When lingulid brachiopods became infaunal(?) – perspectives from the morphological and anatomical information [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023 Morphology usually serves as an effective proxy for functional ecology, and the evaluation of morphological, anatomical, and ecological changes allows for a deeper understanding of the nature of diversification and macroevolution.
Yue Liang +8 more
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Timing of poverty in childhood and adolescent health: Evidence from the US and UK [PDF]
, 2018 Childhood poverty is associated with poorer adolescent health and health behaviours, but the importance of the timing of poverty remains unclear.
Crosnoe, Robert +4 more
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Can environmental conditions experienced in early life influence future generations? [PDF]
, 2014 The consequences of early developmental conditions for performance in later life are now subjected to convergent interest from many different biological sub-disciplines.
Burton, Tim, Metcalfe, Neil B.
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An encrusting kleptoparasite-host interaction from the early Cambrian
Nature Communications, 2020 Parasitic interactions are difficult to document in the fossil record. Here, Zhang et al. analyze a large population of a Cambrian brachiopod and show it was frequently encrusted by tubes aligned to its feeding currents and that encrustation was ...
Zhifei Zhang +8 more
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Interpreting the evidence on life cycle skill formation [PDF]
, 2005 This paper presents economic models of child development that capture the essence of recent findings from the empirical literature on skill formation.
Cunha, F. +3 more
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Ontogeny and brooding strategy of the early Cambrian arthropod Isoxys minor from the Qingjiang biota
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 †Isoxys is a worldwide distributed bivalved arthropod known almost exclusively from Cambrian Burgess Shale-type Lagerstätten. Outline analyses using 34 specimens of the iconic large bivalved arthropod †Isoxys minor from the Cambrian Stage 3 (~518 Ma ...
Jiaxin Ma +7 more
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The Persistent Southern Disadvantage in Us Early Life Mortality, 1965‒2014 [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Recent studies of US adult mortality demonstrate a growing disadvantage among southern states. Few studies have examined long-term trends and geographic patterns in US early life (ages 1 to 24) mortality, ages at which key risk factors and ...
Braudt, David B. +6 more
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Distinguishing borings and burrows in intraclasts [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023 Hardgrounds are surfaces of synsedimentarily cemented carbonate beds that form at or near the seafloor. They are concentrated in particular periods of the geological record and their presence is closely linked to main climatic and biological events.
Yazhou Hu +5 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 The Guanshan Biota (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) is a typical Burgess Shale-type biota and is one of the most significant Cambrian Konservat-Lagerstätten from China.
Yichen Wu +5 more
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The morphological disparity, ecological evolution and palaeobiogeography of Palaeozoic hyoliths [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023 Hyolitha is a group of extinct invertebrates, the most dominant benthic animals within the Cambrian evolutionary fauna and forming a part of the Palaeozoic evolutionary fauna.
Fan Liu +5 more
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