The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth and paratympanic sinuses, and the presence of additional snout sinuses.
Paul M. J. Burke, Philip D. Mannion
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Case Study: A Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). [PDF]
Santamaria F +5 more
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The MacBrain Resource Center (MBRC) postnatal rhesus macaque brain histology datasets are organized into Collections that promote cost‐effective de novo research. This article provides examples from Collections 5, 6, and 7 and describes the histo‐ and immunohistochemical (IHC) processing of materials for Collection 6.
Valeria Mendoza‐Silva +19 more
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Ostensive communication in great apes: The evolution of Gricean intent
I discuss the evolution of ostensive behaviours (behaviours that display the communicative intent to influence others through the perception of signals and actions addressed to them). Ostensive communication evolved out of evolutionary adaptations to the challenges and opportunities created by the evolutionary scenario of the meeting of ...
Juan Carlos Gómez
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Arboreal Behavior of Captive Acacia Rats <i>Thallomys paedulcus</i> (Rodentia: Muridae). [PDF]
Youlatos D +3 more
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The Formosan Black Bear and Taiwanese Nationalism
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that situates nations and nationalism within colonial relations, this article examines nationalism in settler‐colonial Taiwan amid China's colonial claim to sovereignty. Drawing on interviews, conservation documents and popular representations, we show how the Formosan black bear became a national symbol of resistance ...
Yung‐Ying Chang, John Chung‐En Liu
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Pregnancy- and age-associated variation in serum dehydroepiandrosterone concentrations in black and white rhinoceroses. [PDF]
Arbogast DM +6 more
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How Theists Can Answer the “Why be Moral?” Question: An Indirect Reason‐Generation Account
ABSTRACT In this paper, I give a new type of theistic answer to the “Why be moral?” question. After briefly clarifying the version of the question I'm concerned with, as well as extant theistic answers to the question, I argue for a new kind of answer. Roughly, while on standard answers, future (post death) benefits directly generate present reason to ...
Justin Morton
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Historical and contemporary genomes of an endangered rodent reveal shifts in environmentally associated genes. [PDF]
Funk ER, Curry CJ, Shier DM, Wilder AP.
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Enclosures with flexible structures stimulate species-typical locomotion, but not locomotion quantity, in zoo-housed Bornean orangutans (<i>Pongo pygmaeus</i>). [PDF]
Geijtenbeek JW, van den Berg L, Roth T.
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