The equation of life in the Universe: Biomorphs as reminiscence of the first forms of life

M Cuéllar-Cruz - Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the beginning of humanity, man has generated various theories to explain the
formation of the Universe, and the origin of life on Earth. However, even while these theories …

Quantifying the completeness of the bat fossil record

EE Brown, DD Cashmore, NB Simmons… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bats (Chiroptera) are one of the most successful extant mammalian orders, uniquely
capable of powered flight and laryngeal echolocation. The timing and evidence for evolution …

Skeletal completeness of the non‐avian theropod dinosaur fossil record

DD Cashmore, RJ Butler - Palaeontology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐avian theropods were a highly successful clade of bipedal, predominantly carnivorous,
dinosaurs. Their diversity and macroevolutionary patterns have been the subject of many …

[HTML][HTML] Unsupervised learning of satellite images enhances discovery of late Miocene fossil sites in the Urema Rift, Gorongosa, Mozambique

JO Coelho, RL Anemone, S Carvalho - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Background Paleoanthropological research focus still devotes most resources to areas
generally known to be fossil rich instead of a strategy that first maps and identifies possible …

[HTML][HTML] Tras la huella del sílice pampino: Nuevas metodologías para el rastreo de las áreas fuente de aprovisionamiento lítico en Taltal

C Borie, X Power, S Parra, H Salinas, P Rostan… - Estudios …, 2017 - SciELO Chile
Las materias primas silíceas desempeñaron un rolfundamental en la organización
tecnológica de las poblaciones arcaicas de Taltal, tal como atestigua su ubicuidad en los …

Application of artificially intelligent systems for the identification of discrete fossiliferous levels

DM Martín-Perea, LA Courtenay, MS Domingo… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
The separation of discrete fossiliferous levels within an archaeological or paleontological
site with no clear stratigraphic horizons has historically been carried out using qualitative …

Multispectral satellite imaging improves detection of large individual fossils

E Ghezzo, M Massironi, EB Davis - Geological Magazine, 2023 - cambridge.org
Palaeontological field surveys in remote regions are a challenge, because of uncertainty in
finding new specimens, high transportation costs, risks for the crew and a long time …

Fluorescence‐based detection of field targets using an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle system

TG Kaye, M Pittman - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Here we describe a proof‐of‐concept autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system
that utilizes the fluorescence characteristics unique to different materials to scan and acquire …

Where to dig for fossils: combining climate-envelope, taphonomy and discovery models

S Block, F Saltré, M Rodríguez-Rey, DA Fordham… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Fossils represent invaluable data to reconstruct the past history of life, yet fossil-rich sites are
often rare and difficult to find. The traditional fossil-hunting approach focuses on small areas …

Predictive modelling of fossil-bearing locality distributions in the Elliot Formation (Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic), South Africa, using a combined multivariate and …

S Wills, JN Choiniere, PM Barrett - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Traditional methods of palaeontogical fieldwork often involve costly and inefficient searching
for suitable fossil-bearing sites. The advent of digital spatial data offers an opportunity to …