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The main focus of paleontology is the intersection of geology and biology. In this specialization, students learn to analyze and interpret the living world of the Phanerozoic using a wide range of modern methods. By understanding fossils in paleogeographic, paleobiological, paleoecological and paleoclimatic contexts, students can, among other things, contribute to the reconstruction of climate and environmental change and derive scenarios for future developments.

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- (2025) Onset of extensive human fire use 50,000 y ago
- (2025) Prevalent glacial North Atlantic Deep Water despite freshwater input. Nature Geoscience
- (2025) Eccentricity-driven glacial climate variability and its influence on speciation in the tropical Andes
- (2025) Climate change and the spread of the Transeurasian languages. Quaternary Environments and Humans
- (2025) New sauropod teeth from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal and their implications for sauropod dental evolution. Pap Palaeontol
- (2025) Farmers’ perceptions of Terminalia brownii management in agroforestry Parklands and its impact on soil physicochemical properties in the South Ari District, Southern Ethiopia. Agroforest System Journal
- (2025) Pacific Walker Circulation modulated millennial-scale East Asian summer monsoon rainfall variability over the past 40 kyr. Global and Planetary Change
- (2025) Societal changes in Ancient Greece impacted terrestrial and marine environments. Communications Earth and Environment
- (2025) Enhanced phosphorus weathering contributed to Late Miocene cooling. Nature Communications
- (2025) Precession modulates the poleward expansion of atmospheric circulation to the Arctic Ocean. Nature Communications
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