Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi’s iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events
L. Frantz, A. Rudzinski, A. Mansyursyah Surya Nugraha…·G. Larson
The paper tests the hypothesis that recent geological events on Sulawesi drove the synchronous diversification of its endemic artiodactyls, finding that species expanded from a central area that emerged above sea level ~1-2 Myr ago.
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2017.2566