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We are starting our Speakers Series! The first talk will take place on Tue Nov 16th /11:00 UTC. Dr Michael Rivera Bioarchaeologist and biological anthropologist, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Title of the talk is "We all deserve to study the human past: t...

We are very happy that we can finally present you the lecture series in the context of the DDCP workshop. A number of great colleagues will give interesting lectures. Afterwards, our PaleoSynthesis PostDoc Jansen will talk about his experiences with the BigQuestions project. Finally, there will ...

Yay! We are happy to announce that we have started planning the Science Summer School for summer 2022! The school will take place from August 22 to September 12, 2022. More information will follow soon! As news, on our homepage and on our social media channels Twitter: @PaleoSynth and Instagr...

Exciting news regarding "Diversity Dynamics and Crisis in Paleontology"! The invited participants have committed and we are in the process of finalizing the exact schedule.... But not only this :) There will be a public part where everybody can join the discussion on "best practices". The ...

"Anthropogenic activity is changing Earth's climate and ecosystems in ways that are potentially dangerous and disruptive to humans. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere continue to rise, ensuring that these changes will be felt for centuries beyond 2100, the current benchmark for project...

"Growing evidence suggests that biodiversity mediates parasite prevalence. We have compiled the first global database on occurrences and prevalence of marine parasitism throughout the Phanerozoic and assess the relationship with biodiversity to test if there is support for amplification or dilution...

Temperatures on Earth had a significant influence on the course of evolution. A particularly high number of new species of marine animals emerged after earth-historically short cooling periods, which had already been preceded by a much longer cooling period. This is the conclusion reached by resear...

Geologists at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg joined forces with researchers from France, Berlin, and Portugal to investigate the extent to which the growth of belemnites and changes to their appearance depend on ecological reactions and whether these changes are evidence of environmental crises that could h...

"The role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed" says working group 1 co-chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte. The #IPCC released its latest #ClimateReport  #ClimateChange 2021: the Physical Science Basis. Paleosynthesis PI Wolfgang Kiessling a...

Just in time before the summer break, we are happy to present you the latest newsletter. ...Updates on workshops, Open Research Challenge, FossilDiscovery... just download it here!