In a recent publication in the Journal of Experimental Biology, Nina Kraus introduces a theoretical model proposing that environmental cues during embryonic development play an active role in shaping heart evolution. (click on title to continue)

A recent paper co-authored by Barbara Fischer discusses whether classic bony pelvic features can reliably indicate a history of pregnancy and childbirth (click on title to continue)

In their most recent paper published in Systematic Biology, Philipp Mitteroecker, Michael L. Collyer and Dean C. Adams introduce a new system to measure phylogenetic signal in multivariate phenotypes. Phylogenetic signal is the tendency of closely related species to resemble each other more than distant ones. The authors approach a long-standing challenge in the statistical estimation of phylogenetic signal in mutivariate phenotypes, as phylogenetic signal until now have been mostly designed for univariate traits. However, biological traits are often multivariate, and univariate measures are therefore inadequate, and not meaningful on their own. The authors propose a novel method where the multivariate data is decomposed into linear combinations with the most or least phylogenetic signal, which is measured by Blomberg’s K. These components, called K-components, can be interpreted biologically, and scatterplots can show the data in a way that preserves phylogenetic signal. (Click on title to continue.)

In this new paper, Elis Jones argues that scientific activity is literally niche construction. Using data from interviews conducted with coral scientists, Elis examines the socio-ecological dimensions of science, especially how science shapes and is shaped by the living world around it. (Click on title to read paper summary.)

In a recent publication, Philipp Mitteroecker shows how genetic variance in the timing of development and reproduction increases the speed of adaptive evolution, which also has implications for the evolution of aging. (click on title to continue)

In a recent paper published in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, KLI Hans Przibram fellow Anne Le Maître and colleagues investigated the ear morphology of extinct rodents in relation to their locomotory behavior. (Click on the title to read more)

In a recent study published in The Anatomical Record, KLI Group Leader Barbara Fischer and KLI Postdoctoral Fellow Katya Stansfield examine the "pelvic floor hypothesis" as a key factor in the evolution of human pelvic anatomy. (Click on the title to continue)

A recent paper co-authored by Isabella Sarto-Jackson and Barbara Fischer presents a new theoretical perspective on the transmission of behavior, the “Integrative Neurobiology and Cultural Context (INCC) theory”. (click on title to continue)

In a recent paper published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, KLI Postdoctoral Fellow Somya Mani and T. Tlusty present a new agent-based model of cell-fate decisions in tissues. (Click on the title to continue)

KLI fellow Anne Le Maître, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (BMSAP), together with Bérénice Chamel (Institut Français du Proche-Orient, Beyrouth, Lebanon), coordinated the new issue of this journal. (Click on title to continue)

In a recent paper published in PNAS, co-leads Barbara Fischer (KLI & University of Vienna) along with Katharina Pink (Medical University of Vienna) and team reported that female Japanese macaques, despite having the same pelvis-to-fetal-head ratio as female humans, do not suffer the same birth complications as human mothers. This is supported by evidence from a long-term demographic data showing zero maternal mortality linked to childbirth in these non-human primates. This study contributes to our current understanding of the interplay between pelvic morphology and birth dynamics and provides further insights into how to provide better care for human mothers to lessen complications during physiological births. The study made it to the cover of the journal.

In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, KLI fellow Sanjay Narayanaswamy and colleagues investigate the role of Notch signaling in self-organizing gastruloids. (click on title to continue)

In a new article in the Journal of the History of Biology, KLI postdoctoral fellow Marcelo Domingos de Santis challenges the conventional narrative of the systematics wars. (click on title to continue)

A recent paper co-authored by Barbara Fischer and Philipp Mitteroecker applies the cliff-edge model of obstetric selection to real-world data and illustrates how medical interventions can alter evolutionary dynamics. (click on title to continue)

In a recent paper published in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science, KLI Hans Przibram fellow Ludo Schoenmakers examines the controversy over adaptationism in the early 1980s. (Click on the title to read more)

In a recent paper published in The American Naturalist, KLI alumni Hari Sridhar and Joyshree Chanam, together with Priyanka Hariharan, contribute to the ongoing debate over the place of natural history in ecology and evolutionary biology (EEB). (Click on the title to continue)

KLI fellow Anne Le Maître, along with colleagues from the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris coordinated a special issue of the Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (BMSAP) on the topic, "Invasive, micro-invasive and non-invasive analysis of anthropobiological remains. How and why?” This special issue comprises several articles stemming from the presentations given during the 2023 annual meeting of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris. (Click on title to continue)

KLI fellow Anne Le Maître, along with colleagues from the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, coordinated a special issue of the journal BMSAP on the topic "Mortuary practices and social inference.” (Click on title to continue)

The special issue “The Relevance of a Philosophical Toolkit to Advance Neuroscience” in the European Journal of Neuroscience, edited by KLI Group Leader Isabella Sarto-Jackson and colleagues, is online now. (Click on the title to continue)

In a recent paper published in BioSocieties, KLI Alumnus Elis Jones and E.M. Bertrand discuss how oceans, and biogeochemical systems in general, can be considered metabolic. (Click on the title to continue)