The extant diversity of the avian clade Palaeognathae is composed of the iconic flightless
ratites (ostriches, rheas, kiwi, emus, and cassowaries), and the volant tinamous of Central …

Abstract Ostriches (Struthionidae) are iconic Old-World giant flightless birds. The two living
African species represent only a small part of ancient struthionid diversity, which comprises …

New evidence is presented for the earliest occurrence of ostrich (Struthio sp.) in India during
the Late Pleistocene along with a synthesis on the evidence for ostrich populations in the …

Fossil bird data (community composition and taphonomic profiles) are used here to infer the
environmental context of the Oldowan-Acheulean transitional period at Olduvai Gorge …

The results of the analysis of the bird assemblage from Member 2 of the Paranthropus
robustus type-locality of Kromdraai are presented here, and the data are used to infer the …

Abstract Middle Miocene deposits at Maboko Island in the Nyanza Rift of Western Kenya (~
15–14 Ma) have yielded a rich fossil mammalian record that documents a mid-Miocene …

Abstract The Early to Middle Pleistocene continental transition in East Africa is widely
documented from lacustrine and deep-sea records, although significant insights are also …

The fossil assemblage presented here has been discovered since April 2014 and comes
mainly from KB Member 2, one of the two oldest fossil-bearing stratigraphic units known thus …

Ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis of extinct ratite species is of considerable interest as it
provides important insights into their origin, evolution, paleogeographical distribution and …

The 5.1 million year old fossil site of Langebaanweg (LBW) has provided a wealth of
information on the evolution of west coast ecosystems along the southern west coast of …