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Lucas N. Weaver

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Approach:Bayesian inference· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:mixed model· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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PaleontologybioRxivPreprintJul 9, 2025

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Locomotor Trends Among Early Mammals Illuminated by Predictors of Arboreality from the Mammalian Appendicular Skeleton

Jonathan A. Nations, Lucas N. Weaver, David M. Grossnickle

Bayesian multilevel models of 69 appendicular skeletal metrics across 236 extant mammal species predict climbing at 95% accuracy and indicate that several Mesozoic therians, including Juramaia, were terrestrial ground-dwellers.

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