In my latest (and long overdue) blog post, I give a short account of some work that was published in the summer looking at tapir hand muscles, and their internal architecture. Hopefully interesting for biologists, conservationists, and veterinarians alike! Enjoy! #tapir #anatomy #locomotion

Published in Biology Letters @royalsocietypublishing.org with A Rogé, R Cottereau, @just-fre.bsky.social , @antoinelaboury.bsky.social , I Scavezzoni, @palaeotheoryum.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social @rennesuniv.bsky.social @uantwerpen.be @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social 3/4

Today is the day! #SEBExPalaeo will be live at #SEBCONFERENCE 9h30 in Nightingale 1&2 (follow signs for Bird Rooms) Looking forward to seeing you for plenty of experimental #palaeontology #palaeobotany #3D #modelling and fun discussions!

I smell science! Finishing proofs for a very appropriate #tapir #anatomy publication this weekend! Happy #WorldTapirDay (for yesterday) everybody! 😇

Back in Black. Ever wondered what colour mammals were in the time of dinosaurs? Well a sample of six #MesozoicMammals suggests they were *drum roll* all dark brown/black. The original goths, I love 'em more than ever. Congrats to the authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Do you work on experimental #biology to understand past organisms and ecosystems? Could your work be applicable to organisms in the #fossil record? Perhaps the @sebiology.bsky.social Annual Meeting special session "Experimental Palaeontology" #SEB_ExPalaeo is something for you?! (1/n)

Two great scientists working on #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience! #PhD student Eleesha Annear and #Masters student Ilke Boutsen @UAFunMorph working on measuring #ungulate necks at the @africamuseumbe - exciting project results coming soon! #ExPalaeo

Something is coming (back) this summer... in Antwerp... in July... 🇧🇪🦣🦕🌿🦠 More details to follow soon! @narimanechatar.bsky.social @peterfalkingham.com @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social

Common Loons (Gavia immer) are beautiful water birds that dive up to 60 m deep when searching for prey! My contribution to the #BirdWhisperer project for January. Pencil and colored pencil in #Moleskine notebook. #NatureJournal #Birdart 🪶 @birdwhisperers.bsky.social

ALERT! Special Issue in BMC Zoology "Bringing Fossils Back to Life" Join us in our special issue with all your #experimental #palaeontology, #taphonomy, #palaeomimetics, and #functional #morphology of extinct life. Check out the issue call here: biomedcentral.com/collections/bfbl

😃New article published in J Biomech! "End-divergent architecture diversifies within-muscle mechanical action in human gluteus maximus in vivo", by Takahashi et al. 👀 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #journalofbiomechanics #BiomechSky

Finally got round to writing a short blog-post about my recent book chapter "The Fossil Record of Tapirs" in "Tapirs of the World" by Springer Publishing. This chapter is a collaboration with Luke Holbrook and artwork by Eva Corssmit. We hope you enjoy! palaeotheoryum.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/t...

These tapirs are fully booked Well this one took a while! With the end of term, new contracts, and general Christmas madness, I finally got my latest book chapter over the line. This time, I collaborated with world expert on early tapirs Prof. Luke Holbrook on a book chapter in the latest in the…

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... In 2020 I illustrated LOCKED IN TIME, by @deanrlomax.bsky.social. Here's my "Eonurture" painting, depicting an adult Fuxianhuia caring for several babies –Cambrian arthropod parental care! cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-... #PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Cambrian

Proud to announce that in November 2024 I embarked on my new FWO post-doc at the FUNMORPH lab of UAntwerpen. Building on my previous work looking at #tapir & #horse #locomotion, my new project will investigate locomotor #evolution during (semi)aquatic transitions in herbivorous mammals (1/n)

Hello BlueSky! I have migrated myself over here from 🐤 in the hopes of continuing to share my exploits in science and academia. I hope to connect with old friends and new here! Long overdue updates on my work at the University of Antwerp coming soon - until then: bonjour, goeiedag, and greetings! 🦋