Mammals (class Mammalia) have evolved diverse craniofacial morphology to adapt to a
wide range of ecological niches. However, the genetic and developmental mechanisms …

There is evidence for early Pleistocene Homo in northern Europe, a novel hominin habitat.
Adaptations enabling this colonisation are intriguing given suggestions that Homo exhibits …

Background The evolutionary history of the Old World monkey tribe Papionini comprising the
genera Macaca, Mandrillus, Cercocebus, Lophocebus, Theropithecus, Rungwecebus and …

There are a number of ecogeographical “rules” that describe patterns of geographical
variation among organisms. The island rule predicts that populations of larger mammals on …

Despite the accumulating evidence suggesting the importance of phenotypic plasticity in
diversification and adaptation, little is known about plastic variation in primate skulls. The …

Objectives To investigate whether the Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico (Latitude: 18.1564° N;
temperature range 19° C to 32° C) rhesus macaque population has acclimated to their …

Objectives Geographic variation is an important feature among primates, but the
mechanisms underlying it are not well understood. Macaques are geographically …

Recent advances in 3D technology have led to the increasing use of virtual methods of data
collection in archaeology, including the use of computed tomography (CT) and portable …

To understand human evolution it is critical to clarify which adaptations enabled our
colonisation of novel ecological niches. For any species climate is a fundamental source of …

Objectives Limb length and trunk proportions are determined in a large, taxonomically and
environmentally diverse sample of gorillas and related to variation in locomotion, climate …