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Parental care or opportunism in South African Triassic cynodonts? by Benoit, Julien

“…In a paper published in Nature in 2018, Hoffman and Rowe1 describe the discovery of an adult tritylodontid cynodont, Kayentatherium, from the Jurassic of the…”
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One small step: A review of Plio‐Pleistocene hominin foot evolution by DeSilva, Jeremy, McNutt, Ellison, Benoit, Julien, Zipfel, Bernhard

“…Bipedalism is a hallmark of being human and the human foot is modified to reflect this unique form of locomotion. Leonardo da Vinci is credited with calling…”
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A review of the “venomous therocephalian” hypothesis and how multiple re-portrayals of Euchambersia have influenced its success and vice versa by Benoit Julien

“…Euchambersia mirabilis is unique amongst Permo-Triassic therapsids because it has an external maxillary fossa associated with a ridged canine. This anatomy led…”
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The Evolution of the Maxillary Canal in Probainognathia (Cynodontia, Synapsida): Reassessment of the Homology of the Infraorbital Foramen in Mammalian Ancestors by Benoit, Julien, Ruf, Irina, Miyamae, Juri A., Fernandez, Vincent, Rodrigues, Pablo Gusmão, Rubidge, Bruce S.

“…In mammals, the infraorbital canal provides a passage for the infraorbital ramus of the maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve. The infraorbital nerve…”
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Impact of Estrogen Withdrawal and Replacement in Female Mice along the Intestinal Tract. Comparison of E2 Replacement with the Effect of a Mixture of Low Dose Pollutants by Pinteur, Claudie, Julien, Benoit, Véga, Nathalie, Vidal, Hubert, Naville, Danielle, Le Magueresse-Battistoni, Brigitte

“…Postmenopausal women represent a vulnerable population towards endocrine disruptors due to hormonal deficit. We previously demonstrated that chronic exposure…”
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Manuports predate modern humans: A response to Wilkins et al. (2021) by Julien Benoit, Robert Bednarik, Charles Helm

“…In a published paper in Nature, entitled 'Innovative Homo sapiens behaviours 105 000 years ago in a wetter Kalahari', Wilkins et al. claim that "the emergence…”
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Palaeoneurology and palaeobiology of the dinocephalian therapsid Anteosaurus magnificus by Benoit, Julien, Kruger, Ashley, Jirah, Sifelani, Fernandez, Vincent, Rubidge, Bruce S

“…Dinocephalians (Therapsida), some of the earliest amniotes to have evolved large body size, include the carnivorous Anteosauria and mostly herbivorous…”
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Evolution of facial innervation in anomodont therapsids (Synapsida): Insights from X‐ray computerized microtomography by Benoit, Julien, Angielczyk, Kenneth D., Miyamae, Juri A., Manger, Paul, Fernandez, Vincent, Rubidge, Bruce

“…Anomodontia was the most successful herbivorous clade of the mammalian stem lineage (non‐mammalian synapsids) during the late Permian and Early Triassic. Among…”
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Cranial Bosses of Choerosaurus dejageri (Therapsida, Therocephalia): Earliest Evidence of Cranial Display Structures in Eutheriodonts by Benoit, Julien, Manger, Paul R, Fernandez, Vincent, Rubidge, Bruce S

“…Choerosaurus dejageri, a non-mammalian eutheriodont therapsid from the South African late Permian (~259 Ma), has conspicuous hemispheric cranial bosses on the…”
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Histology and μCT reveal the unique evolution and development of multiple tooth rows in the synapsid Endothiodon by Olroyd, Savannah L., LeBlanc, Aaron R. H., Araújo, Ricardo, Angielczyk, Kenneth D., Duhamel, Aliénor, Benoit, Julien, Amaral, Marisa

“…Several amniote lineages independently evolved multiple rows of marginal teeth in response to the challenge of processing high fiber plant matter. Multiple…”
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Can maxillary canal morphology inform varanopid phylogenetic affinities? by Benoit, Julien, Ford, David, Miyamae, Juri, Ruf, Irina

“…Varanopidae have historically been classified as members of the basal synapsid grade "Pelycosauria". However, recent phylogenetic works proposed that…”
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The Sixth Sense in Mammalian Forerunners: Variability of the Parietal Foramen and the Evolution of the Pineal Eye in South African Permo-Triassic Eutheriodont Therapsids by Benoit, Julien, Abdala, Fernando, Manger, Paul R., Rubidge, Bruce S.

“…In some extant ectotherms, the third eye (or pineal eye) is a photosensitive organ located in the parietal foramen on the midline of the skull roof. The pineal…”
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New Specimen of the Enigmatic Dicynodont Lanthanostegus mohoii (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Southwestern Karoo Basin of South Africa, and its Implications for Middle Permian Biostratigraphy by Rubidge, Bruce S., Day, Michael O., Benoit, Julien

“…Lanthanostegus is an unusual dicynodont known from only two partial skulls from a single locality near Jansenville in the Eastern Cape Province of South…”
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Reappraisal of the envenoming capacity of Euchambersia mirabilis (Therapsida, Therocephalia) using μCT-scanning techniques by Benoit, Julien, Norton, Luke A, Manger, Paul R, Rubidge, Bruce S

“…Euchambersia mirabilis is an iconic species of Permo-Triassic therapsid because of its unusually large external maxillary fossa linked through a sulcus to a…”
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Redescription of three basal anomodonts: a phylogenetic reassessment of the holotype of Eodicynodon oelofseni (NMQR 2913) by Duhamel, Alienor, Benoit, Julien, Wynd, Brenen, Wright, April Marie, Rubidge, Bruce

“…The Dicynodontia (Therapsida: Anomodontia) is one of the most successful Permo-Triassic terrestrial tetrapod clades and the oldest specimens are recorded from…”
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Synchrotron scanning reveals the palaeoneurology of the head-butting Moschops capensis (Therapsida, Dinocephalia) by Benoit, Julien, Manger, Paul R, Norton, Luke, Fernandez, Vincent, Rubidge, Bruce S

“…Dinocephalian therapsids are renowned for their massive, pachyostotic and ornamented skulls adapted for head-to-head fighting during intraspecific combat…”
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The First Healed Bite Mark and Embedded Tooth in the Snout of a Middle Permian Gorgonopsian (Synapsida: Therapsida) by Benoit, Julien, Browning, Claire, Norton, Luke A.

“…Despite their significance for paleobiological interpretations, bite marks have been rarely reported in non-mammalian therapsids (NMT). Here we describe, for…”
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A cladistic analysis of Graecopithecus by Benoit, Julien, Thackeray, Francis J.

“…Fuss et al. have recently claimed that the earliest Hominini – and incidentally the whole evolutionary root of humankind – could be found, not in Africa, but…”
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Computed Tomography elucidates ontogeny within the basal therapsid clade Biarmosuchia by Duhamel, Aliénor, Benoit, Julien, Day, Michael, Rubidge, Bruce, Fernandez, Vincent

“…Biarmosuchia is a clade of basal therapsids that includes forms possessing plesiomorphic ‘pelycosaurian’ cranial characters as well as the highly derived…”
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Cranial remain from Tunisia provides new clues for the origin and evolution of Sirenia (Mammalia, Afrotheria) in Africa by Benoit, Julien, Adnet, Sylvain, El Mabrouk, Essid, Khayati, Hayet, Ben Haj Ali, Mustapha, Marivaux, Laurent, Merzeraud, Gilles, Merigeaud, Samuel, Vianey-Liaud, Monique, Tabuce, Rodolphe

“…Sea cows (manatees, dugongs) are the only living marine mammals to feed solely on aquatic plants. Unlike whales or dolphins (Cetacea), the earliest…”
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