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Critical innovations in the assembly of the modern flight apparatus in Early Cretaceous birds. [PDF]

iScience
Wu Q, Stidham TA, O'Connor JK, Bailleul AM, Zhou Z, Li Z.   +5 more
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Range-weighted branch length difference (RWiBaLD), a new method for distinguishing meso-endemism from neo-endemism and paleo-endemism. [PDF]

PLoS One
Mishler BD, Knerr N, Miller JT, Thornhill AH, Laffan SW.   +4 more
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Harnessing the benefits of herbarium specimen digitisation for inferring recent and ongoing plant extinctions

New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 2, Page 677-688, July 2026.
Summary Evidence for the ongoing biodiversity crisis rests on assessment of a small fraction of described species, with major knowledge gaps for most organisms, including plants. Here, we highlight how digitised herbarium specimens can be used to accelerate and improve estimates of recent and ongoing plant extinctions.
Aelys M. Humphreys, Diana O. Fisher, Naomi A. Witts, Daniele Silvestro, Alexandre Antonelli   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying variation in dinosaur footprints and classifying problematic specimens via unbiased unsupervised machine learning. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Hartmann G, Blakesley T, dePolo PE, Brusatte SL.   +3 more
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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1073-1090, June 2026.
ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott, Julia A. Gamble, Caleb Marshall Brown, Kirstin S. Brink   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1406-1462, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz, Maja Mielke, Stephan Handschuh, Anthony Herrel, Patrick Lemell, Léa Da Cunha, Nicolai Konow   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the taxonomy of Dmanisi hominin fossils through dental crown area. [PDF]

PLoS One
Nery V, Neves W, Valota L, Hubbe M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1582-1605, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Is the Acheulean?

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Acheulean represents the longest cultural period known to human history, lasting globally for more than 1.75 million years. It may have emerged as early as 1.95 Ma in Africa, spreading throughout much of the continent and then into Eurasia and lasting up to 350–200 ka in western Europe and South Asia, and even later in eastern Asia ...
Marie‐Helene Moncel, Carolina Cucart‐Mora, Marta Arzarello, Nick Ashton, Javier Baena, Deborah Barsky, Ignacio de la Torre, Nena Galanidou, Paula García‐Medrano, Christine Hertler, Gadi Herzlinger, Thomas Ingicco, Hao Li, Dongdong Ma, Marina Mosquera, Andreu Ollé, Shanti Pappu, Shuwen Pei, Chun Tian, Wei Wang, Christopher J. Bae   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geochronological insights of middle miocene primates and vertebrate fauna of Ramnagar (J&K, India): Integrating litho- and magnetostratigraphy. [PDF]

PLoS One
Choudhary D, Gilbert CC, Campisano CJ, Peppe DJ, Arif M, Singh SP, Tesfay K, Patel BA, Wazir WA, Kumar R, Phartiyal B, Singh NP, Sharma KM, Patnaik R.   +13 more
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