Deep time cognition - unearthing cognitive evolution through geological time

https://www.deeptimecognition.lu.se/start - 2025-07-23

Edinburgh:Stephen Brusatte, PI Adam Manning, PhD-studentMilly Mead, PhD-studentOhio:Lawrence Witmer, PIRyan Ridgely, MA, Research Associate Stephen Brusatte, PIProfessor of Palaeontology and EvolutionUniversity of Edinburghstephen [dot] brusatte [at] ed [dot] ac [dot] ukI am a palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist who studies the anatomy, phylogeny, and evolution of fossil vertebrates, partic

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- about the project The concept of deep time is a result of the insights into Earth’s multi-billion-year history. Most of this time our planet harbored life. Animals likely arose as far back as 800 million years ago. Their increased speed of movement, as compared to other life forms, very soon led to the evolution of a nervous system that integrated sensory organs with motor movements. This was th

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Pavel Němec, PI Kristina Kverková, PhD Rahul Avaroth Bhaskaran, PhD StudentAlexandra Polonyiová, PhD StudentGeorge Poon, PhD StudentPatrik Stehlík, PhD Student Pavel Němec, PICharles University in Prague, Faculty of Sciencepavel [dot] nemec [at] natur [dot] cuni [dot] cz (pavel[dot]nemec[at]natur[dot]cuni[dot]cz)I am a comparative neuroanatomist and sensory biologist. The major mission of my lab i

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Osvath M, Němec, P., Brusatte, S. L., Witmer, L. M. (2024) Thought for food: the endothermic brain hypothesis, TICSSome publications from the different teams, relevant for deep time cognition:Cognitive ZoologyOsvath M, Johansson M (2024) A short natural history of mental time travels: a journey still travelled? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society BRejsenhus Jensen T, Anikin A, Osvath M

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Upcoming eventsMonthly seminars and yearly workshop. Next internal workshop in spring 2026, Edinburgh, Scotland.   Activities

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Prague December 11th - 14th 2024Lund May 22nd - 24th 2023   Contact Helena Osvath Project coordinatorhelena [dot] osvath [at] lucs [dot] lu [dot] se

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The cognitive zoology team conducts behavioral studies measuring various cognitive skills. We mainly study different species of lizards, turtles, crocodilians and palaeognath birds. They occupy different phylogenetic nodes in the tree of life and represent different evolutionary paths and relatedness to one another. We measure so-called fundamental cognitive functions. Such functions underly more

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Upcoming : Edinburgh spring 2026 Workshop in Prague 2024 Workshop in Lund 2023     Contact Helena Osvath Project coordinatorhelena [dot] osvath [at] lucs [dot] lu [dot] se

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The internal seminar series will take place on Zoom, roughly once a month with both invited speakers and presenters from the different teams. UPCOMING SEMINARS2025April 17th,Jeroen B. SmaersUnderstanding the pattern of evolution plays a crucial role in determining the mechanisms of species diversification and adaptation. In this seminar I will discuss evidence that the pattern that best describes

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Internal workshop Dec 11-14 2024, Prague, Czech Republic Programme in brief:Dec 11th19.30    WELCOME and dinnerDec 12thVenue: Academy of Science, Národní 39:00 - 11:45   Workshop11:45 - 12:30  LUNCH13:00             Visit Prague Zoo18:00   DinnerDec 13thVenue:  Academy of Science, Národní 39:30 - 12:00    Workshop12:00 - 13:00   LUNCH13:00 -             WorkshopVisit Prague National Museum18:00 Di

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Lund, May 22nd - 24th, 2023 Programme in brief:May 22ndVenue: Department of Philosophy, Helgonavägen 3, room B24015.00    WELCOME!Dinner: restaurant in LundMay 23ndVenue: Kulturen, Tegnérsplatsen 6Dinner: pizza & beers at the cognitive zoology quartersMay 24thExcursion day; visit to the LU Alligator research facility and LU Corvid research stationDinner: restaurant in LundCLOSINGMay 25thMorning me

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The neuroanatomy team studies the brains of extant reptiles and birds to be able to reconstruct their evolution. Animal brains vary quite a lot in absolute size as well as size relative to the body and exhibit a huge diversity of shapes, but they also vary enormously on the inside and new techniques in neuroscience make it possible to study this hidden variation on a large scale. We collect brains

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The palaeontology team has members in Scotland and the US and together have collected high-resolution CT scans of about 300 fossil reptiles and birds, including a diversity of extinct species on the line to modern-day crocodilians, dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex and Stegosaurus, and numerous species spanning the dinosaur-bird evolutionary transition. Their published work has shown that many dino

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Mathias Osvath, PI and Project leaderHelena Osvath, Project coodinatorStephan Reber, ResearcherThomas Rejsenhus Jensen, PostdocThibault Boehly, PhD StudentSimon Grendeus, PhD StudentLona Lalić, PhD StudentAlumni members:Claudia Zeiträg, PhD Mathias Osvath, PIAssociate Professor in Cognitive ZoologyLund Universitymathias [dot] osvath [at] lucs [dot] lu [dot] seI am a cognitive zoologist that have f

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The Enoch Thulin Laboratory Home of Combustion Physics. Photo: E. Berrocal from a balloon. Combustion Physics is located in the the Enoch Thulin Laboratory, also known as the H building in Fysicum, Lund. We are a part of the Department of Physics at Lund University.Link to the Enoch Thulin laboratory on google maps - goo.gl Visiting addressDepartment of PhysicsCombustion PhysicsLund UniversityProf

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MINICOR The research of the MINICOR project is arranged in six work packages (WP) outlined below. WP1 - Pyrolysis The activities aim to optimize biomass pyrolysis for the production of biooil for the MILD combustion/reforming process and biochar for nitrogen adsorption. The research to achieve this includes:Assessment of the residual biomass sources to feed the pyrolysis process.Experimental studi

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ACTRIS ACTRIS Sweden is a National Research Infrastructure funded jointly by the Swedish Research Council and the six Swedish Research Performing Organizations involved – ACTRIS Sweden's website. CLIMB-FOREST CLIMB-FOREST is a Horizon EU project that aims to ensure Europe’s forests are resilient to the changing climate and support people and nature, in close collaboration with the forestry sector

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The MINICOR project's research was presented at the 24th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (Pyro2024) One of the contributions received an Excellent Poster Award. Congratulations to Corinna Maria Grottola!Photo provided by Chinese Society of Particuology on Live Stream PhotoPlus. 

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The MINICOR project's research was presented at the 24th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (Pyro2024) on May 19 - 23, 2024, in Beijing, China. One of the contributions received an Excellent Poster Award during the Awarding Dinner.In the Pyro2024 topic ‘Pyrolysis for environmental applications’, Corinna Maria Grottola (STEMS-CNR) presented the ‘Effect of temperature and py

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