Neoecology and paleoecology both seek to answer the same questions, albeit using
different material, at different time scales and with different limitations. Nevertheless, too …

For much of their history, fossil apes retained many monkey-like features in posture and
body structure. They also occupied a range of habitats, of which tropical forest was only a …

Recent studies have shown that phytoliths are softer than dental enamel but still act as
abrasive agents. Thus, phytolith content should be reflected in dental wear. Because native …

Global climate shifts and ecological flexibility are two major factors that may affect rates of
speciation and extinction across clades. Here, we connect past climate to changes in diet …

The revolution in morphometrics over the last 20 years has largely been in shape analysis
methods that explicitly encode shape. These methods, which include Fourier outline shape …

Experimental approaches are often used to better understand the mechanisms behind and
consequences of post-mortem alteration on proxies for diet reconstruction. Dental microwear …

Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is a common wear proxy using dental wear
features to reconstruct diet in extant and extinct taxa. Dietary reconstructions of extinct …

A biostratigraphic evaluation of the Indian subcontinent Neogene–Quaternary mammal
genera at 1 Ma intervals reveals a strong correlation between faunal turnovers (first and last …

The modern vegetation of East Africa is a complex mosaic of rainforest patches; small
islands of tropic‐alpine vegetation; extensive savannas, ranging from almost pure grassland …

Reconstructions of habitat at sites like Kanapoi are key to understanding the environmental
circumstances in which hominins evolved during the early Pliocene. While Australopithecus …