Over the last 50 years, access to new data and analytical tools has expanded the study of
analytical paleobiology, contributing to innovative analyses of biodiversity dynamics over …

Fossils provide our only direct window into evolutionary events in the distant past.
Incorporating them into phylogenetic hypotheses of living clades can help time-calibrate …

Fungi are integral to well-functioning ecosystems, and their broader impact on Earth systems
is widely acknowledged. Fossil evidence from the Rhynie Chert (Scotland, UK) shows that …

Recent advances in statistical approaches called phylogenetic comparative methods
(PCMs) have provided paleontologists with a powerful set of analytical tools for investigating …

Evolutionary timescales can be inferred by molecular-clock analyses of genetic data and
fossil evidence. Bayesian phylogenetic methods such as tip dating provide a powerful …

Understanding spatial variation in origination and extinction can help to unravel the
mechanisms underlying macroevolutionary patterns. Although methods have been …

Morphological data are a fundamental source of evidence to reconstruct the Tree of Life, and
Bayesian phylogenetic methods are increasingly being used for this task. Bayesian …

Simulations provide valuable insights into the patterns and processes of evolution, and the
performance of analytical methods used to investigate empirical data (Barido-Sottani et al …

Aim Factors that make species resilient to climate change can be difficult to study with
empirical data because conditions cannot be experimentally controlled. We used trait‐based …

Simulations are powerful tools for investigating evolutionary questions. Statistical methods
for the analysis of diversification and fossil sampling rates require extensive testing through …