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August 2015

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Flexible vocalizations in wild bonobos show similarities to development of human speech

Wild bonobos

August 4, 2015

Flexible vocalizations in wild bonobos show similarities to development of human speech

Researchers have found that wild bonobos are able to vocalize in a similar manner to infant humans. Their findings challenge how we think about the evolution of communication and potentially move the dividing line between humans and other apes.

August 18, 2015

Biological and ecological traits of marine species

Mark John Costello, Simon Claus, Stefanie Dekeyzer, Leen Vandepitte, Éamonn Ó Tuama, Dan Lear, Harvey Tyler-Walters

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1201 PubMed 26312188

August 6, 2015

Non-repeatable science: assessing the frequency of voucher specimen deposition reveals that most arthropod research cannot be verified

Shaun Turney, Elyssa R. Cameron, Christopher A. Cloutier, Christopher M. Buddle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1168 PubMed 26339546

August 13, 2015

Let’s be pals again: major systematic changes in Palaemonidae (Crustacea: Decapoda)

Sammy De Grave, Charles H.J.M. Fransen, Timothy J. Page

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1167 PubMed 26339545

August 13, 2015

A new species of Allodaposuchus (Eusuchia, Crocodylia) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Spain: phylogenetic and paleobiological implications

Alejandro Blanco, Josep Fortuny, Alba Vicente, Àngel H. Luján, Jordi Alexis García-Marçà, Albert G. Sellés

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1171 PubMed 26339549

August 27, 2015

A global phylogeny of Pelomedusoides turtles with new material of Neochelys franzeni Schleich, 1993 (Testudines, Podocnemididae) from the middle Eocene, Messel Pit, of Germany

Edwin Cadena

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1221 PubMed 26336649

August 13, 2015

A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Quiriri mountain range of southern Brazil

Marcio R. Pie, Luiz F. Ribeiro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1179 PubMed 26339556

August 13, 2015

Cranial and mandibular shape variation in the genus Carollia (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Colombia: biogeographic patterns and morphological modularity

Camilo López-Aguirre, Jairo Pérez-Torres, Laura A. B. Wilson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1197 PubMed 26413433

August 20, 2015

Environmental influences on the Indo–Pacific octocoral Isis hippuris Linnaeus 1758 (Alcyonacea: Isididae): genetic fixation or phenotypic plasticity?

Sonia J. Rowley, Xavier Pochon, Les Watling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1128 PubMed 26312170

August 20, 2015

A glacial survivor of the alpine Mediterranean region: phylogenetic and phylogeographic insights into Silene ciliata Pourr. (Caryophyllaceae)

Ifigeneia Kyrkou, José María Iriondo, Alfredo García-Fernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1193 PubMed 26312184

August 4, 2015

Establishment of a lectotype for the species Plesiochelys langii Rütimeyer, 1873

Jérémy Anquetin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1108 PubMed 26965839

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