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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A new video of the project, featuring Saïda Nigmatova, paleobotanist and research director of the Satpayev Institute of geology of Almaty! Saïda studies Paleogene ecosystems of central Asia, which are keys to understand past dispersal events between Europe and Asia. youtu.be/n6lpQHo49p0?...

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The People Behind the ERC Dispersal Project | Scientist Interview #6

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SEM imaging session today at @cerege.bsky.social ! High resolution images of Eocene fossil rodent teeth for their identification

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

New interview of Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, CNRS researcher in paleoclimate and paleogeography, is out! Discover his contribution to ERC Dispersal, his scientific motivations, and his views on today’s research challenges. youtu.be/vf5MqQ1mACE

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The People Behind the ERC Dispersal project | Scientist Interview #4

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

An exhibition featuring the work of our team, and especially the artwork of Paul Botté, PhD student in the project !

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Please join us in welcoming Manon Lorcery to the ERC DISPERSAL team 👋 Her research will focus on ecological niche modelling of Eocene primates and rodents, as well as environmental connectivity, to better understand how these mammals dispersed across ancient landscapes.

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Curious where your back yard was when dinosaurs (or even earlier) roamed the Earth? @bramvaes.bsky.social, who joined the team, contributed to the development of Paleolatitude.org during his time at Utrecht University, a fun yet powerful tool to track any place on Earth back to the time of Pangaea.

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Featuring the work of Paul Botté, PhD student in our research group!

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

What if a lost continent could reveal hidden chapters of evolution? New interview out 🎥 Meet Chris Beard and explore Balkanatolia, an echo of African faunas, where fossils and new techniques uncover mammal dispersal 🦴 youtu.be/8vUZkenrvzo

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The People Behind the ERC Dispersal project | Scientist Interview #4

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Back in the field with the team in the Luberon under the Provençal sun ☀️ Careful digging, a bit of patience… and sometimes, a small discovery like this fossilized rodent jaw. A small find, but another big clue from the past!

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

After the interview, dive deeper This study by @BenjaminRaynaud, Phd Student of @carinaHoorn on Eocene pollen from Türkiye reveals new taxa, wet temperate climates, and common ecosystems from Europe to Central Asia. Proof that tiny fossils can tell vast stories.

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Our third interview is out! Meet Carina HOORN and dive into the fascinating world of pollen and spores, tiny but powerful storytellers that take us far back in deep time 🌿 youtu.be/HkPBP88OgSE

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The People Behind the ERC Dispersal project | Scientist Interview #3|

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Welcome aboard! 👋 We’re delighted to welcome Yohan Roussy, a Master 2 student joining us in the Luberon to work on clays and climate. A great opportunity to explore how sediments record past environmental and climatic changes.

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Before working on the DISPERSAL project, @mustafayk.bsky.social already work on Paleogene climate for a different ERC project: The MAGIC project, focusing on Eocene monsoons. A fun archive of him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr84...

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Mustafa Kaya doctoral student on past Eurasian sea in the MAGIC ERC project.

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

After @mustafayk.bsky.social interview, check his sedimentary work of the Karaburun section (NWTurkey) showing that global cooling & Antarctic glaciation triggered boreal water influxes & regional hydrological shifts, offering new insights into the Paratethys response to global cooling at the EOT

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

New interview out! 🌍 youtu.be/QKRqI_fL_YY?... @mustafayk.bsky.social shares his journey as a sedimentologist and geochemist in the ERC Dispersal project — from analyzing paleomagnetic sample collections in Kazakhstan to what excites him most about his research and the challenges of postdoc life.

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The People Behind the ERC Dispersal project | Scientist Interview #2Interview KAYA

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Pauline Coster and @alexislicht.bsky.social presenting their results on the Eocene paleontological record of Kazakhstan today at the Satpaev Institute of geology in Almaty.

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Hard working day at the Satpaev institute of Geology in Almaty, sorting through the Paleogene paleontological collections with Pauline Coster and Saida Nigmatova!

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Visiting the Satpaev Institute of geology in Almaty for a week, to work with our @dispersal-erc.bsky.social collaborators. And enjoying a tea with one of the last living vertebrate paleontologists in Kazakhstan, Bolat Baishashov!

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Big shout-out to Leny Montheil! His first ERC Dispersal interview is now live and comes with a brand-new paper on how Asian mammals crossed shifting continents during the Eocene (-80 to -40 Ma) doi.org/10.1016/j.ea... Watch continents move 🌍

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The first PhD paper of @benjaminraynaud.bsky.social, part of our project, documenting the middle Eocene ecosystems of Balkanatolia!

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Benjamin Raynaud @benjaminraynaud.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The first article from my PhD has just been published in JAES: "Lutetian swamp-freshwater palynoflora from Bultu-Zile (central Anatolia, Türkiye): implications for Eocene ecosystems of Balkanatolia". doi.org/10.1016/j.js... This work has been conducted as part of @dispersal-erc.bsky.social 1/4

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🎙️ Our first interview is out! Meet Leny Montheil, geodynamicist and paleogeography specialist, as he takes us back to the Eocene to explore how primates dispersed across a changing world. ▶️ Watch it now on YouTube youtu.be/bjzU_UIXseU

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The People Behind the ERC Dispersal project | Scientist Interview #1

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A new preprint from our research group is online! In this paper, Paul Botté, PhD student in the project at @climatecerege.bsky.social, studied the evolution of continental environmental through the late Eocene and earliest Oligocene in central Anatolia. egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

How did mammals cross oceans millions of years ago? Our first video introducing the ERC-funded DISPERSAL project is live on YouTube 🎉 👇 Check it out! youtu.be/COdGQYkdraw 🎙️ First episode of a series of interviews with the scientists involved. Stay tuned — more interviews coming soon!

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🐒🌊 Crossing oceans without boats: the mysterious overwater dispersals of ancient mammals

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Want to learn more about how primates and rodents could have reach South America in the distant past? A new paper led by our team!

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🚨New paper alert🚨 40 million years ago, anthropoid primates and rodents dispersed from East Asia to Africa and South America, across two wide oceans (the Neotethys and the Southern Atlantic). So Which way did they pass? @dispersal-erc.bsky.social (1/n) doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Paul Botté from @climatecerege.bsky.social and @benjaminraynaud.bsky.social from @cr2p.bsky.social presenting their work on #balkanatolia paleoenvironments today at the yearly conference of Turkish Earth scientists in Yozgat. Back to fieldwork tomorrow!

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Looking for pollen, vertebrate fossils and pedogenic carbonates in Anatolia! With @benjaminraynaud.bsky.social, Paul Botté, @dispersal-erc.bsky.social

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

First day of the third field trip to Turkey for Paul Botté and @benjaminraynaud.bsky.social. One week to collect their last samples before their ultimate task: writing their dissertation!

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The team welcomes a new member, Bram Vaes, who will be working on modeling overwater dispersal using new paleogeographies and climate modeling tools! To learn more about the past work of Bram, a short video of him here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uncL...

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Bram Vaes - Mapping the past: Towards Quantitative Paleogeographic Reconstructions

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Élodie Gazquez interviewing our colleague Saïda Nigmatova in the field today in the Luberon. We're planning to release soon a bunch of videos explaining everything about our research project!

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

@benjaminraynaud.bsky.social presenting his PhD results at @cerege.bsky.social today ! Benjamin works on the evolution of ecosystems during the dispersal events we investigate in the project via pollen analysis.

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Welcoming Saïda Nigmatova and Ilnura Madiyarova from the Satpaiev Geological institute of Almaty! Several weeks at @cerege.bsky.social to work together on central Asian paleoclimate and biogeography

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

A new paper funded by our project, focusing on Asian paleogeography! It explores the different scenarios for the India-Asia collision, which is particularly important to understand Africa-Eurasia dispersal pathways.

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A short highlight on some of our paleontologist & field collaborators in Turkey! From right to left: K.Chris Beard, Faruk Oçakoglu, Grégoire Métais, and @mustafayk.bsky.social Shot in an Eocene coal mine full of endemic fossils from #Balkanatolia. Many discoveries to come soon from this site.

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Interested in joining our team to study past mammalian dispersals? We just opened a new postdoctoral position in climate modeling to work with me and Yannick Donnadieu at @climatecerege.bsky.social. All the info here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... Application deadline on July 23.

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Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - M/F Researcher in Climate modeling

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Check the social media account of our ERC project @dispersal-erc.bsky.social focusing on past mammalian dispersals! Multiple news to come, including neat videos and field updates.

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Research Engineer and ERC team member @r0seturqu0ise.bsky.social is on the spotlight in this article on the @cerege.bsky.social website. A great dive into our geochemical work and into an invaluable member of the team!

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DISPERSAL project - understanding past mammalian dispersals @dispersal-erc.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Welcome to the social media account of the project DISPERSAL! The project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement No. 101043268). Soon news and updates from our team on this platform!

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