A new fossil buffalo from the Shungura Formation (Ethiopia) reveals the role of heterochrony in the evolution of Syncerus Hodgson, 1847
Variation in the timing and rate of development (heterochrony) is a key driver of morphological diversification. The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779)) is the sole surviving species of a once diverse Pleistocene clade and shows striking eco-morphological variability that may be the result of heterochron...