Modeling compositional heterogeneity resolves deep phylogeny of flowering plants by Yongli Wang, Yan-Da Li, Shuo Wang, Erik Tihelka, Michael S. Engel, Chenyang Cai

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1987-2017 : Regard sur l’évolution de l’histoire des origines by Brigitte Senut

“…Today, dates from genetics and palaeontology are becoming compatible. The principle of uniformatarianism widely used in palaeontology is important in the study of human evolution: the development of fieldwork and laboratory research on modern non-human primates is essential for establishing comparative models which permit a better understanding of the cultural and locomotor behaviors of the past, the life characters, but also the living environments. …”
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Reconstruction of feeding behaviour and diet in Devonian ctenacanth chondrichthyans using dental microwear texture and finite element analyses by Merle Greif, Ivan Calandra, Stephan Lautenschlager, Thomas M. Kaiser, Mohammed Mezane, Christian Klug

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La conservation des ossements fossiles : le cas des Iguanodons de Bernissart by Pascal Godefroit, Thierry Leduc

“…The discovery, in 1878, of more than twenty complete skeletons of Iguanodons at Bernissart (Belgium) is a major event in the history of palaeontology. These 125 million years old skeletons were extremely weakened because of the great amont of pyrite inside the bones. …”
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A practical approach to building a calcareous nannofossil knowledge graph by Hongyi Zhao, Bin Hu, Chao Ma, Shijun Jiang, Yi Zhang, Xin Li, Lirong Chen, Can Cai, Longgang Ye, Shengjian Zhou, Chengshan Wang

“…Abstract Following sustained development, numerous palaeontology databases and datasets of various types have been created. …”
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From Monster to Ancestor: The Emergence and Animation of the Deep Past by Richard Somerset

“…Starting out as exotic otherworldly monsters, they retained this status amongst those authors seeking to present the findings of palaeontology as consistent with the Biblical narrative of creation, while authors willing to envisage an alternative natural history of creation tended to naturalise them. …”
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A review of Multibody Dynamic versus Finite Element Analyses applied in palaeoanthropology: what can we expect for the study of hominin postcranial remains? by Alicia Blasi-Toccacceli, Guillaume Daver, Mathieu Domalain

“…These approaches have been also used in palaeontology to bring extinct animals, such as hominins, "back to life". …”
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Discontinuity in the history of taphonomy: rediscovery of early works during the second half of the twentieth century by André Silva, Hermínio Ismael de Araújo Júnior, Rodolfo Dino

“…These factors include the transition from a multilingual scientific culture to a monolingual one, the shift of palaeontology’s centre from Europe to the United States, and the ideology of researchers, among other factors.…”
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Variation morphologique et concept d’espèce en paléoanthropologie : l’exemple d’Australopithecus en Afrique australe by Amélie Beaudet

“…The lack of a consensual definition of the species concept in palaeontology, together with the fragmentary nature of the fossil record, greatly impact our understanding of the fossil hominin taxonomic diversity. …”
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Discriminating between flint outcrops in central north Bulgaria: archaeological implications by Maria Gurova, Polina Andreeva, Elitsa Stefanova

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Insights into greener Miocene biomes and globally enhanced terrestrial productivity from fossil leaves by Tammo Reichgelt, Christopher K. West

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Growth arrest lines and intra-epiphyseal silhouettes: a case series by Ian W Kennedy, Greg J Irwin, James S Huntley

“…They are usually evident on radiographs as transverse lines in the metaphyses and have been used in fields from palaeontology to orthopaedics. This report consists of three cases, two of which describe growth arrest lines in an intra-epiphyseal site hitherto rarely documented, and a third demonstrating their clinical application. …”
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Hominin heritage: How institutional repositories are managing collections, collaboration and repatriation by Wendy Black, Bernhard Zipfel, Mirriam Tawane, Glynn Alard, Phillip Hine

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Taphonomy as a Methodological Approach for the Study of Dog Domestication: Application to the Prehistoric Site of Peña Moñuz (Guadalajara, Spain) by Idoia Claver, Verónica Estaca-Gómez, Gonzalo J. Linares-Matás, Jesús Alberto Arenas-Esteban, José Yravedra

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Extinction studies in focus: Reflections on photography at a time of ecological decline by Kate Simpson, Sarah Oakes, Aureja Stirbyte, Katie Prosser, Timothy M. Brown, Jonathan David Roberts, Amy J. Bartlett

“…We offer seven perspectives on contemporary image-making, from disciplines including philosophy, conservation biology, literature, sociology, geology, cultural anthropology, and palaeontology. Researchers gathered experiential, ethical, even biological meanings from considering what to include or exclude in images: from the micro to the macro, the visible to the invisible, the aesthetic to the ecological. …”
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The Middle to Late Triassic of Central Saudi Arabia with emphasis on the Jilh Formation. Part II: sequence stratigraphy, depositional and structural history, correlations and paleo... by Le Nindre, Yves-Michel, Davies, Roger Brett, Issautier, Benoit, Krystyn, Leopold, Vaslet, Denis, Vrielynck, Bruno, Memesh, Abdullah

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Quaternary Large Mammals from the Granada Geopark: A Magnificent Record with Examples of Geoconservation. by Alfonso Arribas Herrera, Guiomar Garrido Álvarez, José Antonio Garrido García, Francisco Juan García Tortosa, Cristobal Medialdea Pérez

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European UNESCO Geoparks: Introduction to Part II by Michael Benton

“…The concept of the volume is to survey all the key geoparks throughout Europe in terms of their palaeontological significance. The second set of 36 articles in this Part cover the long span of geological time from the Triassic to the Quaternary, arranged in chronostratigraphic order. …”
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The Geo-educational and Conservational Challenges Posed by Unconsolidated Deposits: Some Thoughts and Possible Solutions as Applied to Diamicton Deposits from the British Isles by Murphy Phillip

“…These are often poorly exposed and as a result their influence on development and importance as palaeontological archives are often under appreciated. …”
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Eobraconus, a Substitute Name for Eobracon Rasnitsyn (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) by A. P. Rasnitsyn

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