Visual illusion in past

Posted by on Nov 27, 2019 in כללי | 0 comments

The early examples of visual illusion in past were found in an engraved bone and stone in the Golan Heights.   Read more in Haaretz.

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The Fox and the Duck get TLC from Victoria

Posted by on Nov 21, 2019 in כללי | 0 comments

Victoria Nosikovsky joined us for practical training on the treatment of taxidermy specimens in the National Natural History Collections at The Hebrew University. Victoria is carefully treating a mounted specimen of a fox hunting a duck, originally collected and fixed in position in the beginning of the 20th century by the “father of Israeli zoology”, Prof. Israel...

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A glimpse into the Collections Open day 2019

Posted by on Aug 4, 2019 in כללי | 0 comments

Here is a small portion of the collections that featured on the “Elephants and Other Monsters” tour in the Palaeontology Lab! (photography by Gideon...

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A Transitional Gundi (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae) from the Miocene of Israel

Posted by on Apr 18, 2016 in כללי | 0 comments

A new species of gundi (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae: Ctenodactylinae), Sayimys negevensis, described from the Early Miocene of the Rotem Basin, southern Israel, on the basis of cheek teeth  Sayimys negevensis It is a pivotal species that bridges the gap between primitive ctenodactylines and the most derived, Early Miocene and later gundis The paper can be download from PlosOne...

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