▪ Abstract Neither geologists nor biologists have a definition that is capable of classifying
Madagascar unambiguously as an island or a continent; nor can they incorporate Malagasy …

The early evolution of living birds has been sharply debated, with two disparate
interpretations. Molecular-clock studies consistently date the emergence of modern bird …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

The origins and the divergence times of the most basal lineages within primates have been
difficult to resolve mainly due to the incomplete sampling of early fossil taxa. The main …

Mammals are the dominant large animals of today, occurring in virtually every environment.
This book is an account of the remarkable 320 million year long fossil record that documents …

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

In the tradition of GG Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of
Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious KT …

Salamanders are a model system for studying the rates and patterns of the evolution of new
anatomical structures,,,. Recent discoveries of abundant Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous …

Although Africa was south of the Tethys Sea and originally belonged to the Gondwana, its
paleobiogeographical history appears to have been distinct from those of both Gondwana …

Morphological, molecular, and biogeographic data bearing on early primate evolution
suggest that the clade containing extant (or 'crown') strepsirrhine primates (lemurs, lorises …