Michael Buchwitz

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Does "Big history" as an exhibition/ education concept work for natural history or mixed museums?

Do you have any experience with big history/ universal history exhibitions as well as courses for high school classes, especially:- comparison of natural and cultural processes which work at...

20 December 2014 9,220 8 View

Classification of bovine atlases: Bos primigenius or Bison priscus or either or neither?

The two atlases from Late Pleistocene gravel deposits of the Magdeburg region, northern Germany, have been assigned to the auerochs (Bos primigenius) but look quite different. Are there any...

22 April 2014 8,781 3 View

Classfication of elephant molars from Middle/Late Pleistocene gravel pits: Mammuthus trogontherii vs. Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus

Looking at a collection of molars from Middle Pleistocene (Saalian) to Late Pleistocene (Weichselian) gravel pits of northern Germany, I found some that are clearly distinct from the usual...

10 January 2014 8,920 3 View

Is the 1800 to 2000 increase in global human population linked to the successes of medicine and hygienic measures?

... or are the increasing supply of food and access to natural ressources (e.g. through technological advances) the only relevant/ statistically significant driving factors? From which year on...

29 July 2013 3,523 4 View

Are 'transitional fossils' ('missing links') and/or 'living fossils' still useful concepts for teaching evolution?

Preparing a refresher/training course 'Palaeontology in the 21st Century' for highschool biology teachers I wonder how to deal with these somewhat outdated concepts. Should they still be used...

24 February 2013 5,957 32 View