The present review covers current knowledge about the ageing of oral physiology related to
mastication and its effects on eating behaviour. Mastication is the first process undergone by …

Mammals are the dominant large animals of today, occurring in virtually every environment.
This book is an account of the remarkable 320 million year long fossil record that documents …

From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally
limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of thought--economics, evolution …

Evolutionary changes of the dentition in tetrapods can be associated with major events in
the history of terrestrial vertebrates. Dental occlusion, the process by which teeth from the …

Adaptive radiations are central to macroevolutionary theory. Whether triggered by
acquisition of new traits or ecological opportunities arising from mass extinctions, it is …

Mammals are arguably the most conspicuous tetrapods in the modern biota. Although there
are fewer extant mammal species (~ 5,500) than birds (~ 10,000) or squamates (~ 10,000) …

Heterodont dentition sometimes including multicuspid crowns appeared in numerous fossil
forms through all main lineages of the Crocodyliformes. Teeth in these complex dentitions …

Simosuchus clarki is a small, pug-nosed notosuchian crocodyliform from the Late
Cretaceous of Madagascar. Originally described on the basis of a single specimen including …

The paleoecology of plants as a modern discipline, distinct from traditional floristics or
biostratigraphy, has undergone an enormous expansion in the past 20 years. In addition to …

Background Insights into the onset of evolutionary novelties are key to the understanding of
amniote origins and diversification. The possession of an impedance-matching tympanic …