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1A new mammaliaform from the early Jurassic and evolution of mammalian characteristics by Zhe-Xi Luo and othersa-new-mammaliaform-from-the-early-jurassic-and-evolution-of-mammalian-characteristics-by-zhe-xi-luo-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Skeletons of terrestrial cetaceans and the relationship of whales to artiodactyls by J. G. M. Thewissen and othersskeletons-of-terrestrial-cetaceans-and-the-relationship-of-whales-to-artiodactyls-by-j-g-m-thewissen-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
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1Hind limbs of Eocene Basilosaurus: evidence of feet in whales by Philip D. Gingerich and othershind-limbs-of-eocene-basilosaurus-evidence-of-feet-in-whales-by-philip-d-gingerich-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1From Land to Water: the Origin of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises by J. G. M. Thewissen and othersfrom-land-to-water-the-origin-of-whales-dolphins-and-porpoises-by-j-g-m-thewissen-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
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1High-level similarity of dentitions in carnivorans and rodents by Alistair R. Evans and othershigh-level-similarity-of-dentitions-in-carnivorans-and-rodents-by-alistair-r-evans-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Dietary Change and Evolution of Horses in North America by Matthew C. Mihlbachler and othersdietary-change-and-evolution-of-horses-in-north-america-by-matthew-c-mihlbachler-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
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1Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity by David W. Krause and othersskeleton-of-a-cretaceous-mammal-from-madagascar-reflects-long-term-insularity-by-david-w-krause-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
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1Earliest human occupations at Dmanisi (Georgian Caucasus) dated to 1.85–1.78 Ma by Reid Ferring and othersearliest-human-occupations-at-dmanisi-georgian-caucasus-dated-to-1-85-1-78-ma-by-reid-ferring-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
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1Apidima Cave fossils provide earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia by Katerina Harvati and othersapidima-cave-fossils-provide-earliest-evidence-of-homo-sapiens-in-eurasia-by-katerina-harvati-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
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Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project

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!
Video 1.
Intro to OurBigBook
. Source.
We have two killer features:
  1. 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-calculus
    Articles 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/derivative
    Video 2.
    OurBigBook Web topics demo
    . Source.
  2. 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.
    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 4.
    Visual Studio Code extension tree navigation
    .
    Figure 5.
    Web editor
    . 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.
    Video 4.
    OurBigBook Visual Studio Code extension editing and navigation demo
    . Source.
  3. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook-media/master/feature/x/hilbert-space-arrow.png
  4. Infinitely deep tables of contents:
    Figure 6.
    Dynamic article tree with infinitely deep table of contents
    .
    Descendant pages can also show up as toplevel e.g.: ourbigbook.com/cirosantilli/chordate-subclade
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact
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