The mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity
and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely …

Interdisciplinary research has benefitted the fields of anthropology and engineering for
decades: a classic example being the application of material science to the field of feeding …

Species richness varies widely across extant clades, but the causes of this variation remain
poorly understood. We investigate the role of diversification rate heterogeneity in shaping …

Morphological diversity may arise rapidly as a result of adaptation to novel ecological
opportunities, but early bursts of trait evolution are rarely observed. Rather, models of …

Morphological, functional, and behavioral adaptations of bats are among the most diverse
within mammals. A strong association between bat skull morphology and feeding behavior …

Selection for divergent performance optima has been proposed as a central mechanism
underlying adaptive radiation. Uncovering multiple optima requires identifying forms …

Dietary adaptation is a major feature of phenotypic and ecological diversification, yet the
genetic basis of dietary shifts is poorly understood. Among mammals, Neotropical leaf …

Morphological characters are indispensable in phylogenetic analyses for understanding the
pattern, process, and tempo of evolution. If characters are independent and free of …

With more than 1,400 species of bats described worldwide, the order Chiroptera is second
only to rodents in ecological and taxonomic diversity. Bats play critically important roles in …

Clarifying how microevolutionary processes scale to macroevolutionary patterns is a
fundamental goal in evolutionary biology, but these analyses, requiring comparative …