Most molecular phylogenetic studies place all placental mammals into four superordinal
groups, Laurasiatheria (eg dogs, bats, whales), Euarchontoglires (eg humans, rodents …

The mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity
and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely …

Relative brain size has long been considered a reflection of cognitive capacities and has
played a fundamental role in developing core theories in the life sciences. Yet, the notion …

The Cenozoic diversification of placental mammals is the archetypal adaptive radiation. Yet,
discrepancies between molecular divergence estimates and the fossil record fuel ongoing …

Living sloths represent two distinct lineages of small-sized mammals that independently
evolved arboreality from terrestrial ancestors. The six extant species are the survivors of an …

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High-throughput sequencing methods have facilitated obtaining large amounts of data from
degraded DNA, thus resulting in a dramatic increase in destructive sampling requests to …

As evolutionary biologists, we live in exciting and promising times. The material basis of our
science is growing at an unprecedented rate; fossils preserving structures we thought …

With their odd cranial features, glyptodonts, closely related to extant armadillos, are a highly
diverse group of the South American megafauna. Doedicurus, Glyptodon, Panochthus, and …

Many animal species evolved some form of body armor, such as scales of fish and bony
plates or osteoderms of reptiles. Although a protective function is often taken for granted …