The origin and diversification of birds
Birds are one of the most recognizable and diverse groups of modern vertebrates. Over the
past two decades, a wealth of new fossil discoveries and phylogenetic and …
past two decades, a wealth of new fossil discoveries and phylogenetic and …
An integrative approach to understanding bird origins
Background The origin of birds is one of the most enduring and dramatic evolutionary
debates. The hypothesis that the primarily small-sized birds are nested within a theropod …
debates. The hypothesis that the primarily small-sized birds are nested within a theropod …
Three crocodilian genomes reveal ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs
INTRODUCTION Crocodilians and birds are the two extant clades of archosaurs, a group
that includes the extinct dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Fossils suggest that living crocodilians …
that includes the extinct dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Fossils suggest that living crocodilians …
[图书][B] The ancient origins of consciousness: How the brain created experience
TE Feinberg, J Mallatt - 2016 - books.google.com
How consciousness appeared much earlier in evolutionary history than is commonly
assumed, and why all vertebrates and perhaps even some invertebrates are conscious …
assumed, and why all vertebrates and perhaps even some invertebrates are conscious …
Bayesian total-evidence dating reveals the recent crown radiation of penguins
The total-evidence approach to divergence time dating uses molecular and morphological
data from extant and fossil species to infer phylogenetic relationships, species divergence …
data from extant and fossil species to infer phylogenetic relationships, species divergence …
Gradual assembly of avian body plan culminated in rapid rates of evolution across the dinosaur-bird transition
The evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs was one of the great evolutionary transitions
in the history of life [1–22]. The macroevolutionary tempo and mode of this transition is …
in the history of life [1–22]. The macroevolutionary tempo and mode of this transition is …
strap: an R package for plotting phylogenies against stratigraphy and assessing their stratigraphic congruence
Abstract strap (S tratigraphic T ree A nalysis for P alaeontology) is a new package for the
freely available statistical programming language R designed to perform three main …
freely available statistical programming language R designed to perform three main …
[HTML][HTML] Potential for powered flight neared by most close avialan relatives, but few crossed its thresholds
Uncertainties in the phylogeny of birds (Avialae) and their closest relatives have impeded
deeper understanding of early theropod flight. To help address this, we produced an …
deeper understanding of early theropod flight. To help address this, we produced an …
Morphological phylogenetics in the genomic age
Evolutionary trees underpin virtually all of biology, and the wealth of new genomic data has
enabled us to reconstruct them with increasing detail and confidence. While phenotypic …
enabled us to reconstruct them with increasing detail and confidence. While phenotypic …
Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity
FG Marx, RE Fordyce - Royal Society Open Science, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A new, fully dated total-evidence phylogeny of baleen whales (Mysticeti) shows that
evolutionary phases correlate strongly with Caenozoic modernization of the oceans and …
evolutionary phases correlate strongly with Caenozoic modernization of the oceans and …