Author:
Fortelius Mikael,Agustí Jordi,Bernor Raymond L.,de Bruijn Hans,van Dam Jan A.,Damuth John,Eronen Jussi T.,Evans Gudrun,van den Hoek Ostende Lars W.,Janis Christine M.,Jernvall Jukka,Kaakinen Anu,von Koenigswald Wighart,Lintulaakso Kari,Liu Liping,Ataabadi Majid Mirzaie,Mittmann Hans-Walter,Pushkina Diana,Saarinen Juha,Sen Sevket,Sova Susanna,Säilä Laura K.,Tesakov Alexey,Vepsäläinen Jouni,Viranta Suvi,Vislobokova Innessa,Werdelin Lars,Zhang Zhaoqun,Žliobaitė Indrė
Abstract
AbstractThe NOW database of fossil mammals came to be through a confluence of several initiatives spanning multiple decades. The first public version of NOW database was released in 1996 and the first Advisory Board was established the year after. Originally, NOW stood for Neogene of the Old World but with the gradual expansion of the database the acronym was eventually reassigned to stand for New and Old Worlds. The structure of what would become NOW was originally cloned from the ETE database of the Smithsonian Institution and the first NOW version accessible over the internet was a node of the ETE database. The first standalone, online version of NOW was launched in 2005 and the first formal steering group was established in 2009. During its existence, NOW has been funded, directly or indirectly, by several organizations but fundamentally it has always been an unfunded community effort, dependent on voluntary work by the participants.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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