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Ben Mersey
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 4
Citations - 3114
Ben Mersey is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neanderthal & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 2579 citations.
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Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?
Anthony D. Barnosky,Nicholas J. Matzke,Susumu Tomiya,Susumu Tomiya,Guinevere O. U. Wogan,Guinevere O. U. Wogan,Brian Swartz,Tiago B. Quental,Tiago B. Quental,Charles R. Marshall,Jenny L. McGuire,Emily L. Lindsey,Kaitlin C. Maguire,Ben Mersey,Elizabeth A Ferrer +14 more
TL;DR: Differences between fossil and modern data and the addition of recently available palaeontological information influence understanding of the current extinction crisis, and results confirm that current extinction rates are higher than would be expected from the fossil record.
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Neanderthal teeth from Moula-Guercy, Ardèche, France.
Leslea J. Hlusko,Joshua P. Carlson,Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg,Kristin L. Krueger,Ben Mersey,Peter S. Ungar,Alban Defleur +6 more
TL;DR: Dental remains from a Neanderthal fossil assemblage from Moula-Guercy, France are described to reveal numerous characteristics that are diagnostic of Neanderthals and provide no evidence for the presence of any other hominid taxa.
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Neanderthal hand and foot remains from Moula-Guercy, Ardèche, France.
TL;DR: The hand and foot collection from Moula-Guercy is an important dataset for future studies of Neanderthal functional morphology, dexterity, and behavior as it represents a previously undersampled time period for European Neanderthals.
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Neanderthal axial and appendicular remains from Moula-Guercy, Ardèche, France
TL;DR: Analysis of the recovered remains at Moula-Guercy cave Ardèche, France indicate a clear affinity with Neanderthals by the presence of large and robust muscle attachments, thick long bone cortices, a long pubic ramus, and a superoinferiorly flattened clavicle shaft.