The Biological Overview Effect: Our Place in Nature [PDF]
While gazing at the Earth from orbit, some astronauts have described a cognitive shift known as the overview effect. Here we describe an analogous biological overview effect produced by looking at the tiny twig of humanity on the tree of life.
Chopra, Aditya, Lineweaver, Charles
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An interdisciplinary approach to the evolution of grasping and manipulation [PDF]
This paper is an introduction to a special issue of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2019, volume 127: issue 3) focused on an interdisciplinary approach to the evolution of grasping and manipulation in tetrapods. Grasping is associated with
Bardo, Ameline, Pouydebat, Emmanuelle
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Enamel Structure in Primates: A Review of Scanning Electron Microscope Studies [PDF]
Comparative studies of dental enamel microstructure have involved three main areas of enquiry, with structural features having been investigated in relation to developmental mechanisms, function and/or phylogeny. The phylogenetic, or taxonomic aspect has
Boyde, A., Grine, F. E., Martin, L. B.
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The successive emergence of ERVL-MaLRs in primates. [PDF]
Zuo Z.
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A new primate assemblage from La Verrerie de Roches (Middle Eocene, Switzerland) [PDF]
Primates reached a great abundance and diversity during the Eocene, favored by warm temperatures and by the development of dense forests throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Becker, Damien+3 more
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Evolutionary Patterns of Intersexual Power. [PDF]
Lewis RJ, Kirk EC, Gosselin-Ildari AD.
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Floristic Inventory of The Proposed Site for Tarsier Tourism Center in Villa Aurora, Bilar, Bohol, Philippines [PDF]
The study assessed the present vegetation composition of the Proposed Site for the Tarsier Tourism Center (PTTC) at Villa Aurora, Bilar, Bohol and performed a comparative analysis with the existing Tarsier Sanctuary (TS) at Canapnapan, Corella, Bohol ...
Abadingo, Jeralyn D+5 more
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Why study fossils? Review of Evolutionary History of the Primates , by Frederick S. Szalay and Eric Delson. New York and London: Academic Press, 1979, 580 pp, $43 [PDF]
No Abstract.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/38421/1/1350010306_ftp ...
Gingerich, Philip D.
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Evolutionary divergence of embryo implantation in primates. [PDF]
Siriwardena D, Boroviak TE.
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A scoping review of systematic reviews on environmental effects of sunscreen ingredients. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment [PDF]
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Asmyhr, Maria Gulbrandsen+12 more
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