The analysis of stable isotopes on fossil mammals has become a widely used tool for
understanding the paleoecology and paleodiet of these organisms. In this work, we study …

Sloths represent one of the most successful South American clades that reached North
America during the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI). At least four families are …

Before humans arrived, giant tortoises occurred on many western Indian Ocean islands. We
combined ancient DNA, phylogenetic, ancestral range, and molecular clock analyses with …

The contemporary mammalian communities of South America were defined by the rise of the
Isthmus of Panama and by the deep climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene …

Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus, the Sri Lankan subspecies is the largest and the
darkest among Asian elephants. Patches of depigmented areas with no skin color on the …

Sequencing data—genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics—
have revolutionized biological research, enabling a more detailed study of processes …

Palaeogenomics is contributing to refine our understanding of many major evolutionary
events at an unprecedented resolution, with relevant impacts in several fields, including …

The large American liver fluke (Fascioloides magna) is considered an invasive trematode
parasite in Europe. Its origin dates back before the Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction …

In this study, we focused on the Pliocene–Early Pleistocene fluvial terraces in the Velenje
Basin and reconstructed the morphostratigraphy, sedimentary depositional environment …

Dental calculus, or tartar, is a mineralized biofilm that develops on the teeth, and is often
observed on the teeth of the South American proboscidean Notiomastodon platensis. This …