I hope people are safe and well.
Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
Yaping Shao, Christian Wegener, Konstantin Klein, Isabell Schmidt & Gerd-Christian Weniger (2024)
Reconstruction of human dispersal during Aurignacian on pan-European scale
Nature Communications 15: 7406
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51349-y
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51349-y
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Guillermo Rodríguez-Gómez, M. Patrocinio Espigares, Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro, Sergio Ros-Montoya, Antonio Guerra-Merchán, Jesús A. Martín-González, Isidoro Campaña, Alejandro Pérez-Ramos, Alejandro Granados, José Manuel García-Aguilar, María Dolores Rodríguez-Ruiz and Paul Palmqvist (2024)
Carrying Capacity, Available Meat and the Fossil Record of the Orce Sites (Baza Basin, Spain)
Quaternary 7(3): 37
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/quat7030037
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/7/3/37
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Eamonn I. F. Wooster, Erick J. Lundgren, Mairin Balisi, Rhys T. Lemoine, Christopher J. Sandom, Jens-Christian Svenning, John Rowan, Chris J. Jolly, Grant D. Linley, Mitchell. A. Cowan, Nick Wright, Dylan Westaway, Dale Nimmo, Hannah Nichols & Owen S. Middleton (2024)
Functional Traits of the World's Late Quaternary Terrestrial Mammalian Predators
Global Ecology and Biogeography e13909
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13909
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/geb.13909
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.13909
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Andrey Yu. Puzachenko, Alain Argant, Gennady F. Baryshnikov, Gennady G. Boeskorov, Irina V. Kirillova, Aisen I. Klimovsky, Pavel A. Kosintsev, Adrian Marciszak, Valery V. Plotnikov, Martin Sabol & Sergey K. Vasiliev (2024)
Distribution history of the cave lion (Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810))
Earth History and Biodiversity 100006
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hisbio.2024.100006
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950475924000066
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Adrian Marciszak & Wiktoria Gornig (2024)
From giant to dwarf: A trend of decreasing size in Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810) and its likely implications
Earth History and Biodiversity 1: 100007
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hisbio.2024.100007
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950475924000078
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Martin Sabol & Andrey Yu. Puzachenko (2024)
Distribution of cave lions (Panthera spelaea ssp.) in mountain areas
Earth History and Biodiversity 100009
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hisbio.2024.100009
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950475924000091
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Gleb Zilberstein, Svetlana Zilberstein, Pier Giorgio Righetti, Vincenzo Cunsolo, Alexei Tikhonov, Andrei Bublichenko
Sense of smell reduction as factor for mammoth’s and other mammals extinction. immunoglobulins as possible markers.
Earth History and Biodiversity 1: 100008
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hisbio.2024.100008
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S295047592400008X
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Nanxiongilambda yei gen. et sp. nov.
QUAN Shuo-Shuo & WANG Yuan-Qing (2024)
First Asian Paleocene pantolambdid pantodont (Mammalia) and its implications to intercontinental faunal exchange
Vertebrata Palasiatica (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240829.
https://www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240829#1
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Torgos platycephalus sp. nov.
V. O. Gorbatcheva & N. V. Zelenkov (2024)
A Vulture of the Genus Torgos (Aves: Accipitridae) in the Late Pleistocene of Azerbaijan
Paleontological Journal 58(4): 475–482
doi: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030124600367
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0031030124600367
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N. V. Zelenkov, M. P. Maslintsyna, T. P. Malyshkina, A. A. Maslennikov, E. V. Syromyatnikova & D. O. Gimranov (2024)
A Large Marine Bird (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Eocene of Western Siberia
Doklady Biological Sciences (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496624600131
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0012496624600131
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Belén Bukowski, Leonardo Campagna, Gustavo S. Cabanne, Pablo L. Tubaro & Darío A. Lijtmaer (2024)
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in Thamnophilus ruficapillus, a Neotropical passerine with disjunct distribution in the Andean and Atlantic forests
Journal of Avian Biology e03293
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03293
https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jav.03293
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https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jav.03293
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Logan King, Qi Zhao, David L. Dufeau, Soichiro Kawabe, Lawrence Witmer, Chang-Fu Zhou, Emily J. Rayfield, Michael J. Benton & Akinobu Watanabe (2024)
Endocranial development in non-avian dinosaurs reveals an ontogenetic brain trajectory distinct from extant archosaurs
Nature Communications 15: 7415
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51627-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51627-9
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Attila Ősi, Paul M. Barrett, András Lajos Nagy, Imre Szenti, Lívia Vásárhelyi, János Magyar, Martin Segesdi, Zoltán Csiki-Sava, Gábor Botfalvai & Viviána Jó (2024)
Trophic evolution in ornithopod dinosaurs revealed by dental wear
Nature Communications 15: 7330
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51697-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51697-9
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Jessie Atterholt, Mathew J. Wedel, Ron Tykoski, Anthony R. Fiorillo, Femke Holwerda, Thierra K. Nalley, Taormina Lepore & John Yasmer (2024)
Neural canal ridges: A novel osteological correlate of postcranial neuroanatomy in dinosaurs
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25558
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25558
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https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.25558
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Louis l. Jacobs, Lawrence J. Flynn, Christopher R. Scotese, Diana P. Vineyard, and Ismar de Souza Carvalho (2024)
The Early Cretaceous Borborema-Cameroon dinosaur dispersal corridor
In: Louis H. Taylor, Robert G. Raynolds, and Spencer G. Lucas, eds., 2024, Vertebrate Paleoichnology: A Tribute to Martin Lockley. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 95: 199-212
Free pdf:
https://smu.app.box.com/s/e2ghm8ycjb1zf6hu9pooypdl4sosylbn
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Jorge Cubo, Mariana V. A. Sena, Romain Pellarin, Mathieu G. Faure-Brac, Paul Aubier, Cassandra Cheyron, Stéphane Jouve, Ronan Allain & Nour-Eddine Jalil (2024)
Integrative paleophysiology of the metriorhynchoid Pelagosaurus typus (Pseudosuchia, Thalattosuchia)
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25548
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25548
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https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.25548Abstract
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Donald M. Henderson (2024)
Lost, hidden, broken, cut-estimating and interpreting the shapes and masses of damaged assemblages of plesiosaur gastroliths.
PeerJ 12: e17925
doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17925
https://peerj.com/articles/17925/
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Janine M. Ziermann-Canabarro & Paul Lukas (2024)
The larval chondrocranium and its development in Smilisca phaeota with considerations of patterns characteristic for the chondrocranial development of Lalagobatrachia
Scientific Reports 14: 19779
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70724-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-70724-9
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Karen M. Panzeri and Federico A. Guzmán (2024)
Unveiling the histology and anatomy of the lungfish Chaoceratodus portezuelensis (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) from the Portezuelo and Cerro Lisandro formations (Upper Cretaceous) of Argentine Patagonia.
Palaeontologia Electronica 27(2): a42.
doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1408
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024/5317-cretaceous-lungfish-analysis
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Isabelle Ng, David R. Bellwood, Jan M. Strugnell, Valeriano Parravicini and Alexandre C. Siqueira (2024)
The rise of dietary diversity in coral reef fishes
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291(2029): 20241004
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1004
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.1004
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https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspb.2024.1004
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Yuki Matsuda and Takashi Makino (2024)
Comparative genomics reveals convergent signals associated with the high metabolism and longevity in birds and bats
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291(2029): 20241068
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1068
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.1068
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https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspb.2024.1068
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Aldo Benites-Palomino,Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández,Jorge Velez-Juarbe,Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño,Rodolfo Sánchez & Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra (2024)
Trophic interactions of sharks and crocodylians with a sea cow (Sirenia) from the Miocene of Venezuela
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2381505
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2381505
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2381505
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2024.2381505
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Sean Driscoll, Fjodor Merkuri, Frédéric J. J. Chain & Jennifer L. Fish (2024)
Splicing is dynamically regulated during limb development
Scientific Reports 14: 19944
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68608-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-68608-z
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Zhiwei Wu, Lingyu Chu, Zhen Gong & Guan-Zhu Han (2024)
The making of a nucleic acid sensor at the dawn of jawed vertebrate evolution
Science Advances 10(32): eado7464
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado7464
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.ado7464
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Graham McLean (2024)
Sydney Basin in the Triassic—a review of the geology, flora and fauna, and ecosystems. The Hawkesbury Sandstone
Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online 40: 1-44
DOI: 10.3853/j.1835-4211.40.2024.1902
https://journals.australian.museum/mclean-2024-tech-rep-aust-mus-online-40-144/
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Valentin Fischer, Nicolas Vaczi, Rebecca F. Bennion, Romain Cottereau, Jessica Lawrence Wujek, and Jamie A. MacLaren (2024)
Accurate specimen digitization through glass achieved and validated using 3D surface scanning.
Palaeontologia Electronica, 27(2): a44
doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1375
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024/5265-digitisation-through-glass
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Sakina Abdeali Halvadwala & Dr Prateek Chakraborty (2024)
Crystallographic Study of Vertebrate Fossils from The Central Narmada Valley, India.
Evolving Earth 100033
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eve.2024.100033
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950117224000037
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Miriam A. Slodownik (2024)
The non-flowering plants of a near-polar forest in East Gondwana, Tasmania, Australia, during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum
American Journal of Botany e16398
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16398
https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajb2.16398
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https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajb2.16398
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Stephen A. Smith & Jeremy M. Beaulieu (2024)
Ad fontes: divergence-time estimation and the age of angiosperms
New Phytologist (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20076
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.20076
Free pdf:
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.20076
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Anna Ruth W. Halberstadt, Edward Gasson, David Pollard, James Marschalek & Robert M. DeConto (2024)
Geologically constrained 2-million-year-long simulations of Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat and expansion through the Pliocene
Nature Communications 15: 7014
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51205-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51205-z
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T. M. Gernon, B. J. W. Mills, T. K. Hincks, A. S. Merdith, L. J. Alcott, E. J. Rohling & M. R. Palmer (2024)
Solid Earth forcing of Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events
Nature Geoscience (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01496-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01496-0
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Andrew C. Scott (2024)
Carboniferous wildfire revisited: Wildfire, post-fire erosion and deposition in a Mississippian crater lake
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 135(4): 416-437
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.06.002
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787824000300
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Jessica McCoy, Martha E. Gibson, Emma P. Hocking, Jennifer M.K. O’Keefe, James B. Riding, Raymond Roberts, Stewart Campbell, Geoffrey D. Abbott, and Matthew J. Pound (2024)
Temperate to tropical palaeoclimates on the northwest margin of Europe during the middle Cenozoic.
Palaeontologia Electronica 27(2): a43.
doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1349
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024/5275-mid-cenozoic-palaeoclimates-northwest-europe
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Niklas Hohmann, Joël R. Koelewijn, Peter Burgess & Emilia Jarochowska (2024)
Identification of the mode of evolution in incomplete carbonate successions
BMC Ecology and Evolution 24: 113
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02287-2
https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-024-02287-2