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A multi-calibrated mitochondrial phylogeny of extant Bovidae (Artiodactyla, Ruminantia) and the importance of the fossil record to systematics by Bibi, Faysal

“…Molecular phylogenetics has provided unprecedented resolution in the ruminant evolutionary tree. However, molecular age estimates using only one or a few…”
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Mio-pliocene faunal exchanges and african biogeography: the record of fossil bovids by Bibi, Faysal

“…The development of the Ethiopian biogeographic realm since the late Miocene is here explored with the presentation and review of fossil evidence from eastern…”
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Differing effects of size and lifestyle on bone structure in mammals by Amson, Eli, Bibi, Faysal

“…Mammals are a highly diverse group, with body mass ranging from 2 g to 170 t, and encompassing species with terrestrial, aquatic, aerial, and subterranean…”
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Continuous evolutionary change in Plio-Pleistocene mammals of eastern Africa by Bibi, Faysal, Kiessling, Wolfgang

“…Much debate has revolved around the question of whether the mode of evolutionary and ecological turnover in the fossil record of African mammals was continuous…”
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Evolution of the bovid cranium: morphological diversification under allometric constraint by Bibi, Faysal, Tyler, Joshua

“…The role of environmental selection in generating novel morphology is often taken for granted, and morphology is generally assumed to be adaptive. Bovids…”
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The rise and fall of the Old World savannah fauna and the origins of the African savannah biome by Kaya, Ferhat, Bibi, Faysal, Žliobaitė, Indrė, Eronen, Jussi T., Hui, Tang, Fortelius, Mikael

“…Despite much interest in the ecology and origins of the extensive grassland ecosystems of the modern world, the biogeographic relationships of savannah…”
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Bony labyrinth morphology clarifies the origin and evolution of deer by Mennecart, Bastien, DeMiguel, Daniel, Bibi, Faysal, Rössner, Gertrud E., Métais, Grégoire, Neenan, James M., Wang, Shiqi, Schulz, Georg, Müller, Bert, Costeur, Loïc

“…Deer are an iconic group of large mammals that originated in the Early Miocene of Eurasia (ca. 19 Ma). While there is some consensus on key relationships among…”
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Identifying the true number of specimens of the extinct blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) by Hempel, Elisabeth, Bibi, Faysal, Faith, J. Tyler, Brink, James S., Kalthoff, Daniela C., Kamminga, Pepijn, Paijmans, Johanna L. A., Westbury, Michael V., Hofreiter, Michael, Zachos, Frank E.

“…Native to southern Africa, the blue antelope ( Hippotragus leucophaeus ) is the only large African mammal species known to have become extinct in historical…”
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Origin, paleoecology, and paleobiogeography of early Bovini by Bibi, Faysal

“…The earliest Bovini have until now been reported from between 7 and 6 Ma from Africa. It has long been known that Bovini originated from “Boselaphini”, a…”
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Dietary traits of the ungulates from the HWK EE site at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania): Diachronic changes and seasonality by Rivals, Florent, Uno, Kevin T., Bibi, Faysal, Pante, Michael C., Njau, Jackson, de la Torre, Ignacio

“…The Oldowan site HWK EE (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania) has yielded a large fossil and stone tool assemblage at the transition from Lower to Middle Bed II, ∼1.7 Ma…”
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Ruminant inner ear shape records 35 million years of neutral evolution by Mennecart, Bastien, Dziomber, Laura, Aiglstorfer, Manuela, Bibi, Faysal, DeMiguel, Daniel, Fujita, Masaki, Kubo, Mugino O., Laurens, Flavie, Meng, Jin, Métais, Grégoire, Müller, Bert, Ríos, María, Rössner, Gertrud E., Sánchez, Israel M., Schulz, Georg, Wang, Shiqi, Costeur, Loïc

“…Extrinsic and intrinsic factors impact diversity. On deep-time scales, the extrinsic impact of climate and geology are crucial, but poorly understood. Here, we…”
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Early guenon from the late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Abu Dhabi, with implications for cercopithecoid biogeography and evolution by Gilbert, Christopher C., Bibi, Faysal, Hillg, Andrew, Beechh, Mark J.

“…A newly discovered fossil monkey (AUH 1321) from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is important in a number of distinct ways…”
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New geological and palaeontological age constraint for the gorilla–human lineage split by Katoh, Shigehiro, Beyene, Yonas, Itaya, Tetsumaru, Hyodo, Hironobu, Hyodo, Masayuki, Yagi, Koshi, Gouzu, Chitaro, WoldeGabriel, Giday, Hart, William K., Ambrose, Stanley H., Nakaya, Hideo, Bernor, Raymond L., Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Bibi, Faysal, Saegusa, Haruo, Sasaki, Tomohiko, Sano, Katsuhiro, Asfaw, Berhane, Suwa, Gen

“…A substantial revision to the age of the Chorora Formation, Ethiopia, constraining the deposits to around 8 million years old and forming a revised age…”
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Magnetostratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Hominid-Bearing Locality Çorakyerler, Tuğlu Formation (Çankiri Basin, Central Anatolia) by Kaya, Ferhat, Kaymakçi, Nuretdin, Bibi, Faysal, Eronen, Jussi T, Pehlevan, Cesur, Erkman, Ahmet C, Langereis, Cor G, Fortelius, Mikael

“…Ouranopithecus turkae, from the late Miocene of Çorakyerler in Central Anatolia, is considered one of the last known occurrences of great ape in the eastern…”
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Telling time with monkeys by Bibi, Faysal

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Early Pleistocene large mammals from Maka'amitalu, Hadar, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia by Rowan, John, Lazagabaster, Ignacio A, Campisano, Christopher J, Bibi, Faysal, Bobe, René, Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Frost, Stephen R, Getachew, Tomas, Gilbert, Christopher C, Lewis, Margaret E, Melaku, Sahleselasie, Scott, Eric, Souron, Antoine, Werdelin, Lars, Kimbel, William H, Reed, Kaye E

“…The Early Pleistocene was a critical time period in the evolution of eastern African mammal faunas, but fossil assemblages sampling this interval are poorly…”
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The nature of the Old World savannah palaeobiome by Fortelius, Mikael, Bibi, Faysal, Tang, Hui, Žliobaitė, Indrė, Eronen, Jussi T, Kaya, Ferhat

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Unraveling bovin phylogeny: accomplishments and challenges by Bibi, Faysal, Vrba, Elisabeth S

“…The phylogenetic systematics of bovin species forms a common basis for studies at multiple scales, from the level of domestication in populations to major…”
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Author Correction: The rise and fall of the Old World savannah fauna and the origins of the African savannah biome by Kaya, Ferhat, Bibi, Faysal, Žliobaitė, Indrė, Eronen, Jussi T., Hui, Tang, Fortelius, Mikael

“…In the version of this Article originally published, each of the five panels in Fig. 5 incorrectly contained a black diagonal line across the plot. This has…”
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Plio-Pleistocene African megaherbivore losses associated with community biomass restructuring by Bibi, Faysal, Cantalapiedra, Juan L

“…Fossil abundance data can reveal ecological dynamics underpinning taxonomic declines. Using fossil dental metrics, we reconstructed body mass and…”
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