ARCIVES

ARCIVES = Arizona Research Collection for Integrative Vertebrate Education and Study. A working research collection for both bone and soft tissue. #ARCIVES

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

Many thanks to the "Let's Talk Turtles" podcast for having me on to chat about turtle anatomy and adaptations. Check out the episode for a crash course in turtle evolution! https://t.co/irqjkdfnmE

[Midwestern University @MidwesternUniv]

Anatomy Professor Heather Smith's research on canine evolution, recently featured in @Nature, challenges previous findings about eyebrow muscles in dogs and prompts new inquiries into canine communication and evolution. https://t.co/O3amCFGWPN

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

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.
https://t.co/eGX5hA1x0X
-with @PantheraLeigha

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

African wild dogs have the same well-developed facial muscles that generate the "puppy dog eye" expression in domestic dogs! New research by @PantheraLeigha & my team published in @AnatRecord investigating the mimetic & ear muscles of this amazing species https://t.co/rnprxHV69r

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

Excellent "Lucy 50" events this weekend by @HumanOriginsASU celebrating 50th anniversary of the discovery of "Lucy" Australopithecus afarensis fossil by Don Johanson! Lucy 50 included a research symposium, public lecture & a fun gala. @AnatRecord was a sponsor of the event

[Midwestern University @MidwesternUniv]

Research by Midwestern University's own Professor @heatherfsmith reveals the appendix plays a vital role in gut health. She spoke with @NPR about her work, which overturns the long-held belief that the appendix is a vestigial, or functionless, organ. https://t.co/DWBK2USOY5

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

Happy New Year! I had a turtle-y awesome 2023. Looking forward to more fun science in 2024.

#Top9 Instagram posts

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

Our latest Special Issue on turtle evolution is now out! The volume comprises the papers from the latest Turtle Evolution Symposium, Guest Edited by J Sterli & E Vlachos @yatachelys. Thank you to the editors, authors, and reviewers, and congratulations!
https://t.co/OL7EFvhyx3

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

New fossil turtle paper! Using µCT, we visualize & describe morphological aspects of the inner ear and neuroanatomy that are largely unknown among baenids, including details of semicircular canals, digital endocast, and columella (stapes). In @AnatRecord
https://t.co/Ls4PYMfslB

[Midwestern University @MidwesternUniv]

Congratulations to our own @heatherfsmith for being named a 2023 Fellow of the American Association for Anatomy! https://t.co/uKI5a1eDxb | via @anatomyorg | #MWUProud #Anatomy

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

I'm deeply honored to be designated a Fellow of the American Association for Anatomy! AAA has been an incredible resource throughout my career, and I'm proud and humbled to be recognized. Congratulations to all the 2023 award recipients!
Press release: https://t.co/tCzprtRdZm

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

Network analysis applied to modern dinosaur relatives - birds and crocodilians - reveals different evolution of their tongue & larynx. New research by Junki Yoshida, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi & @Paleo_Fiorillo
https://t.co/SDmRDQEsbS
#Archosauria #hyolaryngeal #anatomy #evolvability

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

Many skates perform benthic locomotion in which they walk or punt on the bottom of a body of water. Research by Karla Soares reveals pelvic muscular adaptations in skates that facilitate this unusual mode of locomotion:
https://t.co/Z0HO0FX0e4

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

Our paper on teaching anatomy with dissection during COVID is now a top downloaded article:
https://t.co/9Ig3mhPKoF

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

Excited to announce that my team has a new paper on functional adaptations in the snow leopard forelimb in @ICB_journal
https://t.co/VaaLhHbKtY
with @TownsendPaleo @BrentMwu @ScarletImaging @KRManfredi @ARCIVESMWU
#anatomy #Panthera #SnowLeopards

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

Great live discussion session today at #SICB2021! Many thanks to the presenters for their participation in our discussions about canine science. @SICB_

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

Attendees of #sicb2021, stop by the live discussion for Session 11 on Sat 2/6 1:30pm EST to hear more about the latest in canine science, and chat with the presenters about dogs, energetics, and #anatomy.

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

Morphological evidence for early dog domestication in the European Pleistocene: New evidence from a randomization approach to group differences
by Patrik Galeta, Martina Lázničková‐Galetová Mikhail Sablin Mietje Germonpré
https://t.co/xRKDwbrhpB

[ARCIVES @ARCIVESMWU]

This excellent research was conducted on one of our #ARCIVES specimens!

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

New publication out today on osteological and myological correlates of hindfoot reversal in #kinkajous in @SpringerNature Journal of Mammalian Evolution resulting from my Master's student Shelby Marsh's thesis research- with @KRManfredi. Full access here: https://t.co/P3xHkzIHdI

[Dr. Heather F. Smith @heatherfsmith]

Attendees of @SICB_, check out my team's asynchronous presentations on functional morphology of snow leopard and African wild dog limbs #SICB2021 #anatomy - with @DrBethTownsend, @AriPaleoLab, @BrentMwu, @KRManfredi