Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology. [PDF]
Scott M, Gamble JA, Brown CM, Brink KS.
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The 9+ month marathon: How pregnancy may have shaped human endurance capacities
Abstract Anthropology has long considered the evolution of our uniquely human endurance capacities to be the result of selection upon anatomical and physiological features imposed by the demands of thermoregulation and resource acquisition, particularly during the demands of persistence hunting. Research has focused on the anatomical changes present in
Cara Ocobock
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Dataset of tooth size measurements from the deciduous dentitions of 52 Spanish children. A reference collection for science. [PDF]
Martínez de Pinillos M +2 more
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The mechanism of labor in nonhuman primates: A look inside
Abstract While in humans, the flexed position of the fetus and its rotating course down the birth canal are well documented, in other primates the mechanism of labor is unknown. Despite the lack of comparative data, it is commonly assumed that the human obstetric mechanism is unique, and anthropologists have disputed when and why the transition to the ...
Melissa K. Stoller
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Reply to Bourguignon et al.: Convergence is a plausible hypothesis for Quina technology in East Asia. [PDF]
Ruan QJ +8 more
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Abstract The claspers are the copulatory organs in male elasmobranchs, responsible for directing the semen into the female cloaca (C). However, the microscopic morphology of the claspers remains poorly understood. This study describes the morphology of the claspers and clasper glands (CGs) of cururu stingray (Potamotrygon wallacei) at different ...
Matheus Samuel Cunha Braga +4 more
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Promising Practices in Implementing Interventions for Health Worker Burnout: Preventing and Addressing Burnout. [PDF]
Corrente M +8 more
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Abstract Prozostrodon brasiliensis, a probainognathian cynodont of the clade Prozostrodontia, is recognized as a key taxon for understanding the origin of Mammaliaformes and mammals. Despite detailed investigations of its cranial anatomy, the postcranial skeleton has received comparatively less attention.
Iasmim M. Michelotti +4 more
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Two new soil-inhabiting fungi, <i>Malbranchea cavernicola</i> (Onygenales, Malbrancheaceae) and <i>Talaromyces pangmaphaensis</i> (Eurotiales, Trichocomaceae), from a cave in northern Thailand. [PDF]
Zhang GQ +8 more
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Abstract The cortical bone structure of long bone diaphyses changes throughout growth via skeletal modeling and has important implications for bone strength and structural integrity. Ontogenetic trends in diaphyseal structure have been identified in both chimpanzees and humans but it is not yet clear how these trends compare given notable differences ...
Karen R. Swan +3 more
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