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Paleobiology

Morphological disparity across the K-Pg boundary in mollusk shells: A theoretical morphology approach

Gabriela Contreras-Figueroa, Austin J. W. Hendy, José L. Aragón

published 20 Feb 2026

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Ancient use and long-distance transport of the Four Corners Potato (Solanum jamesii) across the Colorado Plateau: Implications for early stages of domestication

Lisbeth A. Louderback, Cynthia Wilson, Stefania L. Wilks, Kaley Joyce, Sara Rickett, John Bamberg, Alfonso del Rio, Bruce M. Pavlik

published 21 Jan 2026

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Investigating human paleodiet at Mesolithic Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, Karelia using a multi-proxy stable isotope approach

Rebekka I. I. Eckelmann, Laura Arppe, Rick J. Schulting, Sambit Ghosh, Jakub Trubač, Aneta Kuchařová, Matthew J. Wooller, Dmitry Gerasimov, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Kristiina Mannermaa

published 07 Jan 2026

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Diets and environments of late pleistocene pygmy and Columbian mammoths: Isotopic evidence from Southern California

Chance D. Hannold, Yang Wang, Xiaoming Wang, Regan Dunn, Jonathan Hoffman

published 07 Jan 2026

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Detection of traces of calcium oxalate druses in fossil leaves of angiosperms and gymnosperms from different sites and geological periods

Mahdieh Malekhosseini, Hans-Jürgen Ensikat, Victoria E. McCoy, Torsten Wappler, Jes Rust

published 17 Dec 2025

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Radiogenic strontium isotope variability in the Valley of Oaxaca: A predictive isoscape for Mesoamerican paleomobility studies

Sofía I. Pacheco-Forés, Nicolas Gauthier, Lacey B. Carpenter, Gwyneth Gordon, Kelly J. Knudson

published 10 Dec 2025

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How wear, age, and sex relate to enamel chipping in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, Luke D. Fannin, Qian Wang

published 05 Dec 2025

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Testing the taxonomy of Dmanisi hominin fossils through dental crown area

Victor Nery, Walter Neves, Leticia Valota, Mark Hubbe

published 03 Dec 2025

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A bioavailable ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isoscape of Mongolia: Implications for the reconstruction of past human and animal mobility

Mael Le Corre, Eric Douville, Arnaud Dapoigny, Khanh-Vi Tran, Tsagaan Turbat, Ganbold Enkhbayar, Sébastien Lepetz, Antoine Zazzo

published 03 Dec 2025

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Morphotypes, preservation, and taphonomy of dinosaur footprints, tail traces, and swim tracks in the largest tracksite in the world: Carreras Pampa (Upper Cretaceous), Torotoro National Park, Bolivia

Raúl Esperante, Jeremy A. McLarty, Kevin E. Nick, Lance R. Pompe, Roberto E. Biaggi, Helen D. Baltazar Medina, Nelson A. Llempen, Ángela B. Limachi Silvestri, Lourdes Lidia Mamani Quispe, Antonio Joaquín Garre Cano, Wilson Quiroga Saavedra, Germán Rocha Rodríguez

published 03 Dec 2025

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Age is just a number: Examining the preservation of cells and soft tissues in Bothriolepis and other Devonian fish

Christopher L. Rogoff, Paul V. Ullmann

published 03 Dec 2025

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Novel archaeological and palaeontological findings in cave and palaeoriver landscapes of inland northeast Arabia

Huw S. Groucutt, Mathew Stewart, Faisal Al-Jibreen, Mesfer Al-Qahtani, Mahmoud Al-Shanti, Eric Andrieux, James Blinkhorn, Nicole Boivin, Paul S. Breeze, Nick Drake, Abdullah Memesh, Yahya Mufarreh, Gilbert Price, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Nils Vanwezer, Hubert Vonhof, Iyad Zalmout, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Michael D. Petraglia

published 20 Nov 2025

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Paleontological and paleoecological significance of the oldest highly productive Upper Cretaceous (lowermost Maastrichtian) bonebed of Haţeg Basin (western Romania; Densuş-Ciula Formation)

Gábor Botfalvai, Zoltán Csiki-Sava, János Magyar, Barna Páll-Gergely, Levente Koczó, Daniel Ţabără, Gergő Konecsni, Soma Budai

published 10 Nov 2025

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