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

The first peopling of Sahul (Australia, New Guinea and the Aru Islands joined at lower sea
levels) by anatomically modern humans required multiple maritime crossings through …

Pleistocene water crossings, long thought to be an innovation of Homo sapiens, may extend
beyond our species to encompass Middle and Early Pleistocene Homo. However, it remains …

Aim To determine the historical dynamics of colonization and whether the relative timing of
colonization predicts diversification rate in the species‐rich, murine rodent communities of …

Understanding global patterns of late Quaternary megafaunal extinction is impeded by
geographic variation in data quality and quantity. The magnitude, timing and drivers of …

The crossing of the Wallacean islands and settlement of Sahul by modern humans over
50,000 years ago, represents the earliest successful seafaring of our species anywhere in …

The Wallacean archipelago between the Indian and Pacific Oceans is a critical
biogeographic boundary for all kinds of animals, from butterflies to birds. Humans are no …

Wallace's Line demarcates a biogeographical boundary between the Indomalaya and
Australasian ecoregions. Most placental mammalian genera, for example, occur to the west …

Abstract Cryptic ecologies, the Wallacean Shortfall of undocumented species' geographical
ranges and the Linnaean Shortfall of undescribed diversity, are all major barriers to …

Gigantism is a common phenomenon observed in murids from islands, particularly the
Indonesian islands belonging to the Lesser Sunda chain. Rats in this island group are often …