This week's picks all have something to do with food.
Tree climbing and human evolution "aspects of the hominin ankle associated with bipedalism remain compatible with vertical climbing [to collect fruit or honey]"
Earliest evidence for cheese making in the sixth millennium bc in northern Europe" "compelling evidence for the vessels having being used to separate fat-rich milk curds from the lactose-containing whey... in the manufacture of reduced-lactose milk products among lactose-intolerant prehistoric farming communities"
Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in grasses
"when environmental changes promoted C4 evolution, suitable anatomy was present only in members of the PACMAD clade [which doesn't include rice] explaining the clustering of C4 origins in this lineage"
Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks "recovery from Earth's most severe extinction event at the Permian-Triassic boundary... may have occurred faster [in oceans than on land]"
Sustainable bioenergy production from marginal lands in the US Midwest" "successional herbaceous vegetation, once well established, has a direct GHG emissions mitigation capacity that rivals that of purpose-grown crops "
Extracellular transmission of a DNA mycovirus and its use as a natural fungicide
"Our findings may prompt a reconsideration of the generalization that mycoviruses lack an extracellular phase in their life cycles and stimulate the search for other DNA mycoviruses with potential use as natural fungicides. "