While the gestural communication of apes is widely recognised as intentional and flexible, their vocal communication still remains considered as mostly genetically determined and emotionally bound. Trying to limit the direct projections of linguistic concepts, that are far from …
The evolution of eusocial behavior has allowed some species to achieve ecological dominance across terrestrial ecosystems. While knowledge of the mechanistic basis of insect sociality is growing, basic natural history information is still severely lacking for some social lineage…
Variation in the schedule of key life events such as the age of first reproduction and the timing of dispersal arises via differential investment of resources into key functions such as maintenance, reproductive output, and growth. Individual differences scale up to affect the p…
Mammals from the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic exploited a diversity of ecological niches, approaching the complexity and specialization of extant therian mammals. Among the most evolutionarily diverse and numerically abundant of these early mammals were the Multituberculata, an e…