The Yan**ggou fauna has long been recognized as the quintessential Middle Pleistocene
fauna in South China. However, the recent discovery of the Dayakou fauna in the same …

The diagnosis of different fossil taxa in small collections from disparate geographical and
temporal contexts is a common challenge in palaeontology. The likely number of …

Cat-like carnivorans are a textbook example of convergent evolution, with distinct
morphological differences between taxa with short or elongated upper canines, the latter …

Among evolutionary trends sha** phenotypic diversity over macroevolutionary scales,
CREA (CRaniofacial Evolutionary Allometry) describes a tendency, among closely related …

How snow leopard gradually adapted to the extreme environments in Tibet remains
unexplored due to the scanty fossil record in Tibet. Here, we recognize five valid outside …

The sabertooth morphology stands as a classic case of convergence, manifesting
recurrently across various vertebrate groups, prominently within two carnivorans clades …

The iconic sabretooth Homotherium is thought to have hunted cooperatively, but the origin of
this behaviour and correlated morphological adaptations are largely unexplored. Here we …

A collection with several complete crania and mandibles recently found in the Latest
Miocene **ngjiawan Fauna, Yongdeng, northeastern China enables a re-discussion of …

Here, we describe and revise craniodental material from Langebaanweg 'E'Quarry (South
Africa, early Pliocene,∼ 5.2 Ma), which represents one of the largest and best-preserved …

Abstract The Nihewan Basin is famous for producing a rich Early Pleistocene fauna, the
most classic and standard for the Early Pleistocene of northern China, as well as rich …