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Mon | 04/29/2019 | 12:54 Evolutionary Morphology Evolutionary Morphology The Evolutionary Morphology department is concerned with the evolution of genetic blue-prints and characteristic complexities. Various methods are used, including modern imaging procedures and different types of digitalization, as well as molecular-biological approaches.
Press release, 02-03-2021
Exhibition Fossils Cooperation Nature Saur Knowledge Transfer
Tristan Otto stays in Copenhagen in 2021 The fossil skeleton will return to Berlin in 2022
Press release, 01-07-2021
Evolution Fossils Ecosystem Mammals
The rise and fall of elephants Evolution Fossils Ecosystem Mammals Press release, 01-07-2021 Earth-historical events such as ice ages or the shifting of continental plates are mainly responsible for the evolutionary success of proboscideans, but also for their decline. This is the main conclusion of a study published this week in Nature Ecology & Evolution by an international research team from Spain, Finland, Great Britain, Germany and Argentina with the participation of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
Press release, 22-04-2016
Evolution Fossils Genetics Mammals Knowledge Transfer
The first mammals were looking through the night - as revealed by visual pigment evolution The origin of mammals, one of the most successful groups of living land vertebrates, took place at night. Researchers from the Museum of Natural History Berlin, Germany, and the University of Toronto, Canada, published this result in the journal Evolution
Fri | 05/20/2016 | 10:40 Dynamics of Nature Dynamics of Nature In this Science Programme, scientific questions in the fields of biology, earth sciences and planetology are investigated interdisciplinarily, together with partners all over the world. This research is collection-based and the new scientific findings in turn help developing our extensive collection. Zoologists, palaeontologists and geoscientists discover and study the diversity of life on Earth, the mechanisms of population differentiation and speciation, the evolution of body plans and the diversity of organisms.
Press release, 03-03-2025
Digitalization Research Science Communication
Digitisation as the key to processing colonial natural history collections An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin has published a commentary in the journal Nature Reviews Biodiversity highlighting how digitization in a contextualized form can be used as a powerful research tool to better understand and make colonial natural history c
Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites Research Research Infrastructure Impact Fossils Earth Sciences Laboratories Geochemical and Microanalytical Laboratories The bigger picture in the details: Researchers investigate the often tiny traces of geological and cosmic processes in rocks in the geochemical and microanalytical laboratory complex.
Press release, 06-07-2020
Exhibition Digitalization Evolution Fossils Climate Change Special Exhibition
Special exhibition "Parasites - Life Undercover" at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin ab 7. Juli mit Online-Tickets zu besichtigen
Press release, 20-08-2021
Digitalization Evolution Fossils Ecosystem Science Communication Knowledge Transfer
One year of the Bromacker project The excavation ends this year, scientists are happy about the results
SP2 Collection Future Research Transfer Open Museum Collection Society Fossils Cultural Heritage Berlin’s Brachiosaurus as an Object of Knowledge Based at the Museum für Naturkunde, this sub-project deals with the Brachiosaurus brancai as an important first-hand scientific object of study, an emblem of prestige for the museum, and especially as a terrific opportunity to rehabilitate German paleontology as a biological discipline.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Collection Evolution Amber forests Amber as a window to the past: Plant fossils enclosed in amber can be used to reconstruct past vegetation.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Evolution Fossils Physiology and mode of life of early tetrapods This permanent research field studies physiological aspects like breathing and feeding during the fish-to-tetrapod transition and the subsequent conquest of land by vertebrates
Mon | 11/30/2020 | 16:15 bis 17:45 Lecture series: Animals as Objects? This interdisciplinary and international lecture series examines the role of animals in institutional and infrastructural arrangements, past and present.
Sun | 03/01/2020 | 14:00 bis 16:00 Kaffeeklatsch mit Wissenschaft The "Kaffeeklatsch mit Wissenschaft" in the Experimental Field for participation and open science continues lively in March. Get ready to get exciting insights into their work from scientists and drink coffee in a relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is welcome to ask questions and contribute to the entertainment!
Mon | 06/06/2016 | 16:31 Feathered Flight - 150 Years of Archaeopteryx This special exhibition honors 150 years of Archaeopteryx, the most precious exhibit in the Museum and was shown 17 June - 31 December 2011 and 25 September - 31 December 2012.
Mon | 02/21/2022 | 13:48 Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics We explore diversity changes in space and time. To do this, we investigate the entire spectrum of diversity from the molecular level to organisms, species communities, and ecosystems - from deep time to the present day. Moreover, we study the causes and consequences of diversity change and speciation. We employ a wide range of methods from anatomy, morphology, physiology, ecology, ethology, bioacoustics and genetics/genomics.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Biodiversity Evolution Fossils Bone cells on the track The evolutionary history of bone cells will shed light on the development of bone metabolism throughout vertebrate history and especially against the background of major evolutionary transitions.
Mon | 02/28/2022 | 07:52 Human Remains at the Museum für Naturkunde The history of human remains in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Research and historic responsibility
Thu | 01/23/2020 | 13:45 DINOSAURS! Age of the giant lizards The new special exhibition "DINOSAURS!" lets you discover dinosaurs from the three geological eras Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous for the first time.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Collection Fossils Palaeopathology Many diseases also affect the bones. Palaeopathology is able to diagnose and interpret traces of disease on fossil skeletal material using medical methods and techniques.

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