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New models for old trees The inaugural lecture by Rachel Warnock, professor for Systems Palaeobiology, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, will take place on Wednesday 13th July 18:00 in the geology lecture hall, Schloßgarten 5, Erlangen. Abstract: Phylogenetic trees provide a framework for studying evolutio...

The key to prehistory reminds a little of a heart. But the 150-million-year-old coral is not red, but beige. It also doesn't breathe oxygen, but history. "This coral wants to tell us something" says Prof. Wolfgang Kiessling, Chair of Paleoenvironment. Read more...

We can learn an incredible amount from corals. Corals are magnificent creatures that have inhabited the world's oceans for millions of years. Prof. Wolfgang Kießling - "On the trail of climate change"

We are seeking an individual for a part-time position (up to 3 years) for science communication at the GeoZentrum NordBayern. We are a multi-disciplinary research institute, focusing on Climate, Geodynamics, Palaeontology and Evolution (CGPE) and Sustainable Energy, Resources and Materials (SERM). T...

The Covid infection numbers are rising rapidly in Germany, and our Minister of Health has forecast that the peak of the Omikron wave will probably be reached in mid-February - i.e. about 3 weeks before the courses should start. This means that although we can probably expect the number of infections...

Nussaibah Raja-Schoob and Paulina Nätscher, together with colleagues from the UK, South Africa, Brazil and India, recently published a paper highlighting the effects of colonial history and socio-economic factors on sampling biases in the fossil record. The study shows that 97% of fossil data collec...

The Annual Meeting of The Palaeontological Association 2021 ended again with the Palaeovision Fossil Contest. This is an online, interactive, international competition to decide the Annual Meeting’s favourite fossil for this year. The Paleontology Team (FAU) successfully completed a video about bele...

We are excited to share the Diversity Dynamics and Crisis in Paleontology speaker series with you all! "Thank you" to the fantastic speakers and to the organisers of the speaker series Nussaibah Raja-Schoob (Erlangen) and Emma Dunne (Birmingham) as well as Jansen Smith (Erlangen). Here’s our YouTu...

Every second year our institute carries out a field trip to Gotland (Sweden). Photos from this year's excursion led by Rachel Warnock and Axel Munnecke can be found here. The next trip to Gotland will be in 2023.