Using the most up-to-the-date information available, we present a considerably revised plate
tectonic and paleogeographic model for the Indian Ocean bordering continents, from …

Madagascar is one of the world's hottest biodiversity hot spots due to its diverse, endemic,
and highly threatened biota. This biota shows a distinct signature of evolution in isolation …

Current hypotheses that use visually guided reaching and gras** to explain orbital
convergence, visual specialization, and brain expansion in primates are open to question …

A highly resolved primate cladogram based on DNA evidence is congruent with extant and
fossil osteological evidence. A provisional primate classification based on this cladogram …

There has been, and continues to be, a dramatic shift in the human population towards older
ages necessitating biomedical research aimed at better understanding the basic biology of …

The global prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep
connection to them—but why, when few of us have firsthand experience? The answer, Isbell …

We take advantage of the broad distribution of howler monkeys from Mexico to Argentina to
provide a historical biogeographical analysis on a regional scale that encompasses the …

▪ 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 …

Background The primates are among the most broadly studied mammalian orders, with the
published literature containing extensive analyses of their behavior, physiology, genetics …

Horizontal transfer (HT), or the passage of genetic material between non-mating species, is
increasingly recognized as an important force in the evolution of eukaryotic genomes …