In recent years, the evolutionary history of rhinoceroses has been extensively developed
and clarified, notably with the help of morpho-anatomical and molecular-based phylogenetic …

Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

Archaeological research in the Philippines has produced a timeline of currently over
700,000 years of human occupation. However, while an initial presence of early hominins …

Abstract The “Diahot Tooth” is an isolated postcanine tooth of a large herbivorous mammal,
discovered in the Diahot region of northern New Caledonia in 1875. Most authors have …

Weight support is a strong functional constraint modelling limb bones in heavy quadrupeds.
However, the complex relations between bone shape, mass, size and body proportions …

In quadrupeds, limb bones are strongly affected by functional constraints linked to weight
support, but few studies have addressed the complementary effects of mass, size and body …

New fossil remains of Rhinocerotidae, dated from the early Late Miocene, were discovered
from the lowermost part of the Irrawaddy Formation in the Tebingan area, Magway Region …

The phylogenetic relationships within Eurasian Quaternary rhinoceroses is reassessed for
the first time by means of Bayesian analysis. The results show Stephanorhinus as a …

Major climatic and ecological changes are documented in terrestrial ecosystems during the
Miocene epoch. The Rhinocerotidae are a very interesting clade to investigate the impact of …

The late Miocene is a period of increasing aridity and habitat openness in the south-eastern
Mediterranean region. The impact of these changes has not been fully explored regarding …