Chunxiao Li, postdoctoral researcher in vertebrate paleontology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, shares her experience of publishing a Reviewed Preprint with eLife.
A new high-resolution approach to probing tooth chemistry shows real potential to uncover changing rainfall patterns and environmental conditions during human prehistory.
David J Harning, Samuel Sacco ... Gifford H Miller
Following the last deglaciation in the North Atlantic, DNA evidence shows Betulaceae colonization was consistently delayed compared to Salicaceae, which may serve as an analog for modern global warming.
Kenneth De Baets, Karina Vanadzina, James Schiffbauer
Analysis of specimens preserved in amber from the Cretaceous period suggests that nematodes changed their host preference towards insects with a complete metamorphosis more recently.
The eggshells of palaeognath birds (e.g. ostrich, moa, kiwi, emu) have diverse homology and convergent features, and are useful modern analogues for the evolution of non-avian dinosaur eggshells.
Sergio Álvarez-Parra, Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente ... Xavier Delclòs
The most prolific and oldest locality in which a rich dinosaur bonebed and fossiliferous amber have been found in association is revealed, allowing the reconstruction of an ancient terrestrial ecosystem with a detail and accuracy reached only exceptionally in palaeontology.
Jorune Sakalauskaite, Søren H Andersen ... Beatrice Demarchi
Ancient proteomes from tiny shell ornaments were successfully characterised for the first time, showing the unexpected use of mother-of-pearl from local riverine molluscs in both coastal and inland prehistoric sites.
A late Middle Pleistocene age for Homo naledi demonstrates a diversity of hominin species in Africa at this critical time in the archaeological record.
