Early tetrapod neck mobility modelled using an extant analogue
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Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs’ distinctive path to flight
The Norellraptor barsboldi fossil shows traces of feathers on its fore and hind limbs as well as at…
Evolution of terrestrial anatomy revealed by a derived stem tetrapod
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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography
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Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China
Archaeological site and samples Bianfu Cave (26° 27′ 43.65′′ N, 100° 09′ 55.45′′ E) is in Heqing County, western Yunnan Province in southwestern China,…
Exceptional brain and ecological diversity in the earliest snakes
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Rates of passerine body plan evolution in time and space
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The evolution and diversification of Cetacea
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A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone
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Darkness and body size shaped end-Cretaceous marine extinction patterns
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Early fossil eukaryotes were benthic aerobes
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Oxygen supply through the tracheolar–muscle system does not constrain insect gigantism
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