For the scientific colloquium held at the MNHN around the restitution of the french collections of Maorie Heads to New Zealand, my colleague Phillip Endicott and I give a short report conference avoub our molecular study of the collection of the maori heads to be restituted to Te Papa Museum. We make a French/English conference [...]

Today, I was interviewed for a report in the French national TV news (France 2, journal de 20H) about thepossibility of ressurecting ancient life forms like the mammoth. Difficult to go through the issue in 3′, so that in the end, through the cuts, I manage to say that we can’t do it and it [...]

Today, for the second consecutive year, I give a lecture on the theme of Paleogenomics for the UDV1 class of the Master (1st year) of the Museum. Learn more about this lecture in the Teaching section.

Gaël, Marc and I have been pretty busy talking with SAIAB and Isimangaliso Reserve about our current project on coelacanths. That offered us a nice trip in South African lands. If everything works through, I should be able to let you know more about it soon.

Third and last episode of the mammoth story in Neopodia, Le savoir à emporter. I guess I could not escape the “cloning” topic! In case you’d experience issues with vizualizing this video, check it out directly from Neopodia.

Second slice of the three-episodes show dedicated to the mammoth in Neopodia, Le savoir à emporter. Not only do we currently find more and more mammoth carcasses, but we also know better what to do out of them, on molecular grounds.

Here is another Russian TV report of our field mission on Wrangel Island between August and September. You’ll see us dig out one of the two large complete tusks we found on our first hunt day. Don’t expect me to do the translation. I hope their comments are not too nasty against us!

Here is the first TV report about our recent expedition on Wrangel Island, by Russian media who joined us there. A quite long report that lets you appreciate the scenery and the sort of shoe-gazing-wanders-kind-of-work we had there.

A show in three episodes dedicated to the mammoth in Neopodia, Le savoir à emporter. Here is the first episode, dedicated to the presentation of the mammoths among the elephants.

Marylène Patou-Mathis, Bernard Buigues and myself were today the guests of Julie Gacon for the broadcast program Contre-Expertise on France Culture. Listen to the program in full there.