Large datasets are increasingly common and are often difficult to interpret. Principal
component analysis (PCA) is a technique for reducing the dimensionality of such datasets …

The ecological diversification of early mammals is one of the most globally transformative
events in Earth's history and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (KTR) and end …

Plastic debris in the marine environment is widely documented, but the quantity of plastic
entering the ocean from waste generated on land is unknown. By linking worldwide data on …

How consciousness appeared much earlier in evolutionary history than is commonly
assumed, and why all vertebrates and perhaps even some invertebrates are conscious …

Geometric morphometrics (GM) and finite element analysis (FEA) are increasingly common
techniques for the study of form and function. We show how principles of quantitative …

Neoecology and paleoecology both seek to answer the same questions, albeit using
different material, at different time scales and with different limitations. Nevertheless, too …

Dietary information of fossil mammals can be revealed via the analysis of tooth morphology,
tooth wear, tooth geochemistry, and the microscopic wear patterns on tooth surfaces …

As one of the earliest-known mammaliaforms, Haramiyavia clemmenseni from the Rhaetic
(Late Triassic) of East Greenland has held an important place in understanding the timing of …

Jaw morphology is closely linked to both diet and biomechanical performance, and jaws are
one of the most common Mesozoic mammal fossil elements. Knowledge of the dietary and …

A new docodontan mammaliaform from the Middle Jurassic of China has skeletal features
for climbing and dental characters indicative of an omnivorous diet that included plant sap …