AaRCTikTalks January 2025

Interview to our November AaRCTikTalks speakers Marianne Dehasque and Ophelie Lebrasseur

January 2025

Redefining the demise and extinction of the woolly mammoth

The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was a greatly successful species characteristic of the Pleistocene megafauna in Eurasia, roaming around the whole northern part of the continent for millennia [1], reaching up to Mediterranean seashores during their highest expansion range [2], and even migrating to the American continent and again back to Eurasia through the Bering land bridge due to sea level downfall during the last Ice Age [3]. The causes of their final disappearance, first from continental mainland and subsequently from their last northern Arctic refugia remain, however, debated. Dr. Marianne Dehasque shared with us one of her last research studies where she tried to elucidate what happened to the last woolly mammoths at the genomic level [4]. In this way, we can learn unvaluable lessons of how near-extinction events affect animal populations in the present, and improve conservation efforts to preserve endangered species.

AaRCTikTalks November 2024

The Quagga Qonference

We welcome our new Steering Committee Members!

We are happy to announce that the AaRC Steering Committee has changed its composition. Four new members have been added to the engagement team after the open call for candidates, all with interesting proposals for the future of AaRC. The new members are: