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The cover of our new May issue features a stunning 3D visualization of the human membranous labyrinth from the included article by @csmithbioart, @JeffreyTLaitman and colleagues. Cover artwork by Chris Smith. Read more here:
https://t.co/YtQj3t0FFv
Taphonomic-forensic analysis of #hominin skulls from Sima de los Huesos by @JuanLuisArsuaga
et al. Of 20 known skulls, 17 have healed depression fractures. "Recurrent acts of lethal violence…thus seem evident."
https://t.co/02AJcqOP8L
#FossilFriday #paleoanthropology #hominid
Did you know that among vertebrates, only chameleons are known to have a bony airborne sound receiver? Learn more about research on the chameleon atympanic middle ear by @SavannahSciArt here:
https://t.co/9YuQvrjby5
#chameleon #diceCT #exaptation #hearing #middleear #Chamaeleo
Ovariectomized rat model and shape variation in the bony labyrinth by @devinleaward et al. Labyrinthine shape is a tool for assessing phylogeny & function in the fossil record, but osteoporosis may contribute to intraspecific shape variation:
https://t.co/MrAiTiMZcg
New research on hindlimb limb loss in glass lizards and other related taxa (Anguinae) by Jozef Klembara et al.:
https://t.co/SfDwudNXaO
#anatomy #lizard #lizards #anguidae #hindlimb #development #ontogeny #limbloss #morphology #pseudopus #osteology
On #FossilFriday, we're pleased to announce the publication of a new specimen of Irajatherium hernandezi, a poorly known probainognathian #cynodont from the #Triassic of Brazil by @KerberLeonardo, @agu_martinelli @FlavioAPretto
https://t.co/zVghDsvI9r
@AnatRecord @WileyEcolEvol
Neuroanatomy of Zulmasuchus querejazus and insights on the paleoecology of sebecosuchian sby Yohan Pochat-Cottilloux et al.:
https://t.co/jm9dsXw0NS
#FossilFriday #crocodyliform #fossils #crocodile #fossil #paleontology #evolution #neuroanatomy
Septal deviation in the nose of the longest faced crocodylian by @Ninjemys , Nicole Fontenot, and @CrocHolliday is now out:
https://t.co/1G4d5ISj6Q
#crocodilia #gharial #gavialis #NasalSeptum #crocodile #Respiration #ctscan #skull #anatomy #crania
Can primate morphotaxa be assessed with photographs? Find out the answer using 2D geometric morphometrics in this new open access article by Andrea Cardini and colleagues:
https://t.co/IfmOdkLxpO
#GeometricMorphometrics #Primates
Revision of hip flexor anatomy and function in modern humans, and implications for the evolution of hominin bipedalism by Jayc Sedlmayr, Karl T. Bates, @JonathanWisco and @paleofox is now out:
https://t.co/UT3T3nfHzd
#hominin #bipedalism #hominins #psoas