The formation of the Isthmus of Panama stands as one of the greatest natural events of the
Cenozoic, driving profound biotic transformations on land and in the oceans. Some recent …

▪ Abstract Anthropoidea is a clade of primates including Platyrrhini and Catarrhini. Definitive
fossil anthropoids include the early Oligocene Propliopithecidae and the late Eocene–early …

Abstract The Caatinga Domain (CD) in northeastern Brazil harbors the largest and most
continuous expanse of the seasonally dry tropical forest and woodland biome (SDTFW) in …

Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic
sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and …

The long-term isolation of South America during most of the Cenozoic produced a highly
peculiar terrestrial vertebrate biota, with a wide array of mammal groups, among which …

Recent fossil discoveries in Western Amazonia revealed that two distinct anthropoid primate
clades of African origin colonized South America near the Eocene/Oligocene transition (ca …

This review brings together evidence on the monophyly and ages of angiosperm lineages
ranging across the tropical Atlantic with data on the direction, strength, and speed of sea …

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …

Abstract Geckos in the Western Hemisphere provide an excellent model to study faunal
assembly at a continental scale. We generated a time‐calibrated phylogeny, including …

The Guajá are a Tupi-Guarani speaking, traditional foraging people living in western
Maranhão, Brazil. I spent approximately fifteen months among the Guajá between February …