The bones of the vertebrate skull come from two developmental sources: the mesoderm and the neural crest. This dual origin allows to investigate how developmental properties influence evolutionary trends. In our paper published in Evolution Letters, we (Quentin,...

Disagreements are the bread and butter of science. What’s more, they tend to have positive consequences: scientific controversies usually motivate scientific rivals to gather new evidence, refine their theories, and reassess long-held assumptions. But while...