April 2016

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Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

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April 28, 2016
The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms
69 citations
2,640 downloads
11,458 views
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1778 PubMed 27162705
April 18, 2016
Macromammalian faunas, biochronology and palaeoecology of the early Pleistocene Main Quarry hominin-bearing deposits of the Drimolen Palaeocave System, South Africa
15 citations
743 downloads
3,289 views
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anthropology
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1941 PubMed 27114884
April 14, 2016
Anatomy and osteohistology of the basal hadrosaurid dinosaur Eotrachodon from the uppermost Santonian (Cretaceous) of southern Appalachia
11 citations
1,088 downloads
6,108 views
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paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
histology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1872 PubMed 27114863
April 25, 2016
Understanding form and function of the stem in early flattened echinoderms (pleurocystitids) using a microstructural approach
5 citations
310 downloads
1,730 views
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ecology
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1820 PubMed 27168956
April 5, 2016
Yuanansuchus maopingchangensis sp. nov., the second capitosauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic Badong Formation of Yuanan, Hubei, China
2 citations
566 downloads
2,513 views
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1903 PubMed 27069824
Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

- read article

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