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Open AccessResurrecting Darwin’s Niata - anatomical, biomechanical, genetic, and morphometric studies of morphological novelty in cattle
The Niata was a cattle variety from South America that figured prominently in writings on evolution by Charles Darwin. Its shortened head and other aspects of its unusual morphology have been subject of unsett...
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Open AccessThe effect of body size evolution and ecology on encephalization in cave bears and extant relatives
The evolution of larger brain volumes relative to body size in Mammalia is the subject of an extensive amount of research. Early on palaeontologists were interested in the brain of cave bears, Ursus spelaeus, and...
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Tooth Eruption Sequences in Cervids and the Effect of Morphology, Life History, and Phylogeny
Tooth eruption sequences vary in a non-random way among mammalian species. Several variables have been linked to this, including tooth and jaw shape, adaptations to diet, and food processing. Likewise, changes...
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Hypsodonty in Mammals—Evolution, Geomorphology, and the Role of Earth Surface Processes