The rapidly expanding interest in, and availability of, digital tomography data to visualize
casts of the vertebrate endocranial cavity housing the brain (endocasts) presents new …

Comparative morphology, dealing with the diversity of form and shape, and functional
morphology, the study of the relationship between the structure and the function of an …

Many hypotheses have been postulated regarding the early evolution of the mammalian
brain. Here, x-ray tomography of the Early Jurassic mammaliaforms Morganucodon and …

This report summarizes a decade of morphological and molecular research on the
phylogenetic relationships of didelphid marsupials (opossums), a substantially intact …

The emergence of Cetacea in the Paleogene represents one of the most profound
macroevolutionary transitions within Mammalia. The move from a terrestrial habitat to a …

This is the first textbook of Virtual Anthropology, the new science that combines elements
from fields as diverse as anthropology, medicine, statistics, computing, scientific …

The phenotype is a product of its phylogenetic history and its recent adaptation to local
environments, but the relative importance of the two factors is controversial. We assessed …

Features that were once considered exclusive to modern birds, such as feathers and a
furcula, are now known to have first appeared in non-avian dinosaurs. However, relatively …

Alcidedorbignya inopinata is a basal pantodont (Placentalia, Mammalia) of small body size,
from the early Palaeocene of the Santa Lucia Formation at Tiupampa, Bolivia. Tiupampa is …

Opossums are the most diverse and ecologically important group of New World marsupials,
although only the Virginia opossum is familiar to North American residents. In fact, many …