The mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity
and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely …

The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an
informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental …

Hominoids diverged from cercopithecoids during the Oligocene in Afro-Arabia, initially
radiating in that continent and subsequently dispersing into Eurasia. From the Late Miocene …

Next generation sequencing has made it possible to perform differential gene expression
studies in non-model organisms. For these studies, the need for a reference genome is …

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 …

Xenarthra (armadillos, sloths, and anteaters) constitutes one of the four major clades of
placental mammals. Despite their phylogenetic distinctiveness in mammals, a reference …

Primates have long been a test case for the development of phylogenetic methods for
divergence time estimation. Despite a large number of studies, however, the timing of …

Complete mitochondrial genomes have been shown to be reliable markers for phylogeny
reconstruction among diverse animal groups. However, the relative difficulty and high cost …

The order Carnivora, which currently includes 296 species classified into 16 families, is
distributed across all continents. The phylogeny and the timing of diversification of members …

The biological mechanisms that underpin primate social evolution remain poorly
understood. Asian colobines display a range of social organizations, which makes them …