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The fossil record stays silent: Confusions and conundrums for hominin pelvis evolution

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The evolution of the hominin pelvis is commonly modeled as a series of stages driven largely by the requirements of bipedal locomotion, reproduction, thermoregulation, and pelvic floor muscular support. These patterns are complicated by variation in canal dimensions in relationship with different changes in overall pelvic breadths. To quantify
Helen K. Kurki, Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of the late Quaternary activity of the littoral fault zone at the Northern Jiangsu province in China

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
It has been accepted that a littoral fault zone (LFZ) exists at the Northern Jiangsu Province, but its geometric distribution and the late Quaternary activity are still controversial. In this study, to constrain its late Quaternary activity, we collected
Haomin Ji, Haomin Ji, Zhikun Ren, Zhikun Ren, Menghao Zhu, Menghao Zhu, Wei Min, Wei Min, Jinrui Liu, Jinrui Liu, Yingci Feng, Yingci Feng   +11 more
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Historical birth records from 1896 to 1944 from the Basel maternity hospital, Switzerland, reveal significant obstetric selection pressures

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert, Guillermo Bravo Morante, Viktoria A. Krenn, Cédric Cordey, Nicole Torres‐Tamayo, Kaspar Staub, Nicole M. Webb, Martin Haeusler   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Osteohistological evidence for terrestrial adaptation and an extended growth period in mekosuchine crocodylians and its potential role in their extinction

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Australasian crocodylian fossil record is dominated by the extinct endemic clade Mekosuchinae, with known members spanning the Eocene‐to‐Holocene. This diverse clade exhibited high morphological disparity, from early members superficially similar to Crocodylus, to more terrestrial forms later in the clade's evolutionary history.
Devin K. Hoffman, Cecily S. C. Nicholl, Oliver Bradley, Sreya Magar, Marie Sofia Sebaratnam, Alexandra Houssaye, Ryan N. Felice, Adam M. Yates, Stephen F. Poropat, Philip D. Mannion   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Short-tailed mice with a long fossil record: the genus Leggadina (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Quaternary of Queensland, Australia [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
The genus Leggadina (colloquially known as ‘short-tailed mice’) is a common component of Quaternary faunas of northeastern Australia. They represent a member of the Australian old endemic murid radiation that arrived on the continent sometime during the ...
Jonathan Cramb, Gilbert J. Price, Scott A. Hocknull   +2 more
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Redescription of the cranial morphology of Amphisbaena braestrupi and Amphisbaena laurenti (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Pleistocene of Brazil using x‐ray computed tomography

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Amphisbaenians (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) are fossorial reptiles with highly specialized cranial morphology, yet their fossil record is frequently limited by fragmentary preservation. This study provides a detailed osteological redescription of the skulls of Amphisbaena braestrupi and Amphisbaena laurenti from the Pleistocene of Lagoa Santa ...
Carolina L. Paiva, Henrique C. Costa, Christy A. Hipsley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Human Tibia from Broken Hill, Kabwe, Zambia.

PaleoAnthropology, 2009
In 1921, one of the most complete pre-Late Pleistocene human tibiae was discovered at Broken Hill, Kabwe, Zam-bia, apparently directly associated with the Broken Hill 1 cranium. Currently dated to the middle or earlier Middle Pleistocene, the Broken Hill
Erik Trinkaus
doaj  

Quaternary sedimentary sequence and sedimentary environment restoration in the Jinzhong Basin, Fenhe Rift Valley

Dizhi lixue xuebao, 2021
Jinzhong Basin is a Cenozoic intracontinental faulted sedimentary basin located in the middle of Fen-Wei graben system. Our study aims to identify the Quaternary sedimentary sequence and reveal the Quaternary sedimentary environmental evolution of the ...
QIN Bangce, FANG Weixuan, ZHANG Jianguo, JIA Runxing, XIAO Wenjin   +4 more
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First Record of Tasmanian Devils in the Pilbara: Late Quaternary Subfossils From Juukan Gorge, Puutu Kunti Kurrama Country, and Insights Into Human—Faunal Relationships and Extinction

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the first unequivocal evidence for the presence of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) in the Pilbara region of northwestern Australia, based on material recovered from archaeological excavations at Juukan Gorge on Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura country.
Timothy J. Churchill, Michael Slack, Elise Matheson, Liam Neill, Wanchese M. Saktura, Gavin Ashburton   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Handaxes and leafpoints industries in the Middle Palaeolithic in northern France: state of knowledge on contexts, chronostratigraphy, typo-technology considerations and their meanings

UISPP Journal, 2021
In north-eastern France, the recent phases of the Middle Palaeolithic are characterized by lithic facies without bifaces or with bifaces and very rarely with isolated leafpoint artefacts associated with debitage. Bifaces are tools which are found in very
Agnès Lamotte, Philippe Feray, Laurent Deschodt, Pascal Depaepe, Jean-Luc Locht, Pierre Antoine, Thomas Desmadryl   +6 more
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