The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an
informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental …

Recent fossil discoveries in Western Amazonia revealed that two distinct anthropoid primate
clades of African origin colonized South America near the Eocene/Oligocene transition (ca …

There have been multiple published phylogenetic analyses of platyrrhine primates (New
World monkeys) using both morphological and molecular data, but relatively few that have …

Molecular phylogenetic studies that have included sirenians from the genera Trichechus,
Dugong, and Hydrodamalis have resolved their interrelationships but have yielded …

Abstract The Itaboraí Basin, located in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has preserved one of
the most important early Eocene vertebrate assemblages of the Southern Hemisphere …

Although the evolutionary history of anthropoid primates (monkeys, apes, and humans)
appears relatively well‐documented, there is limited data available regarding their origins …

Phylogenies with estimates of divergence times are essential for investigating many
evolutionary questions. In principle,“tip-dating” is arguably the most appropriate approach …

Hystricognath rodents arrived in South America from Africa during the Paleogene. The
oldest South American rodents (Caviomorpha) were intensively studied in recent years. One …

Reproductive specializations in caviomorphs (infraorder Hystricognathi), are very peculiar
within the Order Rodentia. These include long gestations, the birth of offspring with an …

Unraveling the biotic and abiotic drivers likely influencing clades' diversification dynamics
(differential speciation and extinction rates) is crucial for understanding life on Earth. Here …