I am a vertebrate palaeontologist and Palaeobiologist with special interest in the study of the evolution of endocranial structures and sense organs in extinct mammals and therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) using X-ray imagery on their fossilized skulls.
When it comes to big finds, scientists need more than just luck and chance
Jan 18, 2017 16:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
The history of science abounds with stories about discoveries made by chance. One of the most famous cases, involves French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel, who accidentally discovered radioactivity by leaving a piece of...
3D technology brings a lost mammalian ancestor back to life
Sep 27, 2016 18:42 pm UTC| Technology
At the very beginning of the 1960s, a South African palaeontologist embarked on a series of ambitious works. Dr A.S. Brink wanted to better understand the anatomy and evolution of humans pre-mammalian ancestors, the...
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