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Form, function and evolution of the human hand

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 181, Issue S76, Page 6-57, August 2023., 2023
Abstract The modern human hand is an intriguing mix of primitive morphology and derived function. Traditionally, its form and function are explained as a functional “trade‐off” between the requirements of locomotion and manipulation, but recently acquired comparative, experimental and fossil evidence suggests that this functional trade‐off is more ...
Tracy L. Kivell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pyleoclim: Paleoclimate Timeseries Analysis and Visualization With Python

open access: yesPaleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Volume 37, Issue 10, October 2022., 2022
Abstract We present a Python package geared toward the intuitive analysis and visualization of paleoclimate timeseries, Pyleoclim. The code is open‐source, object‐oriented, and built upon the standard scientific Python stack, allowing users to take advantage of a large collection of existing and emerging techniques.
Deborah Khider   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using functional groups to predict the spatial distribution of large herbivores on the Palaeo‐Agulhas Plain, South Africa, during the Last Glacial Maximum

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 37, Issue 6, Page 1056-1068, August 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT Throughout much of the Quaternary, lower sea levels in the southern Cape of South Africa exposed a different landscape to what we see today, the Palaeo‐Agulhas Plain (PAP). The PAP was dominated by large‐bodied and gregarious grazing species contrasting with the small‐bodied predominantly solitary species we find in the region today.
Christopher F. Brooke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are endocasts reliable proxies for brains? A 3D quantitative comparison of the extant human brain and endocast

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, Volume 238, Issue 2, Page 480-488, February 2021., 2021
Is the endocast a reliable proxy for reconstructing the brain of fossil specimens? By quantitatively comparing extant human brains and endocasts using MRIs and CT‐scans, here we address this fundamental question and support the significance of fossil endocasts in paleoneurological studies.
Jean Dumoncel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

'Muknalia minima' from the Yucatán of Mexico is synonymous with the collared peccary, 'Pecari tajacu' (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae)

open access: yesOpen Quaternary, 2020
Ongoing investigation of peccary remains from fossiliferous deposits in the Yucatán resulted in re-examination of previously identified tayassuid fossils from the region.
Blaine W. Schubert   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons learnt from paleoscience on a possible 1.5–2°C warmer world in the future [PDF]

open access: yesPast Global Change Magazine, 2017
Hubertus Fischer, AC Mix, KJ Meissner
exaly   +2 more sources

Integration of proxies in human–environmental systems: paleoecology, paleoclimatology, and archaeology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Co-developing paleoscience research questions is associated with effective collaboration challenges. We discuss a framework that brings together past socio–environmental processes and proxies to foster future interdisciplinary collaborations.- Quaternary
Benito, X.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Evolutionary modes in protein observable space: the case of Thioredoxins [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this article, we investigated the structural and dynamical evolutionary behaviour of a set of ten thioredoxin proteins as formed by three extant forms and seven resurrected ones in laboratory.
Alba, Josephine   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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