphe neritoides (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
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The rise of sea-fish consumption in inland Flanders, Belgium
