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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 IntroductionThe end Pleistocene was a time of considerable ecological upheaval. Recent work has explored the megafauna extinction’s role in altering ecosystem processes.
Melissa I. Pardi +4 more
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Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 A new species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America, Mammut pacificus sp. nov. is herein recognized, with specimens identified throughout California and from two localities in southern Idaho.
Alton C. Dooley Jr +5 more
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eLife, 2021 The risk of developing cancer is correlated with body size and lifespan within species. Between species, however, there is no correlation between cancer and either body size or lifespan, indicating that large, long-lived species have evolved enhanced ...
Juan M Vazquez, Vincent J Lynch
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Proboscidean mitogenomics: chronology and mode of elephant evolution using mastodon as outgroup.
PLoS Biology, 2007 We have sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of the extinct American mastodon (Mammut americanum) from an Alaskan fossil that is between 50,000 and 130,000 y old, extending the age range of genomic analyses by almost a complete glacial cycle.
Nadin Rohland +5 more
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Nature Communications, 2020 Pleistocene population dynamics can inform the consequences of current climate change. This phylogeography of 35 complete American mastodon mitochondrial genomes suggests distinct lineages in this species repeatedly expanded northwards and then went ...
Emil Karpinski +18 more
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Text Matters, 2015 Although primarily known as a portrait painter, Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) also possessed a profound interest in natural history. Indeed, Peale eventually founded the first natural history museum in the United States, and, during the end of the ...
Bryan J. Zygmont
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A new Mammutidae (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Gansu Province, China
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2016 The "Yanghecun specimen", a proboscidean specimen represented by a mandible from Miocene of China and previously described as Gomphotheriidae, is here reviewed and described as a new genus and species of Mammutidae: Sinomammut tobieni.
DIMILA MOTHÉ +4 more
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Territorializing/decolonizing South American prehistory: Pedra Furada and the Cerutti Mastodon
Tapuya, 2019 South American rock art and prehistory with all its controversies is a rich site for exploring the processes of territorialization through which humans shape their understanding of the world in their earliest movements through the environment, and also ...
David Turnbull
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Estudios Geologicos, 2011 [fr] Les spécimens qui ont permis à Cuvier de décrire le «mastodonte à dents étroites» en 1806, dénommé par lui Mastodon angustidens en 1817, sont révisés.
P. Tassy, U. B. Göhlich
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Labour pains: Content moderation challenges in Mastodon growth
Internet Policy ReviewAfter Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, the number of users on the alternative social media platform Mastodon rose dramatically. The sudden influx of new users posed several challenges to content moderation distinct from those in large ...
Charlotte Spencer-Smith, Tales Tomaz
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