Recently-developed, molecularly-based phylogenies of geckos have provided the basis for
reassessing the number of times adhesive toe-pads have arisen within the Gekkota. At …

Body size and body-size shifts broadly impact life-history parameters of all animals, which
has made accurate body-size estimates for extinct taxa an important component of …

The purpose of this paper is to offer an initial theory, timeline, and taxonomy for discussing
and researching the evolution of types of organizations and the concomitant context they …

Changes in lifestyles and body weight affected mammal life-history evolution but little is
known about how they shaped species' sensory systems. Since auditory sensitivity impacts …

Contemporary comparative cognition has a large repertoire of animal models and methods,
with concurrent theoretical advances that are providing initial answers to crucial questions …

Objectives We expand upon a multivariate mixed model from quantitative genetics in order
to estimate the magnitude of climate effects in a global sample of recent human crania. In …

Avian species vary in their visual system configuration, but previous studies have often
compared single visual traits between two to three distantly related species. However, birds …

In the Rhône Valley's Middle Neolithic gathering site of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (France),
the positioning of two females within a structure aligned with the solstices is atypical. Their …

Traditionally, biological times (gestation period, longevity) are proposed to scale to body
mass M as M0. 25. Although phylogeny-informed statistics have become widespread, it is …

Lemurs, the diverse, endemic primates of Madagascar, are thought to represent a classic
example of adaptive radiation. Based on the most complete phylogeny of living and extinct …