The evolution and subsequent ecological expansion of grasses (Poaceae) since the Late
Cretaceous have resulted in the establishment of one of Earth's dominant biomes, the …

A magnetobiostratigraphically calibrated mammal scale for the Neogene of Western Europe
is presented in this paper. The Mammal Neogene (MN) units originally proposed by Mein …

Abstract Background Within the subfamily Murinae, African murines represent 25% of
species biodiversity, making this group ideal for detailed studies of the patterns and timing of …

The arrival of hipparionine horses in the eastern Mediterranean region around 11 Ma was
traditionally thought to mark the simultaneous westward expansion of savanna vegetation …

Extant apes (Primates: Hominoidea) are the relics of a group that was much more diverse in
the past. They originated in Africa around the Oligocene/Miocene boundary, but by the …

Aim The aim of this review is to contribute to our understanding of the origination of the
Sundaic and Indochinese biotas in Southeast Asia. Numerous unsolved problems surround …

The Catalan margin belongs to the northern sector of the margin that separates the
extremely thinned continental crust of the Valencia trough from the undeformed or thickened …

The present paper is an endeavor to summarize the evidence for various dispersals of
hominins into Eurasia, while avoiding the commonly held assumptions that these events …

Hominoids, or taxa identified as hominoids, are known from much of Africa, Asia, and
Europe since the Late Oligocene. The earliest such taxa, from Africa, resemble extant …

During the past 20 million years, herbivorous mammals of numerous lineages have evolved
hypsodont, or high-crowned, cheek teeth. Hypsodonty is informative ecologically because it …