It has recently become clear that several human lineages coexisted with Homo sapiens
during the late Middle and Late Pleistocene. Here, we report an archaic human fossil that …

Comparing the pathogen genomes from several cases of an infectious disease has the
potential to help us understand and control outbreaks. Many methods exist to reconstruct a …

Premise The Ocotea complex contains the greatest diversity of Lauraceae in the Neotropics.
However, the traditional taxonomy of the group has relied on only three main floral …

Juniper (Juniperus) is an ecologically important conifer genus of the Northern Hemisphere,
the members of which are often foundational tree species of arid regions. The serrate leaf …

In Bayesian phylogenetic inference, marginal likelihoods can be estimated using several
different methods, including the path-sampling or stepping-stone-sampling algorithms. Both …

Although molecular data have proven indispensable in confidently resolving the phylogeny
of many clades across the tree of life, these data may be inaccessible for certain taxa. The …

Background Speed and trajectory of locomotion are the characteristic traits of individual
species. Locomotion kinematics may have been shaped during evolution towards increased …

Abstract Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) consist of over 2,000 described extant species. A
well-resolved phylogeny of fireflies is important for the study of their population genetics …

Passive agents in ancient Greek exhibit a well-known alternation between dative case and
prepositional phrase. It has long been recognized that grammatical aspect plays a crucial …

The armoured dinosaurs (Thyreophora) are an iconic group of dinosaurs, owing to the
bizarre and eponymous covering of osteoderms on the heads, backs and tails of the …