Matthias Meyer

TL;DR: A pattern of mesic-adapted lineages evolving to use more arid and open habitats, which is broadly consistent with regional climate and environmental change is found, however, contrary to the general trend, several lineages subsequently appear to have reverted from drier to more mesic habitats.

TL;DR: Compared to extinct mammoth and mastodon, forest and savanna elephants in Africa today are as distinct from each other as mammoth and Asian elephants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of surface selection rules (SSRs) on SERS EFs at hot spots and the determination of SERS depolarization ratios are discussed, and experimental measurements are presented to support the theoretical predictions.

TL;DR: The genome of a Neandertal from Chagyrskaya Cave in the Altai Mountains, Russia, is sequenced to 27-fold genomic coverage and it is found that genes highly expressed in the Striatum in the basal ganglia of the brain carry more amino-acid-changing substitutions than genes expressed elsewhere in the brain, suggesting that the striatum may have evolved unique functions in NeandERTals.

TL;DR: Dental remains from two Protoaurignacian sites in Italy are analyzed and confirm that they were H. sapiens, and teeth from Riparo Bombrini and Grotta di Fumane contain ancient mitochondrial DNA of a modern human type, confirming that by 41,000 calendar years before the present, modern humans bearing ProtoaurIGNacian culture spread into southern Europe.