• Current extinction rate in European freshwater gastropods greatly exceeds that of the late Cretaceous mass extinction 

      Neubauer, Thomas A.ORCIDiD; Hauffe, TorstenORCIDiD; Silvestro, DanieleORCIDiD; Schauer, Jens; Kadolsky, DietrichORCIDiD; Wesselingh, Frank P.; Harzhauser, MathiasORCIDiD; Wilke, ThomasORCIDiD (Communications Earth & Environment, 2021-05-21)
      The Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction event 66 million years ago eradicated three quarters of marine and terrestrial species globally. However, previous studies based on vertebrates suggest that freshwater biota were ...
    • Neogene hyperaridity in Arabia drove the directions of mammalian dispersal between Africa and Eurasia 

      Böhme, MadelaineORCIDiD; Spassov, Nikolai; Majidifard, Mahmoud Reza; Gärtner, AndreasORCIDiD; Kirscher, UweORCIDiD; Marks, Michael; Dietzel, Christian; Uhlig, Gregor; El Atfy, HaythamORCIDiD; Begun, David R.; Winklhofer, MichaelORCIDiD (Communications Earth & Environment, 2021-05-18)
      The evolution of the present-day African savannah fauna has been substantially influenced by the dispersal of Eurasian ancestors into Africa. The ancestors evolved endemically, together with the autochthonous taxa, into ...