The ecological diversification of early mammals is one of the most globally transformative
events in Earth's history and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (KTR) and end …

In non-mammalian synapsids and early mammals, evolutionary transformations in the
feeding and hearing apparatuses are posited to have been prerequisites for the radiation of …

In this paper we investigate the mechanical problem of piercing a soft solid body with a
needle. This phenomenon is controlled by the critical condition of needle insertion. Needle …

Theria comprises all but three living mammalian genera and is one of the most ecologically
pervasive clades on Earth. Yet, the origin and early history of therians and their close …

When designing experimental studies, it is important to understand the biological context of
the question being asked. For example, many biological puncture experiments embed the …

Evolutionary radiations generate most of Earth's biodiversity, but are there common
ecomorphological traits among the progenitors of radiations? In Synapsida (the mammalian …

ABSTRACT A functional analysis of a well-preserved snout of the early-diverging
mammaliaform Morganucodon watsoni, with matching upper and lower dentitions, and of …

Diet is a driving force in human evolution. Two species of Plio-Pleistocene hominins,
Paranthropus robustus and Australopithecus africanus, have derived craniomandibular and …

In an article examining the physiology of Early Jurassic mammaliaform stem-mammals, we
used proxies for basal and maximum metabolic rate, providing evidence that two key fossil …

The most plesiomorphic mammaliaform molariform teeth are of the triconodont type with
three primary cusps aligned in a mesio-distal row. This molariform type characterizes stem …