Odkrycie pra-walenia sprzed 38 milionów lat na Lubelszczyźnie / dr Daniel Tyborowski

Dr. Daniel Tyborowski's lecture as part of the Paleontological Evenings series at the Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw [May 27, 2026] Did ancient cetaceans once swim in what is now Poland? Recent paleontological discoveries show that they did. A fragment of the mandible of a proto-cetacean, dating back approximately 38 million years, has been discovered in an amber mine in the Lublin region. This is the first confirmed find of an Eocene cetacean in Poland and one of the most important discoveries concerning ancient marine mammals in our region. In his lecture, Dr. Daniel Tyborowski discusses the significance of this find for research on the evolution of cetaceans. The discovered individual lived during the Eocene Epoch, a time when the ancestors of modern whales, dolphins, and porpoises were undergoing one of the most fascinating transitions in the history of life on Earth: from land animals to fully aquatic marine mammals. About 38 million years ago, the area of ​​today's Lublin region was under the waters of a warm, shallow sea. A diverse range of marine organisms lived there, including sharks, fish, and ancient cetaceans. The discovered jaw fragment indicates an animal similar in size to a modern dolphin, likely reaching about two meters in length. The find is significant not only because it comes from Poland. It shows that Eocene cetaceans also occurred in Central Europe, and that ancient migration routes for these animals may have passed through what is now Poland. Such discoveries allow scientists to better reconstruct the history of ancient seas, environmental changes, and the evolution of marine mammals. The lecture is a story about paleontological investigation: how a single bone fragment can reveal information about an ancient animal, its habitat, and its place in evolutionary history. It also demonstrates that important discoveries about the history of life on Earth can still be made in Poland. Dr. Daniel Tyborowski is a paleobiologist, geologist, evolutionist, academic teacher, and science popularizer. His research focuses on the evolution, functional morphology, histology, and paleoecology of secondary aquatic vertebrates, particularly marine reptiles and cetaceans. Since 2024, he has been a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Historical, Regional Geology, and Paleontology at the Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw. His research includes the evolution and dietary specializations of marine tetrapods, including ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, and cetaceans. History of the Earth Playlist -    • dr Daniel Tyborowski - Dzieje Ziemi i Wiec...   Join us for Paleontological Evenings with Dr. Daniel Tyborowski! We also invite you to support Dr. Tyborowski's scientific work via https://patronite.pl/tyborowski If you would like to support Wszechnica in continuing to create content and organize further #rozmowyWszechnicy, you can: 1. Become a Patron of Wszechnica FWW at https://patronite.pl/wszechnicafww Through the Patronite portal, you can support the creation of the #rozmowyWszechnicy series not only with kind words but also financially. As a Patron, you contribute regular monthly amounts to Wszechnica's account, and thanks to your support, we can continue to develop our activities. As a thank you, we have small rewards for you. 2. You can support us by shopping through Fanimani.pl - https://tiny.pl/d9wz-p96 If you shop online, you can support us for free. On average, 2.5% of every purchase will go to Wszechnica. If you start using FaniMani.pl, you pay nothing extra! 3. You can make a donation for our statutory purposes by traditional bank transfer. Donations for the Rural Development Foundation can be made to account number: 33 1600 1462 1808 7033 4000 0001 Rural Development Foundation Find us:    / wszechnicafww     / wszechnicafww1   https://anchor.fm/wszechnicaorgpl---h... https://anchor.fm/wszechnica-fww-nauka https://wszechnica.org.pl/ #dinosaurs #paleontology #paleobiology #prehistory #historyoftheearth #geologyuw #tyborowski #evolution #paleontology #cetaceans #prehistory #DanielTyborowski #Lublin Region #Eocene #evolution #fossils #geology #lifehistory #marinemammals #Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw #PaleontologicalEvenings #science #University