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Microbial mats in dinosaur ichnocoenoses

open access: yesSedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Until now, the significance of microbial mats in preservation of dinosaur tracks and in reconstructing the palaeoenvironment in which dinosaurs roamed was rarely studied. Dinosaur tracks are commonly found close to ancient aquatic bodies where moist sediment had once allowed footstep registration.
Nora Noffke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis diagenético de tetrápodos del Triásico Superior, Grupo Puesto Viejo, Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Puesto Viejo Group crops out in the San Rafael Block, southwest Mendoza, Argentina. This group is an important unit for the knowledge theTriassic faunas.
de la Fuente, Marcelo Saul   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A systematic review of paper‐based and digital board games for collaborative science learning

open access: yesReview of Education, Volume 13, Issue 3, December 2025.
Abstract This study reviews the literature on board games for collaborative learning in science education, analysing 76 articles from 2000 to 2024. It examines research methodologies, data collection tools, sample sizes, and data analysis methods, focusing on subject areas and types of board games used.
Mohd Kamal Othman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns in the modification of animal and human bones in Iron Age Wessex: revisiting the excarnation debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Social practices concerning the treatment of human and animal remains in the Iron Age have long been a focus of debate in archaeological literature. The absence of evidence of a formal burial rite and the regular retrieval of human remains from ‘special’
Madgwick, Richard
core  

Almost billfish: convergent longirostry, micro‐dentition, and possible glandular sinuses in a large teleost fish from the Upper Cretaceous of Northern Italy

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, Volume 247, Issue 6, Page 1109-1130, December 2025.
A fossil rostrum fragment of a large teleost fish from the Upper Cretaceous of Northern Italy reveals remarkable anatomical convergences with Cenozoic and Recent billfishes (marlins, swordfishes, and akin). The extinct group Plethodidae independently acquired a long snout, micro‐teeth, and oil‐gland sinuses well before the evolution of true billfishes.
Giovanni Serafini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commentary: What's so interesting about sabertooths?

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, Volume 308, Issue 11, Page 2825-2830, November 2025.
Abstract Sabertooth creatures are fascinating to the public and to scientists. This Special Issue on The Anatomy of Sabertooths starts with a discussion of what exactly a sabertooth is, continues with a couple of papers about other animals with extraordinarily long teeth, and then delves into analyses of fossil sabertoothed taxa—some of which are not ...
Adam Hartstone‐Rose   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing Mummification Processes: Egyptian and Inca

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2018
This two-year research project was carried out as part of SUNY Potsdam’s Presidential Scholars program which allows undergraduates to conduct independent research.
Emma J. J. Williams
doaj  

Impacts of Pleistocene extinctions on the biomass and energy use of local mammal assemblages around the world

open access: yesEcography, Volume 2025, Issue 11, November 2025.
Many of the world's megafaunal species went extinct during the late Quaternary, leading to dramatic reductions in community and ecosystem functioning. While the nature and severity of the extinctions are well documented on global and continental scales, less is known about local‐scale impacts.
Benjamin E. Carter, John Alroy
wiley   +1 more source

Human Processing of Rodents in Patagonia: The Relevance of Historical and Ethnographical Data for Archaeological Interpretations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The consumption of small mammals was a widespread practice between indigenous societies worldwide. Modern taphonomic studies carried out upon bone assemblages from archaeological sites in northern Patagonia (Argentina) demonstrate thatCaviomorph rodents ...
Andrade, Analia
core   +1 more source

Seasonal decomposition and the effect of clothing in Cape Town, South Africa

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 70, Issue 6, Page 2183-2197, November 2025.
Abstract Unidentified, unclaimed human remains are a substantial problem in many developing nations, including South Africa. Most forensic cases in Cape Town involve clothed individuals found in thicketed environments. To assist in local medico‐legal death investigations, we gathered taphonomic data on six clothed and four unclothed 60 kg porcine ...
Maximilian J. Spies   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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