Oliphas' weekly paper

Once per week, a paper from the fields of ecology, conservation, behavior, and the like, will be posted here as a suggested reading. The objective is to create a tertulia atmosphere where people can find, comment and suggest attractive scientific articles.

Saturday, March 11, 2006

the abominable snowman



No doubt the funniest paper I have ever read:

Milinkovitch, M.C., Caccone, A. and Amato, G. 2004. Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate extensive morphological convergence between the ‘yeti’ and primates. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31, 1–3.

Here we have one of the most fascinating cases of evolutionary convergence. Animals as fas as Perissodactyla and Primates can look astonishingly similar. Don't miss this excelent article and its online additional information (Milinkovitch's lab)

Please enjoy!

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