The Evolution of Primate Body Size: Left-skewness, Maximum Size, and Cope’s Rule
Richard C. Tillquist, Lauren G. Shoemaker, Kevin Bracy Knight, Aaron Clauset
The paper analyzes primate body size evolution over 66 million years, finding a left-skewed distribution and a reversal of Cope’s Rule 40 million years ago.
bioRxiv · Dec 11, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology