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View article: ‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time
‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time Open
Understanding the role of humans as 'ecosystem engineers' requires a deep-time perspective rooted in evolutionary history and the fossil record. However, no conceptual framework exists for studying the rise of ecosystem engineering in deep…
View article: A global ecological signal of extinction risk in terrestrial vertebrates
A global ecological signal of extinction risk in terrestrial vertebrates Open
To determine the distribution and causes of extinction threat across functional groups of terrestrial vertebrates, we assembled an ecological trait data set for 18,016 species of terrestrial vertebrates and utilized phylogenetic comparativ…
View article: On fossil recovery potential in the Australopithecus anamensis–Australopithecus afarensis lineage: A reply to
On fossil recovery potential in the Australopithecus anamensis–Australopithecus afarensis lineage: A reply to Open
View article: Do Bony Orbit Dimensions Predict Diel Activity Pattern in Sciurid Rodents?
Do Bony Orbit Dimensions Predict Diel Activity Pattern in Sciurid Rodents? Open
Diel activity pattern (DAP) is a key aspect of an animal's ecology, but it is difficult to infer when behavior cannot be directly observed, as in the fossil record. Various anatomical correlates have therefore been used to attempt to class…
View article: Hierarchical complexity and the size limits of life
Hierarchical complexity and the size limits of life Open
Over the past 3.8 billion years, the maximum size of life has increased by approximately 18 orders of magnitude. Much of this increase is associated with two major evolutionary innovations: the evolution of eukaryotes from prokaryotic cell…
View article: Data File from Hierarchical complexity and the size limits of life
Data File from Hierarchical complexity and the size limits of life Open
Size (cubic mm) and complexity level for all taxa used in this study
View article: Data References from Hierarchical complexity and the size limits of life
Data References from Hierarchical complexity and the size limits of life Open
References for sizes in Data File
View article: Supplementary material from "Hierarchical complexity and the size limits of life"
Supplementary material from "Hierarchical complexity and the size limits of life" Open
Over the past 3.8 billion years, the maximum size of life has increased by approximately 18 orders of magnitude. Much of this increase is associated with two major evolutionary innovations: the evolution of eukaryotes from prokaryotic cell…
View article: Estimating times of extinction in the fossil record
Estimating times of extinction in the fossil record Open
Because the fossil record is incomplete, the last fossil of a taxon is a biased estimate of its true time of extinction. Numerous methods have been developed in the palaeontology literature for estimating the true time of extinction using …
View article: Comparative size evolution of marine clades from the Late Permian through Middle Triassic
Comparative size evolution of marine clades from the Late Permian through Middle Triassic Open
The small size of Early Triassic marine organisms has important implications for the ecological and environmental pressures operating during and after the end-Permian mass extinction. However, this “Lilliput Effect” has only been documente…