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Evolution of vertebrate postcranial complexity: axial skeleton regionalization and paired appendages in a Devonian jawless fish

, 2018
One of the major events in vertebrate evolution involves the transition from jawless (agnathan) to jawed (gnathostome) vertebrates, including a variety of cranial and postcranial innovations.
Zerina Johanson, Cloutier, R., Marion Chevrinais, Richard Cloutier, Morel, C., Kate Trinajstic, Johanson, Z., Claude B. Renaud, Renaud, C., Long, J., Trinajstic, Kate, Catherine Morel, Chevrinais, M., John Long   +13 more
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Victim of an armed conflict?

Archeologické Rozhledy
During rescue excavations at a rural cemetery in Dolany (NW Bohemia) dating to the 11th-12th century, the skeleton of a young male featuring numerous wounds (n=10) of perimortem sharp force trauma was excavated.
Joanna Witan, Barbara Kwiatkowska, Jacek Szczurowski, Milan Sýkora   +3 more
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Form and function in the hominoid tarsal skeleton.

, 2003
This thesis explores form variation in the adult tarsal skeleton of extant and fossil hominoids. Three dimensional coordinate data were obtained from five bones of the foot: the calcaneus, talus, cuboid, navicular and medial cuneiform. The comparative
Harcourt-Smith, WEH
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The extent of homoplasy in the trunk and forelimb of the hominoidea [PDF]

, 2002
For the last century, palaeoprimatologists have questioned whether extant hominoids acquired their hunk and forelimb adaptations (previously interpreted as correlated with forelimb suspension) from a common ancestor, or developed them independently ...
Worthington, Steven
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Disentangling Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Underlying Anuran Postcranial Skeleton Evolution

, 2020
Many extrinsic factors (habitat, biotic interactions, etc.) and intrinsic factors (phylogenetic history, size constraints, etc.) affect the morphological evolution of a lineage, making it difficult to disentangle the effects of any particular factor on ...
Womack, Molly C.
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The early Middle Pleistocene fallow deer Dama roberti: New insight on species morphology from a complete postcranial skeleton from Valdemino (northwestern Italy)

, 2015
A nearly complete fallow deer skeleton from the lower levels (early Middle Pleistocene) of Valdemino Cave (northwestern Italy) is attributed to the recently described Dama roberti Breda and Lister.
BREDA, Marzia
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Postcranial skeleton of a Cretaceous multituberculate mammal Catopsbaatar

, 2008
We describe an incomplete postcranial skeleton of Catopsbaatar catopsaloides from the ?late Campanian red beds of Hermiin Tsav I, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., Hurum, J.H.
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Sexual dimorphism in diaphyseal cross-sectional shape in the Medieval Muslim population of Écija, Spain and Anglo-Saxon Great Chesterford, UK

, 2009
Differences in adult male and female activity patterns may influence levels of sexual dimorphism in physical dimensions, including the cross-sectional shape of long bone diaphyses.
Pomeroy, Emma, Zakrzewski, Sonia R.
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MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF CRANIAL AND POSTCRANIAL SKELETON IN CAVE BEAR (Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller & Heinroth, 1794) FROM LUKINA PEĆINA CAVE AND MEGARA IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Veterinaria, 2013
During the investigation of the Lukina pećina cave (Srednja stijena, Ravan mountain) the bone remains of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller & Heinroth, 1794) were found.
Lada Lukić-Bilela, Jasminko Mulaomerović, Una Tulić, Adi Habul, Almira Softić, Velija Katica   +5 more
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Taxonomic status of the enigmatic salamander Cryptotriton adelos (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from northern Oaxaca, Mexico, with observations on its skull and postcranial skeleton

, 2012
Wake, David B., Rovito, Sean M., Maisano, Jessica A., Hanken, James (2012): Taxonomic status of the enigmatic salamander Cryptotriton adelos (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from northern Oaxaca, Mexico, with observations on its skull and postcranial skeleton.
Wake, David B., Maisano, Jessica A., Rovito, Sean M., Hanken, James   +3 more
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