[HTML][HTML] Quantifying heterogeneity of hominin environments in and out of Africa using herbivore dental traits

TIF Foister, L Liu, J Saarinen, M Tallavaara… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Our own species, Homo sapiens, has been able to invade near-all global ecosystems
through a unique form of ecological plasticity. To understand how Homo sapiens have been …

Siwalik rodent assemblages for NOW: Biostratigraphic resolution in the Neogene of South Asia

LJ Flynn, ME Morgan, JC Barry, SM Raza… - Evolution of Cenozoic …, 2023 - Springer
The NOW database makes knowledge of extinct mammals available broadly, especially for
temperate-latitude Eurasia. We add dated biostratigraphic information for the subtropical …

The origin and early history of NOW as it happened

M Fortelius, J Agustí, RL Bernor, H de Bruijn… - Evolution of Cenozoic …, 2023 - Springer
The NOW database of fossil mammals came to be through a confluence of several initiatives
spanning multiple decades. The first public version of NOW database was released in 1996 …

Live long and prosper? Assessing longevity of small mammal taxa using the NOW database

LW van den Hoek Ostende, M Bilgin… - Evolution of Cenozoic …, 2023 - Springer
Extinction is part of life. Some groups persist longer than others, as is confirmed in an
analysis of the small mammal data in the NOW database. Longevities are shorter in …

[HTML][HTML] No place for Pliocene tourists with Ockham's razor in the pocket: Comment on Crespo et al.(2023)

M Furió, R Minwer-Barakat, A García-Alix - Palaeoworld, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Crespo et al.(2023) have recently described a new genus and species called
Europotamogale melkarti, purportedly an afrosoricid 'tourist genus' coming from central …

Introduction: Then, NOW and Beyond

I Casanovas-Vilar, LW van den Hoek Ostende… - Evolution of Cenozoic …, 2023 - Springer
The NOW database of fossil mammals was released in 1996, slightly more than 25 years
ago. Initially the acronym stood for 'Neogene Old World', but as the database later expanded …

Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems

In front of you lies a compilation of studies brought together on the occasion of the 25th
anniversary of the New and Old Worlds Database. It is a testimony of what NOW has …