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Black and white image showing the replica of an elongated canine tooth in grey. Defects in the enamel development are marked with red arrows.

27.05.2024

Stress in Childhood: differences between Neanderthals and modern humans in the Paleolithic Age

Research team at the University of Tübingen studies teeth for indications of difficult phases in the…

Electron microscope image of the spherical pyrite crystals formed in experiments with biological magnetite. The diameter of the structures is about five micrometers (thousandths of a millimeter).

15.05.2024

Iron-sulfur minerals bear witness to earliest life on earth

Spherical pyrite from black smokers puts Tübingen and Göttingen researchers on the trail of the…

Illustration in black and white, showing the clawed animal Chalicotheriinae on the left and Schizotheriinae on the right. In the center is a symbol for a full-grown human for size comparison. Both are significantly taller than a human and look like a mixture of tapir and horse.

06.05.2024

Ungulates with claws lived in Europe 11.5 million years ago

Fossils of Chalicotheriidae with horse-like heads and long arms with claws found at Hammerschmiede…