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Hanneke Meijer

Hanneke Meijer is an Associate Professor and the curator of osteology at the University of Bergen, Norway. She is interested in fossil birds, island evolution and Southeast Asian biogeography. You can find her on Twitter as @DrHanneke

August 2018

  • How We See Animals Muséum National D’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France 1982 Colour photograph by Richard Ross © the artist

    Lost worlds revisited
    Lost Worlds wrapping up: dead birds, island hopping and the value of museum collections

    With the Science Blog Network closing, Hanneke Meijer reflects on her contributions to the Guardian’s Lost Worlds Revisited

July 2018

  • Four of the species of finch observed by Darwin on the Galápagos Islands

    Lost worlds revisited
    Origin of the species: where did Darwin's finches come from?

    Galápagos finches have been the subject of a plethora of evolutionary studies, but where did the first ones come from?

June 2018

  • High-resolution scanning electron microscope image of fossil dinosaur dandruff showing the high density of keratin fibres.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Did dinosaurs get dandruff?

    Palaeontologists studying the evolution of dinosaurs�� skin and feathers think they did

May 2018

  • An anoa in Jakarta zoo

    Lost worlds revisited
    Wallace’s enigma: how the island of Sulawesi continues to captivate biologists

    After 150 years, biologists are untangling the history of the Indonesian island’s unusual fauna

April 2018

  • Moa coprolite partially excavated from the dry sediment which buried and helped preserve it for centuries, Dart River Valley, New Zealand.

    Lost worlds revisited
    On fossil poo and picky eaters: a new study sheds light on New Zealand's past ecosystem

    Advanced DNA techniques shows the critical role extinct birds played in New Zealand’s ecosystem.

February 2018

  • Arch12

    Lost worlds revisited
    The new specimen forcing a radical rethink of Archaeopteryx

    A new specimen has redefined who’s in and who’s out of the Archaeopteryx genus – and poses questions about other theropod dinosaurs

January 2018

  • Crows uses tools<br>Undated handout photo of a New Caledonian crow using a one tool to retrieve another. Crows famous for making use of tools have even more impressive bird brains than previously thought, displaying a type of intelligence that may have been crucial to human evolution. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday August 16 2007. Seven New Caledonian crows showed scientists they could retrieve an unreachable snack with a stick which first had to be obtained using another tool. See PA story SCIENCE Crow. Photo credit should read: Alex Taylor/PA Wire

    Lost worlds revisited
    Why 'bird-brained' may not be such an insult after all

    Birds show remarkable levels of intelligence, something that may have given them the edge following the K-T extinction event

December 2017

  • Some of the best fossils of 2017.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Top fossil discoveries of 2017

  • The largest known marsupial, Diprotodon optatum, from the Pleistocene of Australia.<br>DCGYG4 The largest known marsupial, Diprotodon optatum, from the Pleistocene of Australia.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Make way for megamarsupials: the migration of Australia's extinct megafauna

November 2017

  • Artist impression of Dromornis stirtoni, a species of Dromornithidae which stood up to 3 metres tall.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Horse-eating birds and Demon Ducks of Doom: untangling the fowl family tree

    Chickens and ducks may not fill you with awe. But their early cousins were the largest birds on Earth – and a new study reveals how the bird groups are linked

October 2017

  • A collection of at least 10,000 eggs from rare and endangered birds have been seized in Lincolnshire. They are now kept in one of Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ warehouses.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Duck egg blue and oviraptor green: study reconstructs colour of dinosaur eggs

    A new study of oviraptor eggshell fragments shows remarkable similarities between the reproductive biology of dinosaurs and birds

September 2017

  • Reconstruction of the dodo in the Mare aux Songes, a place where a large number of specimens of dodo have been found.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Life in the old bird yet: study of dodo bones yields new biological insights

    It’s easy to think that dusty old bones have nothing left to offer, but a new study of dodo bones has given us a glimpse into a long-dead world

August 2017

  • A three-month old Golden Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is photographed at a the laboratory of Santa Fe zoo in Medellin, Colombia, on February 8, 2017. The Golden Frog, the most venomous frog in the world, is in danger of extinction. / AFP PHOTO / RAUL ARBOLEDARAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images

    Lost worlds revisited
    Jump for joy: researchers make huge leap in understanding frog evolution

    A new analysis using an unprecedented dataset reveals that major jumps in frog diversity are linked to mass extinctions

June 2017

  • Artist’s reconstruction of Belone, overlain on actual amber piece.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Hot fuzz: the baby bird fossil that gives new meaning to ancient feathers

    The discovery of a hundred-million-year-old specimen, beautifully preserved in amber, shows how the birds of yesteryear hatched fully prepared for takeoff

May 2017

  • A Komodo dragon pictured in Komodo National Park, Indonesia, April 2011.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Here be dragons: the million-year journey of the Komodo dragon

    Far from being the special result of insular evolution, Komodo dragons are the last survivors of a group of huge lizards that ranged over much of Australasia

April 2017

  • **FILE** Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 fiile photo of Adelie Penguins come in to check out the Aurora Australis wedged in fast ice in Commonwealth Bay 10nm from Mawson’s Hut in Antarctica. Global researchers have revised previous population estimates of East Antarctica’s Adelie penguin, with new data showing a doubling to almost six million of the birds, suggesting global numbers pushing 16 million. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

    Lost worlds revisited
    Happy feet: why a 61m-year-old penguin foot has researchers dancing for joy

    Early evolution of modern birds is fuzzy, so a fossil foot showing unexpected diversity in penguins shortly after the dinosaurs went extinct is big news

March 2017

  • Testudo abingdonii

    Lost worlds revisited
    Galápagos giant tortoises show that in evolution, slow and steady gets you places

    Giant tortoises may not seem like high achievers, but their remarkable spread and diversification indicate otherwise

January 2017

  • Cyprus coast.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Sun, sea and dwarf hippos: the Med is a surprising palaeontological paradise

    It’s a popular holiday destination for many, but few know that the region’s ancient history extends well beyond churches and ruins

December 2016

  • Close up of the newly discovered dinosaur feathers.

    Lost worlds revisited
    Why palaeontologists are aflutter over new fossil feather finds

    A steady stream of new discoveries is developing our view of the colourful and fuzzy world of dinosaurs and ancient birds

November 2016

  • two Congo African Grey parrots on branch / Psittacus erithacus<br>A1998P two Congo African Grey parrots on branch / Psittacus erithacus

    Lost worlds revisited
    Sunny steppes? A tiny parrot fossil suggests Siberia was once subtropical

    The identification of a bone fragment from around 17 million years ago offers clues to both parrot evolution and a very different Siberian ecosystem
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