Several scenarios have been proposed to explain rapid net size increases in some early
Cenozoic mammalian lineages: sustained and gradual directional change, successive …

The distribution of species body size within taxonomic groups exhibits a heavy right tail
extending over many orders of magnitude, where most species are much larger than the …

The extinction of dinosaurs at the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary was the seminal
event that opened the door for the subsequent diversification of terrestrial mammals. Our …

Since the late Pleistocene, large-bodied mammals have been extirpated from much of Earth.
Although all habitable continents once harbored giant mammals, the few remaining species …

Mammals are characterized by the complex adaptations of their dentition, which are an
indication that diet has played a critical role in their evolutionary history. Although much …

The evolutionary histories of major clades, including mammals, often comprise changes in
their diversification dynamics, but how these changes occur remains debated. We combined …

It has long been proposed that pre-modern hominin impacts drove extinctions and shaped
the evolutionary history of Africa's exceptionally diverse large mammal communities, but this …

Abstract The Triassic (252–201 Ma) marks a major punctuation in Earth history, when
ecosystems rebuilt themselves following the devastating Permian-Triassic mass extinction …

One of the major features of the continental Cenozoic faunas of South America is the
presence of native lineages of herbivorous mammals, and among them the largest rep …

In amniotes, the predominant developmental strategy underlying body size evolution is
thought to be adjustments to the rate of growth rather than its duration. However, most …