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Honored that my team's recent research on facial expression muscles in African wild dogs was featured in Nature News! We found African wild dogs have the same well-developed "puppy dog eye" expression muscles found in domestic dogs. nature.com/articles/d4158… -with Leigha Lynch

Slow loris facial muscles are the newest piece of the puzzle that make up their weird and wonderful physiology and behavioural ecology. I am so beyond excited to share this! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar… #AcademicTwitter #researchpaper #PhDChat

Mammal facial musculature underlies nonverbal communication. New study of facial muscles of Nycticebus, using dissection and 3D scans, found 19 muscles & discovered a new constrictor nasalis muscle, possibly linked to olfactory communication. Weldon et al. doi.org/10.1002/ar.255…

Amazing special issue of The Anatomical Record just out! So much you will learn about the Pleistocene hominins at this unique site. Guest-edited by Juan-Luis Arsuaga, Ignacio Martínez, Rolf Quam, José-Miguel Carretero, and Carlos Lorenzo. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494/2…

Had such a wonderful time at the Atapuerca Symposium in Burgos, Spain celebrating The Anatomical Record's Special Issue on the Sima de los Huesos hominins. Thanks to the amazing authors and stellar Guest Editors who made this volume and event possible! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494/2…

Exploring synapsid sensory evolution is key to mammalian origins. μCT of Riograndia guaibensis reveal incomplete separation b/w lacrimal & maxillary canals & variable alveolar canal branches. Pneumatization suggests link to reptiles & mammals Fonseca et al doi.org/10.1002/ar.255…

Great new work on muscular adaptations to hypercarnivory in The Anatomical Record by Dr. Heather F. Smith et al. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar…

Visual adaptation and dynamic camouflage in the summer flounder. New work published in The Anatomical Record, see anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar…

Check out our latest 🌱🦇 paper, now in all its (formatted) glory:

Just out by @MollySelba and Valerie DeLeon investigating models for facial reduction among mammals. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jm…

Now you see it, now you don't: the vomeronasal organ of bats. Just out in The Anatomical Record with Sharlene Santana Thomas Eiting and Abigail Curtis (she/her) See anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

A new study of the dermis of three shark species challenges original assumptions of a rigid body in fast moving sharks and a more flexible body in slower moving sharks, and highlights the diversity of the shark integument. Schuitema et al.: doi.org/10.1002/ar.255…

Congratulations to UW Biology Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture PhD student Andrea Bernal (& Dr. Jasmin Camacho 🦇🔬☠️🧠☀️ and coauthors) on this outstanding publication!

Domestication of dogs changed not only their facial muscle morphology but also how these muscles function. Dogs have ~100% fast-twitch muscle fibers, enabling quick facial expression movements while wolves have less than 50%. By Anne Burrows et al.: doi.org/10.1002/ar.255…

In the past ~20 years, #microCT scanning has truly revolutionized the way we study #bat morphology and biomechanics. Check out what our lab has been up to recently in this interview Vaibhav Chhaya and I did for Micro Photonics Inc: microphotonics.com/utilizing-micr…

Tusks in hyraxes are ever-growing dentin-based teeth, distinct from rodent incisors. Rock hyrax has thin enamel on tusks (non-mastication) & RUNX2 expression in tooth formation. Long crypt phases aid dentin production Tim Smith (Tim Smith) et al.: doi.org/10.1002/ar.256…

Skull bones are typiaclly classified as endochondral or intramembranous, but the dichotomy may be too restrictive. DeLeon & Smith propose ectochondral bone—bone that starts as endochondral but is shaped by membranes & soft tissues: buff.ly/40Iwuo1

Excellent symposium today at AABA "Evolution of birth difficulties: Interdisciplinary approaches to the 'obstetrical dilemma' ". Keep an eye out for the resulting AR Special Issue!

Just out in The Anatomical Record by Lang, Dr. Mary Silcox et al. Parallel reductions in olfactory bulb volume in haplorhine primates. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar…