Michael J. Benton

This study compares ancestral state estimation methods for feather evolution, finding that tree time scaling, outgroup selection, and model choice significantly affect results.

INDITEK-2.0 uses Bayesian inverse modelling to estimate eco-evolutionary parameters from synthetic biodiversity data, successfully recovering true parameter values with low uncertainty.

This study shows rapid recovery of riparian ecosystems in low-latitude North China within 2 million years after the end-Permian mass extinction, marked by increased ichnological complexity and burrowing behavior.