The key to prehistory reminds a little of a heart. But the 150-million-year-old coral is not red, but beige. It also doesn't breathe oxygen, but history. "This coral wants to tell us something" says Prof. Wolfgang Kiessling, Chair of Paleoenvironment. Read more...
The Covid infection numbers are rising rapidly in Germany, and our Minister of Health has forecast that the peak of the Omikron wave will probably be reached in mid-February - i.e. about 3 weeks before the courses should start. This means that although we can probably expect the number of infection...
The Annual Meeting of The Palaeontological Association 2021 ended again with the Palaeovision Fossil Contest. This is an online, interactive, international competition to decide the Annual Meeting’s favourite fossil for this year. The Paleontology Team (FAU) successfully completed a video about bel...
Every second year our institute carries out a field trip to Gotland (Sweden). Photos from this year's excursion led by Rachel Warnock and Axel Munnecke can be found here. The next trip to Gotland will be in 2023.
5 – 9th September and 12 – 16th September 2022
Nobody can reliably predict how the pandemic will develop over the next few months, but - thinking positive! - it looks like we can offer two “Flügel-Courses” on carbonate microfacies in September 2022. We are extremely pleased! The courses will tak...
For his excellent teaching in 2019, Prof. Dr. Axel Munnecke receives the “Prize for Good Teaching”!
Science Minister Bernd Sibler announces the winners and congratulates them: “Your work is crucial for the success of the studies of students and thus for the training of smart minds who shape our...
Die Einführungsveranstaltung zum Masterstudiengang Geowissenschaften findet am 30. Oktober 2020 um 10 Uhr im großen Hörsaal (Henkestraße 42, 91054 Erlangen) statt.Bitte haben Sie etwas Geduld und warten Sie vor dem Gebäude, bis jemand kommt, um Sie abzuholen.
The introductory event for masters d...
On Monday, July 13, the second to last performance of "Let them eat money" will take place in the Life-Stream from the Margrave Theatre. It deals with the question "Who is to blame?" for the climate catastrophe. After each stream of the digital production, experts discuss the themes of the play liv...
Many people think of paleontology as field research, digging for fossils and Jurassic Park. A large part of the research is computer-aided. Dr. Rachel Warnock is a paleontologist who mainly conducts research on computers. This semester she is a visiting professor at the Chair of Paleo-Environment a...
