Biogeologie

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In the News 2025

- sciencealert.com 12.07.2025: Starr, M.: Neanderthal “Swiss Army Knife” discovered in Belgian cave.

- archaeology.com 11.07.2025: Ingenious Neanderthal bone tool found in Belgian cave.

- physorg.com: 9.07.2025: Arnold, P.: Prehistoric “Swiss army knife” made from cave lion bone discovered in Neanderthal cave

- iflscience.com: 8.07.2025: Neanderthals repurposed cave lion bones into “multifunctional tools” 130,000 years ago

- interestingengineering.com: 12.06.2025: 14,000-year-old ice age “puppies” turn out to be wolves, gene analysis confirms

- iflscience.com: 12.06.2025: Ice age puppies preserved in permafrost for 14,000 years turn out to be wolves

- popsci.com: 11.06.2025: Two ice age “puppies” weren't exactly dogs, but the sisters did feast on some woolly rhino before they died 

- staatsanzeiger.de: 28.04.2025: Riesenkrokodil Deinosuchus gehörte zu den erfolgreichsten Raubtieren der Urzeit

- Uni Pressmitteilung, 25.04.2025: Dinosaurierfressendes Riesenkrokodil Deinosuchus wegen Salzwassertoleranz erfolgreich

- smithsonianmag.com, 24.04.2025: The ancient “Terror Crocodiles” of North America weren't alligators after all, DNA and fossils suggest.

- nationalgeographic.com, 23.04.2025: This ancient croc was bigger than most dinosaurs

- science.org, 23.04.2025: “Terrible crocodile” was not related to modern alligators.

- Uni Pressemitteilung, 22.01.2025: Frühe Menschen nahmen Einfluss auf Verfügbarkeit von Fleisch und auf aasfressende Tiere

- Phys.org, 22.01.2025: https://phys.org/news/2025-01-early-humans-habits-reshaped-scavenger.html#google_vignette

- Anthropology.net, 23.01.2025: How Early Humans Shaped Europe’s Scavenger Communities

Press releases

25.04.2025: Dinosaurierfressendes Riesenkrokodil Deinosuchus wegen Salzwassertoleranz erfolgreich  German

22.01.2025: Frühe Menschen nahmen Einfluss auf Verfügbarkeit von Fleisch und auf aasfressende Tiere German

27.07.2023: Perfekt erhaltenes Schildkröten-Fossil ermöglicht Rückschlüsse auf Lebensraum vor 150 Millionen Jahren German

13.07.2023: Der China-Alligator hatte noch vor rund 200.000 Jahren asiatische Verwandte German

22.06.2023: Tiere suchten schon vor mehr als 30.000 Jahren die Nähe zu Menschen German

01.03.2023: Überleben in der Eiszeit German

24.11.2022: Internationaler Froscherteam identifiziert neue Dinosaurier-Art German

09.08.2022: Als der Wald die Affen verließ German

02.03.2022: Schildkröten in Osteuropa überlebten das Massensterben der Dinosaurier German

31.03.2021: Analysis of ancient bones reveal Stone Age diet details English  German

04.03.2021: When wolves became dogs English German

22.07.2020: Flexible Mr. Fox English German

14.07.2020: Cats: Independent for 6,000 years English German

12.05.2020: Cave bear: a vegetarian carnivore English German

21.04.2020: How the goat-like gorals of the Himalaya can be better protected English German

24.03.2020: Small horses got smaller, big tapirs got bigger 47 million years ago English German

07.10.2019: The last mammoths died on a remote island. English German

09.09.2019: Herbivores in the Holocene - eenie, meenie, miney, mo, and you must go! English German

22.08.2019: An Ice Age savannah corridor let large mammals spread across Southeast Asia. English German 

26.06.2019: At the top of the food pyramid. English German

24.04.2019: Why modern humans come from Africa. English German

17.04.2019: Asian elephant outlives stegodon - advantage due to diverse diet. English German

14.03.2019: Guess who's coming to dinner? English German

29.08.2018: Eastern European woolly mammoths changed their diet shortly before becoming extinct. English German

28.03.2018: The ban of the cave bear. English German

30.01.2018: Modern Man vs. Giant Animals. English German

8.08.2017: Early modern humans consumed more plants than Neanderthals but ate very little fish. English German

4.07.2017: DNA of early Neanderthal gives timeline for new modern human-related dispersal from Africa. English German

18.04.2017: The giant sloth Megatherium was a vegetarian. English German

23.03.2017: Saiga antelopes much more flexible than originally thought. English German

23.08.2016: An inflexible diet led to the disappearance of the cave bear. English German

8.07.2016: Researchers discover the first evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism in northern Europe. English German

17.03.2016: Saber-tooth cats hunted on the South American plains English German

14.03.2016: Isotope studies shed a new light on the eating habits of Neanderthals. English German

4.02.2016: DNA evidence uncovers major upheaval in Europe near end of last Ice Age. English German

4.01.2016: Why the real King Kong became extinct. English German

12.02.2015: The European bison did not dwell in the forest. English German

16.12.2014: Ice Age hunters decimated mammoth populations 30,000 years ago. English German

24.11.2014: People ate mammoth, dogs got reindeer. English German

18.03.2014: Paleo diet didn't change - the climate did. English German

Interviews

Film documentaries

Popular science publications

  • Hohberg, K., Gan, H.Y., Miranda, T., Schneider, C., Magss-Kölling, G., Marais, E., Lehmitz, R., Bocherens, H., Ebner, M., 2023. Nebel Pflanzen Oasen. Senckenberg / Natur-Forschung-Museum 153(7-9): 110-121.
  • Uhl, D., Bocherens, H., El Atfy, H., Havlik, P., Methner, K., Mulch, A., Solórzano Kraemer, M.M., 2020. Die Umwelt zu Edmonds Lebzeiten. Senckenberg / Nature-Forschung-Museum 150: 56-65.
  • Germonpré, M., Bocherens, H., Lázničková-Galetova, M., Sablin, M.V., 2019. La relation de l’homme au loup pendant le Paléolithique. Contes & Légendes 13: 38-41.
  • Bocherens, H., Drucker, D.G., Rivals, F. 2018. L’alimentation et l’environnement (micro-usure et isotopes) des mammouths et elephants du Pléistocène. In: Catalogue de l’exposition “Mémoires de Mammouths”, Musée national de Préhistoire Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, pp. 35-39.
  • Drucker, D.G., Furtwängler, A., Schünemann, V., Huber, R., Reinhard, J., 2018. Durchleuchtet und analysiert. Ein Update zur Genetik, Isotopie und Radiografie des "letzten Zuger Mammuts". Tugium 34: 123-131.
  • Schneider, M., Drucker, D., Buuveibaatar, B., Bocherens, H., 2015. Tracking saiga horns to the population of their origin with stable isotopes. Saiga News 19: 21-23.
  • Bocherens, H., Drucker, D.G., Wißing, C., 2014. Die Mammutsteppe. Isotopenuntersuchungen in einem vergangenen Ökosystem. Natur – Forschung – Museum 144(7/8): 226-231.
     

Large audience presentations

2019
  • 26.10.2019, Förderverein Eiszeitkunst im Lonetal e.V., Niederstotzingen (Germany): H. Bocherens & D. Drucker  “Mumien aus der Eiszeit: eine paläontologische Schatztruhe”
2018
  • 12.06.2018, Paläon, Schöningen (Germany): H. Bocherens “Von Südamerika nach Schöningen: Isotopen und Paläoökologie von Sabelzahnkatzen”
  • 7.11.2018, Humboldt Lectures, Tübingen (Germany): H. BocherensGigantopithecus: Life and death of a giant ape” 
2017
  • 28.04.2017, TÜFF, Tübingen (Germany): H. Bocherens “Gigantopithecus, der echte King-Kong” 
  • 21.05.2017, Internationalen Museumstags/200 Jahre SGN, Tübingen (Germany): H. Bocherens “Ursprung des Menschen: Ursprung einer globalen Schlusselart” 
  • 15.11.2017, Homo heidelbergensis von Mauer e.V., Mauer (Germany): H. Bocherens “Gigantopithecus, Leben und Tod  des Riesenaffens”
2016
  • 23.06.2016: Fédération départementale des Chasseurs Vosgiens, Mundolsheim (France): H. Bocherens “L’étude du Passé, une clé pour le futur de la conservation: Paléobiologie de la conservation”
  • 9.07.2016, Umwelttag, Tübingen (Germany): H. Bocherens “Die Lektionen der Vergangenheit über die Wirkungen des Klimawandels” 
  • 6.10.2016, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (Switzerland): H. Bocherens “Mumien aus der Eiszeit: eine paläobiologische Schatztruhe”
2010
  • 18.03.2010, Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Nürnberg, Abteilung für Karst‐ und Höhlenkunde (Germany): H. Bocherens “Die Verwendung von Isotopen in fossilien Knochen um Ernährung und Umwelt zu rekonstruieren”

News archive

2024

-    markgelbart.wordpress.com 14th November 2024: The ancestors of House Cats (Felis sylvestris) followed human farmers into Europe.  

-    popularmechanics.com 17th September 2024, Natale, M.: Scientists sequenced the DNA of the “Last Neanderthal” – and it alters human history.
-    dailymail.co.uk 17th September 2024. Lapointe, E. Long-lost Neanderthal group that lived 50,000 years ago is discovered and it has links to “The Hobbit”.  
-    johnhawks.net 15th September 2024, Hawks, J.: Late Neandertals: more diverse than most scientists thought.  
-    edition.cnn.com 14th September 2024, Strickland, A.: Puzzling fossil discovery could reveal why Neanderthals disappeared.  
-    zmescience.com 13th September 2024, Andrei, M.: Scientists find a new Neanderthal population that stayed com-pletely isolated for 50,000 years.  
-    greekreporter.com 12th September 2024, Mosed, A.: Neanderthal “Thorin” DNA reveals ancient inbreeding.  
-    edition.cnn.com 12th September 2024, Hunt, K.: Cave discovery in France may explain why Neanderthals disap-peared, scientists say.  
-    smithsonianmag.com 12th September 2024, Kuta, S.: Ancient DNA reveals neanderthal group was isolated for 50,000 years.
-    cultura.tiscali.it 12th September 2024, L’ultimo Neandertal, nuove scoperte in Francia e libro di Slimak.  
-    world-arabia.com 12th September 2024, Palmer, A.: New study uncovers genetic evidence of isolated Neandertal lineage in France.  
-    elpais.com 11th September 2024, Dominguez, N..: Hallado Thorin, el ultimo neandertal.  
-    discovermagazine.com 11th September 2024, George, A.: New Neanderthal lineage from 100,000 years ago helps explain their extinction.  
-    information.tv5monde.com 11th September 2024, Rey, B.: Néandertal ne se mélangeait pas, et c’est peut-être ce qui l’a perdu.  
-    ici.radio-canada.ca 11th September 2024, L’isolement génétique de l’homme de Néandertal pourrait l’avoir mené à son extinction.   
-    videnskab.dk 11th September 2024, Nye knoglerester styrker tese bag neandertalernes død.  
-    newscientist.com 11th September 2024, George, A.: Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millenia.  
-    lefigaro.fr 11th September 2024, Bornedave, V.: Un mystérieux homme de Néandertal découvert dans la Drôme.  
-    lemonde.fr 11th September 2024, Les causes de l’extinction de Neandertal revisitées par la découverte d’un nouveau spécimen en France.  
-    sci.news 11th September 2024, Neanderthal populations were genetically and socially isolated from tens of thou-sands of years: study.
-    sciencenews.org 11th September 2024, Ancient DNA unveils a previously unknown line of Neanderthals.   
-    gizmodo.com 11th September 2024, Mysterious lineage of Neanderthals in France kept to themselves for 50,000 years.   
-    livescience.com 11th September 2024, DNA of “Thorin”, one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation.  
-    newsweek.com 11th September 2024, Neanderthal remains discovery challenges history of ancient human relatives.  
-    france24.com 11th September 2024, Was a lack of get-up-and-go the death of the Neanderthals?  
- tagesspiegel.de 4th September 2024, Knauer, R.: Überlenskünstler in der Wüste. Wie Ökosysteme ohen Regen existieren können

- nationalgeographic.de 24th July 2024, Voss, J.: Tödliche Esizeit: Darum starb das Wollnashorn aus.  

-    pourlasience.fr 9th July 2024. Barathon, C.: La double origine de l’extinction du rhinoceros laineux.

- phys.org 4th July 2024. Grasses in the fog: plants support life in the desert.  

indiaeducationdiary.in 1st July 2024. University of Tübingen research points to human impact climate change in woolly rhinoceros extinction.

-    derstandard.de 30th June 2024. Das Ende des Mammuts ist wieder ein Stück rätselhafter geworden.

-    tagblatt.de 30th June 2024. Warum die Wollnashörner ausstarben.  
-    Frankfuter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung 30th June 2024: Rauchhaupt, U.v.: Die letzten Mammuts, 26: 55.
-    swr.de 27th June 2024. Schuster, A.: Mensch und Kälte haben das Wollnashorn ausgerottet.  
-    westfalen-blatt.de 26th June 2024. Menschen haben zum Aussterben der Wollnashörner beigetragen.  
-    stuttgart-zeitung.de 26th June 2024. Brauer, M.: Jagd durch den Menschen rottete Wollnashörner aus.  
-    tageschau.de 26th June 2024. Mensch hat Mitschuld am Aussterben des Wollnashorns.  
- discovermagazine.com 26th June 2024. Feehly, C.: Habitat troubles hidered the woolly rhino's chance of survival.

-    english.news.cn 5th June 2024. Humans contribute to extinction of woolly rhinoceros: Australian study.  
-    mdr.de 5th June 2024. Erst das Klima, dann der Mensch: Wieso das Wollnashorn ausgestorben ist

 sci.news 4th June 2024. Lazaro, E.: Ancient humans played role in demise of woolly rhinoceros, new research suggests.  
-    techexporist.com 4th June 2024. Malewar, A.: Sustained human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros' extinction.  
-    yahoo.news 4th June 2024. Dahlstrom, M.: 10,000-year-old mystery solved using technique not previously consid-ered possible.  
- phys.org 4th June 2024. Einem, J.: Human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros' extinction, suggest researchers.

- science.org 3rd June 2024. Incorvaia, D.: Deadly one-two punch may have driven the woolly rhino to extinction.  

- newscientist.com 18th March 2024. Timmons, J.: Mammoth carcass was scavenged by ancient humans and sabre-toothed cats.

- Smithsonianmag.com 18th January 2024, Kuta, S. Meet Elma, a woolly mammoth who roamed far and wide more than 14,000 years ago

- science.org 17th January 2024. Price, M. Dogged by climate change and human hunters, a mammoth's life is written in her tusks

-   derstandart.at 11th January 2024. Den größten Affen aller Zeiten ging das Futter aus.  
-    aventuarsnahistoria.uol.com.br 10th January 2024. Descubra o que levou a extincçåo do maior primata da história.  
-    sciencenews.org 10th January 2024. Gramling, C. Earth’s largest ape went extinct 100,000 years earlier than once thought.
-    nature.com 10th January 2024. Conroy, G. Why did the world’s biggest ape go extinct ?
-    thegardian.com 10th January 2024. Davis, N. Giganto, largest ever primate, died out due to diet change, say scientists.

 

2023

- nytimes.com 26th July 2023 Elbein, A.: A pancaked turtle fossil's 150-million-year-old tale.

- iflscience.com 26th July 2023 Higgs, E.: Extremely well preserved turtle specimen sheds light on species ecology.

- sciencesetavenir.fr 26th July 2023 Parra, M.: Un fossile de tortue aquatique avec des doigts a été découvert.

- nationalgeographic.com.es 15th July 2023 Abel, G.M.: Descubierto un aligátor prehistórico, emparentado con una especie en peligro de extinción

- magyarhirlap.hu 15th July 2023 Őskori szörnyeteg koponyájára bukkantak a tudósok

- metro.co.uk 14th July 2023. Sundaravelu, A.: Scientists discover new ancient species with "cartoon grin"

- kuatbaca.com 14th July 2023. Seperti Apa Spesies Baru Buaya Asia yang Ditemukan di Thailand?

- chinanews.com.cn 14th July 2023 国际最新研究发现新的古代亚洲短吻鳄属物种 与扬子鳄亲缘很近

- scienceblog.com 14th July 2023. New ancient Asian alligator species identified.

- benarnews.org 14th July 2023. Bhandari, S.R.: Ancient alligator species identified in Thailand.

- focus.pl 14th July 2023 Powęska, M.: Potwór sprzed 230 tysięcy lat to nieznany gatunek. Wybór jego diety zaskakuje

- popsci.com 14th July 2023. Baisas, L.: Extinct snub-nosed gator had big teeth for crushing snails

- triopsgalaxy.de 14th July 2023. Lazic, S.: Paläontologie: Die Kälte brachte dem Alligator munensis den Tod.

- nplus1.tu 14th July 2023.  Сергей Коленов, C.: Палеонтологи описали древнего аллигатора из Таиланда. Он жил около 230 тысяч лет назад

- spektrum.de 14th July 2023. Lingenhöhl, D.: Alligator snackte am liebsten Schnecken

-  ancientpages.com 14th July 2023. Evidence ravens share a 30,000-year-old relationships with humans.

- interestingengineering.com 13th July 2023. Agard, S.: A new alligator species dating back 230,000 years, indentified in Thailand.  

- newscientist.com 13th July 2023. Wetzel, C.: Ancient alligator had a stubby snout and may have chomped on snails.

- myscience.de 13th July 2023. Chinese alligator had Asian relatives around 200,000 years ago.

-  mindmatters.ai 10th July 2023. Our ancestors are constantly evolving, just to keep up.  
-    aid-magazin.de 7th July 2023. Tiere suchten schon vor mehr als 30.000 Jahren die Nähe zu Menschen.  
-    scitechdaily.com 29th June 2023. Ravens in prehistory: scientist unearth a 30,000 years old relationship with humans.  
-    newsingermany.com 24th June 2023. Animals sought closeness to humans 30,000 years ago.  
-    arkeofil.com 24th June 2023. Ertugrul, E.: Los cuervos llevan robándonos la comida desde hace más 30.000 años.  
-    labrujulaverde.com 23rd June 2023. Carjaval, G.: Los cuervos llevan robándonos la comida desde hace más 30.000 años.  
-    miragenews.com 23rd June 2023. Ravens drawn to human food 30k years ago.  
-    phys.org 22nd June 2023. Study reveals that ravens were attracted to humans‘ food more than 30,000 years ago.  
-    stuttgarter-zeitung.de 2nd March 2023. Studie: So überlebten Europäer einst das Eiszeit-Maximum.  
-    news-24.fr 2nd March 2023. Les Européens de la période glaciaire ont trouvé refuge en Espagne, malheur en Italie.  
-  science.org 1st March 2023. Curry, A.: Ancient DNA upends European prehistory.  

- reuters.com 1st March 2023. Dunham, W.: Genetics study lays bare Ice Age drama for humans in Europe.    

- spektrum.de 1st March 2023. Knauer, R: Die Überlebenden der Kälte.  

- haaretz.com 1st March 2023. Schuster, R.: Study of Ice Age hunters changes what we know about European ancestry.  

- gonews.it 1st March 2023. L’estinzione dei preistorici dell’Era Glaciale avvenne in Italia: lo studio.  
-    einacional.cat 1st March 2023. Sagrera, B.: La peninsula Ibèrica va ser un refugi pels europeus a l’edat de gel, fa 23.000 anys.  
-    sciencenews.org 1st March 2023. Bowen, B.: Ancient DNA unveils disparate fates of Ice Age of hunter-gatherers in Europe.  
-    nytimes.com 1st March 2023. Zimmer, C.: Ancient DNA reveals history of hunter-gatherers in Europe.  
- cosmosmagazine.com 2nd February 2023. Nearly 600 obsidian handaxes from 1.2 million years ago found in Ethiopia show early humans were smarter than we think.  
-    miamiherald.com 1st February 2023. 1.2 million-year-old “stone-tool workshop” uncovered in Ethiopia is oldest ever found.  
-    stern.de 1st February 2023. Viel früher als gedacht: Steinzeitliche “Werkstatt” für Faustkeile entdeckt.  
-    coolhuntinge.com 30th January 2023. 1.2 million years old workshop reveals early humans were skilled crafters earlier than believed.
-    heritagedaily.com 27th January 2023. New discovery places mass obsidian hand axe production to 1.2 million years ago.  
- youtube.com 27th January 2023. 1.2 million-year-old obsidian axe factory found in Ethiopia! Which ancient humans crafted these?  
-    vice.com 27th January 2023. Archaeologists discover 1.2 million-year-old “workshop” in mind-blowing find.  
-    phys.org 26th January 2023. Obsidian handaxe-making workshop from 1.2 million years ago discovered in Ethiopia.  
-    dailycaller.com 26th January 2023. million-year-old “ factory found, run by mystery human species: Study.  
-    iflsciences.com 24th January 2023. 1.2 Million year old obsidian axe factory found in Ethiopia.  
-    socialbites.ca 22nd January 2023. The last mammoth died 4000 years ago: why did it disappear?
-    sport.es 22nd January 2023. El último mamut murió hace 4.000 años: ¿Por qué desaparecieron?  
-    lemusenewst.it 21st January 2023. A Melka Kunture è stato scoperto il più antico atelier per la produzione di bifac-ciali di ossidiana risalente a più di 1.200.000 anni fa.  
-    uvigo.gal 20th January 2023. O xacemento etíope de Simbiro III permite avanzar no coñecemento da “capacidade de planificación e anticipación” do Homo erectus.  
-    focusonafrica.info 20th January 2023. L’officina più antica del modo è in Etiopia. La Scoperta del team italiano.
-    unionesarda.it 20th January 2023. A workshop dating back to 1.2 million years ago.  

2022

- Socialbites.ca 20th December 2022. The last mammoth died 4000 years ago: why did they disappear?  

- phys.org 29th November 2022. Oldest Pterodactylus fossil found in Germany

- phys.org 25th November 2022. International team of researchers identifies new species of dinosaur

-    original.newsbreak.com 12th November 2022. Bostongirl, Y.: Fossilized teeth of giant hominid led scientists to speculate that humans may have giant ancestors  
-    gizmodo.com 8th October 2022. Gatta, M.: Did ancient humans domesticate foxes?
-    Schwäbisches Tagblatt 16th August 2022. Tübinger Wissenschaftler schlagen Alarm: Werden Orang Utans aus-sterben?   
-    biermann-medizin.de 10th August 2022. Vorfahren der Orang Utans starben wahrscheinlich aus, weil der Wald ausdünnte.  
-    myscience.de 9th August 2022. When the forest left the apes.
-    phys.org 9th August 2022. Ecological continuity between orangutans and extinct ancerstors highlights their de-pendence on intact rainforests.
-    lirelemonde.com 9th August 2022. La continuité écologique entre les orangs-outans et les ancêtres disparus met en évidence leur dépendance aux forêts tropicales intactes.  
-    lejdd.fr 5th August 2022. Richard Zivohlava, A.: George Church, ce généticien qui veut ressusciter le mammouth, entre revolution et controverse.
- phys.org 2nd March 2022. Turtle species in Eastern Europe survived the event that killed the dinosaurs

-    Infogm.org 11th January 2022. Noisette, C.: Des mammouths 2.0 pour lutter contre le réchauffement climatique?

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