Homo naledi + John Day caniforms + Dekamyarion + Jamninkaornis + spinosaurid rostrum + pterosaur wings + more free pdfs
Ben Creisler
Ben Creisler
I hope all are safe and well.
Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
Palesa P. Madupe, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Claire Koenig, Ioannis Patramanis, Fazeelah Munir, Marc R. Dickinson, Meaghan Mackie, Gaudry Troché, Glendon Parker, Pelagia Kyriakidou, Patrick Mahoney, Gina McFarlane, Bernhard Zipfel, Jürgen Cox, Kirsty Penkman, Lauren Schroeder, Rebecca R. Ackermann, Jesper V. Olsen, John Hawks, Lee Berger & Enrico Cappellini (2026)
Proteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 Homo naledi individuals shows no male markers
Cell (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2026.05.044
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00644-6
Free pdf:
https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0092-8674%2826%2900644-6
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Jacob D. Gardner, Thomas A. Püschell, Suzy White, Manabu Sakamoto and Chris Venditti (2026)
Competing models of hominin body size evolution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(27): e2521732123
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2521732123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2521732123
Free pdf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2521732123
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Cristina Gildee & Patricia Ann Kramer (2026)
Testing the limits: the impact of extreme functional hip width on the muscular demands of walking
Biology Open bio.062747.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062747
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Alba Bossoms Mesa, Elena Essel, Louisa Jáuregui, Aurore Galtier, Elena I. Zavala, Kevin Nota, Merlin Szymanski, Julia Zorn, Hugo Gomes, George H. Nash, Pierluigi Rosina, Virginia Lattao, Luiz Oosterbeek, Carlos Carpetudo, Nelson A. Almeida, Carmen de las Heras, Pilar Fatás, Alfredo Prada, Lucía M. Díaz-González, M. Elena Sánchez-Moral, Alberto Martínez Villa, Mario Menéndez Fernández, José Julio García Arranz, Genevieve von Petzinger, Pedro Cantalejo, Luis-Efrén Fernández, José Ramos-Muñoz, Diego S. Fernández Sánchez, Hugo A. Mira, Emilio Muñoz Fernández, Ramón Montes-Barquín, Roberto Ontañón, Janet Kelso, Kay Prüfer, Benjamin Vernot, Mateja Hajdinjak, Qingfeng Shao, Sara Garcês, Hipólito Collado Giraldo & Matthias Meyer (2026)
Investigating ancient human DNA preservation on cave walls and in rock art
Nature Communications 17: 5561
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74234-2
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-74234-2
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J. M. López‐Rey, D. García‐Martínez, A. Gómez‐Olivencia, O. Cambra‐Moo, A. González‐Martín, M. Bastir & J. M. Bermúdez de Castro (2026)
Rib Cross‐Sectional Mineralized Area in Early Pleistocene Hominins: Insights from the Homo antecessor and H. erectus s . l. Fossil Record
American Journal of Biological Anthropology 190(2): e70299
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70299
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70299
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajpa.70299
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Laura Sánchez-Romero & Alfonso Benito-Calvo (2026)
Inferring the role of hominids at Torralba: spatial analysis of original excavation data
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 18(7): 156
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-026-02517-2
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-026-02517-2
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Tilman Böckenförde, Gabriele Russo, Neda Rahimzadeh, Felix Bittmann, Nikolitsa Nikolakopoulou & Thomas Terberger (2026)
The Early Upper Palaeolithic open‐air site of Friedrichsdorf‐Seulberg, Germany, in the context of the northern central European Aurignacian
Boreas (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.70073
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bor.70073
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bor.70073
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Amanda Gutiérrez-Carbajal, Elena Santos, Esther Lizano, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Ricardo Fong-Zazueta, Aurora Grandal-D’ANglade, David M. Alba, Ana García-Vázquez, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Mónica Villalba de Alvarado, Luca Pandolfi, Lorenzo Rook, Montserrat Sanz, Joan Daura, João Zilhão, Juan Luis Arsuaga, José María Bermúdez de Castro & María Martinón-Torres (2026)
Palaeoproteomic insights into the evolutionary history of cave bears from southwestern Europe
Scientific Reports (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-58093-x
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-58093-x
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John D. Orcutt, Kevin C. Talbott, Michael J. Monroe & Nicholas A. Famoso (2026)
Updates to the caniform fauna (Carnivora, Caniformia) of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA
Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2026.10242
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N.A. Lyubimov and M.V. Sablin (2026)
A paleopathological study of the mandible of Canis etruscus Forsyth Major, 1877, from the Early Pleistocene Muhkai 2 locality (northeastern Caucasus) and the problem of group behavior in early representatives of the genus Canis
Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 330(2): 273–285
doi: https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2026.330.2.273
https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/eng/publication.html?id=644
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Marina V. Sotnikova, Aisen I. Klimovsky, Vera V. Polyanskaya & Alexander V. Sizov (2026)
Large-bodied wolverines Gulo gulo berelechii from the Late Pleistocene of north-eastern Yakutia, Russia
Russian Journal of Theriology 25(1): 66–82
DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.25.1.08
https://zmmu.msu.ru/rjt/articles/article.php?volume=25&issue=1&pages=66-82
Free pdf:
https://zmmu.msu.ru/rjt/articles/ther25_1_066-082.pdf
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Gerard Terrón-Marín, Joan Daura, Jennifer Parkinson & Montserrat Sanz (2026)
A GIS-Based Approach to Modeling Carnivore Activity in the Pleistocene Site of Cova del Rinoceront (Iberian Peninsula)
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.70135
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oa.70135
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Anna L. Wisniewski & Graham J. Slater (2026)
Phylogenetic analyses reveal that horses deviate from a pervasive pattern of skull shape evolution
Paleobiology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2026.10096
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Dekamyarion gen. nov.
Andrew A. van de Weerd & Wilma Wessels (2026)
A new Oligocene genus of the Spalacidae (Rodentia) from the Balkan–Anatolian biogeographic province: spalacid relationships and their dispersal through time.
Zitteliana 100: 93-116.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zitteliana.100.191308
https://zitteliana.pensoft.net/article/191308/
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Francesco Carotenuto, Adolfo Panarello, Alberto De Vito Piscicelli, Alessandro Mondanaro, Marina Melchionna, Domenico Oione, Pasquale Raia & Stefano Tavani (2026)
High-resolution 3D scan of the Devil’s trails palaeontological ichnosite (Southern Italy) for the digital legacy
Scientific Data (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07690-6
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-07690-6
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Te Guo, Changfu Zhou & Qi Zhao (2026)
An osteohistological study of a Late Jurassic docodontan (Mammaliaformes) reveals its growth pattern and fossorial ecological habits
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 114010
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.114010
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018226004736
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Jamninkaornis kencampbelli gen. et sp. nov.
Zbigniew M. Bochenski, Teresa Tomek, Robert Szybiak, and Krzysztof Wertz (2026)
A new passerine (Aves: Passeriformes) and three other specimens of Late Oligocene birds from Poland, with a review of all Paleogene birds from the northern part of the Carpathian Arc.
Palaeontologia Electronica 29(2): a26
doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1712
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2026/5902-late-oligocene-birds-from-poland
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Bouwe R. Reijenga, Rampal S. Etienne, David J. Murrell & Alex L. Pigot (2026)
Speciation History Shapes Patterns of Assemblage Species Richness in Birds
Ecology Letters 29(6): e70432
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70432
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70432
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ele.70432
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Stephanie Constance Lechki & Roger B. J. Benson (2026)
Evolutionary drivers of reproductive output variation among amniotes, and the origins of large offspring in birds
Royal Society Open Science 13(6): 251708
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251708
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Enzo Emanuel Seculi Pereyra, Ignacio Maria Soto & Damian Eduardo Perez (2026)
Beyond species recognition hypothesis: evolutionary trends in Abelisauridae cranial ornamentation
Paleobiology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2026.10099
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Frédéric PITTET (2026)
Neurovascular system and dental renewal in the rostrum of Spinosauridae: new descriptions and implications on non-olfactive snout sensitivity of dinosaurs.
Geodiversitas 48(12): 227-272.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2026v48a12
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/48/12
Free pdf:
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/hd/geodiversitas2026v48a12-pdfa.pdf
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Ricardo Ochoa Martínez, María José Ochoa Martínez, Adrián
Páramo Blázquez, Isabel Ibáñez Lavega, Arturo Fernández Ortega & Félix
Pérez-Lorente (2026)
Huellas ornitópodas con marca de metatarso en el Cretácico Inferior de la
Cuenca de Cameros (Enciso, La Rioja, España) /
Ornithopod footprints with metatarsal traces in the Lower Cretaceous of the
Cameros Basin (Enciso, La Rioja, Spain)
GEOGACETA 79: 83-86 (in Spanish)
Free pdf:
https://sge.usal.es/archivos/geogacetas/geo79/geo79_p_83_86.pdf
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Benton Walters, Emily J. Rayfield and Philip C. J. Donoghue (2026)
Exploring the limits of wing design in pterosaurs
Paleobiology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2026.10103
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Paul M. J. Burke & Philip D. Mannion (2026)
Computed tomography reveals the endocranial anatomy of Crocodylia: Implications for phylogenetic relationships and ecomorphological convergence across Crocodylomorpha
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70182
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.70182
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.70182
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Leonardo Corecco, Vitor Paulo Pereira, Fernando Erthal & Cesar Leandro Schultz (2026)
Paleometric insights into the micromorphology of ziphodont archosaur teeth from the Santa Maria Supersequence (Triassic, Brazil).
Revista Brasileira De Paleontologia 29(1): e20260579.
doi: https://doi.org/10.4072/rbp.2026.1.0579
https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/579
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Andrea Guerrero, Adán Pérez-García, Mohamed K. AbdelGawad & Alberto Valenciano (2026)
Paleopathology of a Lower Miocene Carettochelyid Turtle from the Moghra Formation, Egypt
Biology 15(12): 980
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15120980
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/15/12/980
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Stephan N. F. Spiekman & Martín D. Ezcurra (2026)
Getting to the root of it: perspectives on the phylogenetic origins of modern reptiles
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24(2): 2672998
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2026.2672998
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2026.2672998
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14772019.2026.2672998
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Nathalie M. Alomar, Henry Camarillo, Edward D. Burress, Julia Laterza-Barbosa, Meaghan R. Gade, Saúl F. Domínguez-Guerrero, Isabela Hernández-Rodríguez, Laura R. V. Alencar, Brooke L. Bodensteiner, Isabella J. Burger, Eric A. Riddell, and Martha M. Muñoz (2026)
Physiology is a hidden dimension of diversity in the radiation of woodland salamanders
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(26): e2523895123
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2523895123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2523895123
Free pdf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2523895123
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A. M. Murray & R. B. Holmes (2026)
Osteology, phylogenetic relationships, and historical biogeography of the fossil and living snakeheads (Teleostei: Anabantomorpha: Channidae).
Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 14: 104--160
doi: https://doi.org/10.18435/vamp29419
https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29419
Free pdf:
https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29419/21480
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Julia Türtscher, Patrick L. Jambura & Jürgen Kriwet (2026)
Skeletal morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the Late Cretaceous freshwater ray Myledaphus bipartitus (Chondrichthyes; Batomorphii)
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24(2): 2679622
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2026.2679622
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2026.2679622
Free pdf:
tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14772019.2026.2679622
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Esther Manzanares, Zerina Johanson, Jens Najorka, Joseph Razzell Hollis, Charlie J. Underwood & Richard J. Twitchett (2026)
First report of the biomineral whitlockite from the fossil record of holocephalans
Royal Society Open Science 13(6): 252478
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.252478
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Jacob C. Dunn, Christian T. Herbst, Coen P.H. Elemans & W. Tecumseh Fitch (2026)
Constraint and convergence in the evolution of vertebrate sound production
Trends in Ecology & Evolution (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2026.04.013
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534726000868
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Igor Adameyko (2026)
Co-option and innovation in neural crest evolution
Science Advances 12(26): eaed9037
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aed9037
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aed9037
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Joseph T Flannery-Sutherland, Amy R Tims, John Clarke, Matt Friedman & Sam Giles (2026)
The phylogenetic signal of extinction through the rise and fall of early vertebrates: field of bullets or clustered strike?
Evolution, qpag116
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpag116
https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpag116/8709297
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James S. Crampton, Michael Foote, Peter M. Sadler and Roger A. Cooper (2026)
The spectrum of extinction rate magnitude
Paleobiology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2026.10107
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Stephanie K. Drumheller, Colin D. Sumrall, and J. Richard Kyle (2026)
Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside: evidence for vertebrate predation and recovery in the Mississippian blastoid Pentremites spicatus
Lethaia 60(1): 1–12
doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/let.60.1.8
https://www.scup.com/doi/10.18261/let.60.1.8
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Paula Dentzien-Dias, Ana Carolina Landim Pacheco, Larissa Catafesta, Weronika Łaska, Aleksandra Skawina, and Kenneth De Baets (2026)
Multiple records of tapeworm eggs from Permian coprolites and their palaeoparasitological significance
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(2): 323-335
doi:10.4202/app.01294.2025
https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app012942025.html
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Gregory J. Retallack and Xuelian Guo (2026)
Late Devonian forests and mass extinction
Lethaia 60(1): 1–21
doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/let.60.1.7
https://www.scup.com/doi/10.18261/let.60.1.7
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Ben Egan, Thomas M. Cullen, Maria I. Velez, Scott M. Rosendahl, Seyed Hesam-Aldin Samaei, Jinkai Xue & Ryan C. McKellar (2026)
13C enrichment within Cretaceous amber as an alternate C3 plant proxy to investigate anomalous carbon isotope values observed within Cretaceous food webs
Cretaceous Research 106446
doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2026.106446
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667126001357
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Gregory D. Price, Marc Davies & Jade Cox (2026)
Climate, CO2 and correlation: a Middle to Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous carbon and oxygen isotope record.
Cretaceous Research 106444
doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2026.106444
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667126001333
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T.J. Hodder, M.S. Gauthier, M. Ross, A.S. Dalton, M. Schaarschmidt, O.B. Lian, S.A. Finkelstein, E.C. Grunsky & A.E. Jennings (2026)
Laurentide ice sheet dynamics across multiple glacial–interglacial cycles from Quaternary stratigraphic records in central Canada
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (2026)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2025-0098
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