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"Der Schlüssel zur Urzeit erinnert ein wenig an ein Herz. Doch die 150 Millionen alte Koralle ist nicht rot, sondern beige. Sie atmet auch keinen Sauerstoff, sondern Geschichte. Konzentriert fährt Wolfgang Kießling, 56 Jahre, asketischer Typ, stechende Augen, mit den Fingern an ihren Linien entlang...

Genreal information Duration should be 3-5 days (preferably in spring 2023). Consecutive workshops are possible. If consecutive workshops are planned, this should be already indicated in the proposal. A postdoc application for the open position in PaleoSynthesis (anticipated start date Sep...

We offer a 2 year postdoc position in Paleontology, at the FAU in Erlangen within the framework of the PaleoSynthesis project.

Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity - highlighting the effects of colonial history and socio-economic factors on sampling biases in the fossil record.

Long announced - finally the time has come. The call for applications opened on December 23, 2021, and will close February 28, 2022. Admission decisions will be made in March 2022. Visit Analytical Paleobiology Workshops for the details Download flyer

We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to our project this year for their support. A year full of challenges lies behind us, we say goodbye to 2021 and look ahead with hope.  🎄Merry Christmas 🎄 & a  🎉 Happy New Year 🎉. .. ...and here is the Christmas Newsletter 🎄!

The recordings are available to the public now. We have created an own YouTube channel that includes recordings of the presentations of all our speakers. You can find the videos directly on YouTube or by clicking here.  

We are happy to finally present details about our "Summer Science School"! On the one hand, we prepared a downloadable flyer for you but you can also find all details on our homepage - or you use both :) The key information: The course will take place from August 22nd to Septemb...

The "Diversity Dynamics and Crises" workshop focused on identifying ways to improve the current practices in paleontology, to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the field. The speakers series attracted over 200 participants, who watched the talks synchronously or asynchronously. Over the...

The final talk of the series! Dr Jansen Smith PaleoSynthesis PostDoc, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany will report his "Preliminary observations on a global effort to identify research priorities in paleontology " Jansen will be presenting on Fri Dec 7th / 11:00 UTC Also s...