Convergent evolution of similar phenotypic features in similar environmental contexts has
long been taken as evidence of adaptation. Nonetheless, recent conceptual and empirical …

While a basal ganglia with striatal and pallidal subdivisions is1 clearly present in many
extant anamniote species, this basal ganglia is cell sparse and receives only a relatively …

Ecomorphological analyses that search for patterns of association between morphological
and prey-use data sets will have a greater chance of understanding the causal relationships …

Relationships between morphology, physiology, or biochemistry, on the one hand, and
behavior and ecology, on the other, have been widely documented, as this volume attests …

In this beautifully illustrated natural history that links extinct larger feline species with those
still in existence, collaborators Alan Turner and Mauricio Anton weave together the evidence …

In the tradition of GG Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of
Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious KT …

Sexual selection by female choice is a process involving communication. The male is the
sender and his courtship display is the signal, whereas the female is the receiver, with both …

The materials mechanics of the controlled separation of a body into two or more parts–
cutting–using a blade or tool or other mechanical implement is a ubiquitous process in most …

Long bone loading histories are commonly evaluated using a beam model by calculating
cross‐sectional second moments of areas (SMAs). Without in vivo strain data, SMA analyses …

Body elongation and limblessness have evolved numerous times within Tetrapoda, typically
associated with aquatic, fossorial, crevice dwelling, or grassswimming lifestyles (Gans …