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A paleontologist who studied South American monotreme fossils, using dental evidence to investigate the former geographical distribution of that lineage.[ref]
First discovery of monotremes in South America by Rosendo Pascual and others. Author roster and research findings
A paleontologist who investigated Cretaceous mammals from Madagascar, using complete skeletal evidence to test hypotheses about anatomical specialization and long-term isolation.[ref]
A paleontologist who studied early Australian marsupial fossils and their implications for the historical distribution of mammalian lineages.[ref]
A paleontologist who studied the Miocene ape Pierolapithecus, using its trunk and hand character combination to investigate early great-ape locomotion.[ref]
A paleontologist who investigated the evidence for brown bear presence in Holocene Britain, distinguishing native persistence from possible importation of animals.[ref]
A paleontologist who combined ancient DNA, fossils and morphological comparisons to investigate historical introductions of red deer into Ireland.[ref]
A paleontologist who studied anatomically selective carcass decay, testing how loss of diagnostic characters can bias interpretation of the vertebrate fossil record.[ref]
A paleontologist who investigated hagfish fossils and the relationship between morphological and molecular evidence in early vertebrate phylogenetics.[ref]
A paleontologist who investigated early jawed-vertebrate teeth, using tiny preserved dental structures to test the age and diversification of early lineages.[ref]
A paleontologist who investigated Kimberella and other early animal fossils, using preserved body form to test hypotheses about pre-Cambrian diversity.[ref]
A paleontologist who coauthored an anatomical interpretation of Kimberella, testing evidence for bilaterian-like organization before the Cambrian.[ref]
A paleontologist who studied early Cambrian vertebrates from China; the cited primary publication credits the author with these initials.[ref]
Lower Cambrian vertebrates from south China by D.-G. Shu and others. Author roster and research findings
A paleontologist who coauthored research on a Cambrian fish from North America, using exceptionally preserved anatomy to investigate early vertebrate evolution.[ref]
A paleontologist who studied the pectoral fin of Tiktaalik, investigating the skeletal transition between a fin and a tetrapod limb.[ref]
A paleontologist who investigated early tetrapod limbs, including fossil evidence for more than five anatomical digits.[ref]
A paleontologist who coauthored work on polydactyly in early tetrapod limbs, showing why the five-digit condition should not be assumed for every ancestral limb.[ref]
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Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Intro to OurBigBook
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- topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculusArticles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
- a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
- a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
- to OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features like topics and likes
- as HTML files to a static website, which you can host yourself for free on many external providers like GitHub Pages, and remain in full control
Figure 2. You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website.
Figure 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.
Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. 
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