@houssayecnrs.bsky.social
Professsor/DR CNRS in Bone Functional Adaptation and Paleontology at the MNHN, Paris, France
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big thankyou to my collaborators and colleagues for their parts in this work:
Eva Corssmit (www.evacorssmit.com)
Jorge Rojas-Jimenez (linkedin.com/in/jorge-rojas-jim%C3%A9nez-a7b079269/)
Martha MacMillan (linkedin.com/in/martha-macmillan-084661b8/)
and here's the paper: doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70051
Eva Corssmit (www.evacorssmit.com)
Jorge Rojas-Jimenez (linkedin.com/in/jorge-rojas-jim%C3%A9nez-a7b079269/)
Martha MacMillan (linkedin.com/in/martha-macmillan-084661b8/)
and here's the paper: doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70051
A Quantitative Analysis of the Manus Musculature in Tapirs (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae)
Tapirs (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) show evidence in their forefoot bones that suggest clear differences in the way their load is distributed during locomotion. Here, we also found corresponding diffe...
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
big thankyou to my collaborators and colleagues for their parts in this work:
Eva Corssmit (www.evacorssmit.com)
Jorge Rojas-Jimenez (linkedin.com/in/jorge-rojas-jim%C3%A9nez-a7b079269/)
Martha MacMillan (linkedin.com/in/martha-macmillan-084661b8/)
and here's the paper: doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70051
Eva Corssmit (www.evacorssmit.com)
Jorge Rojas-Jimenez (linkedin.com/in/jorge-rojas-jim%C3%A9nez-a7b079269/)
Martha MacMillan (linkedin.com/in/martha-macmillan-084661b8/)
and here's the paper: doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70051
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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
#tapir #anatomy #locomotion
Hands up who loves tapirs!
Eugh, oh dear it's been a LOOONG time since I posted anything. I have been super busy with research and teaching this past year, and unfortunately you fine folks have been left out. But no longer. I have finally managed to find a little time to sit down and write up some bloggy-business for a couple of publications that have come out this year!
palaeotheoryum.wordpress.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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
#tapir #anatomy #locomotion
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New paper! Led by @knapprew.bsky.social, we show that jaw shape in pelagiarian fishes diversified early in their evolution. Surprisingly, jaw shape is highly correlated with habitat, but not diet & with different optimisations for mechanical advantage during closing. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
December 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
New paper! Led by @knapprew.bsky.social, we show that jaw shape in pelagiarian fishes diversified early in their evolution. Surprisingly, jaw shape is highly correlated with habitat, but not diet & with different optimisations for mechanical advantage during closing. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
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We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
Jordan @jordangonet.bsky.social presented the project DINOSIM at the Annual meeting #DIM Pamir this morning
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Jordan @jordangonet.bsky.social presented the project DINOSIM at the Annual meeting #DIM Pamir this morning
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Your body has tendons, your robots should too! Our new paper in Advanced Science highlights how adding tendons to muscle-powered “biohybrid” robots makes them 11X stronger. Check out this great MIT News feature of our work:
news.mit.edu/2025/artific...
#biohybrid #robotics #biomaterials
news.mit.edu/2025/artific...
#biohybrid #robotics #biomaterials
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Your body has tendons, your robots should too! Our new paper in Advanced Science highlights how adding tendons to muscle-powered “biohybrid” robots makes them 11X stronger. Check out this great MIT News feature of our work:
news.mit.edu/2025/artific...
#biohybrid #robotics #biomaterials
news.mit.edu/2025/artific...
#biohybrid #robotics #biomaterials
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DAFNEE, a useful database of academic-friendly journals in #Ecology and Evolutionary #Biology
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology
Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R
academic.oup.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
DAFNEE, a useful database of academic-friendly journals in #Ecology and Evolutionary #Biology
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
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Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums.
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
Curator of Natural Sciences - Warwick,Warwickshire job with Warwickshire County Council | 250490
About Heritage and Culture Warwickshire Heritage and Culture Warwickshire (HCW) provide a wide range of services that help local communities and ...
www.wmjobs.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums.
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
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A new step in @cnrs.fr policy in favor of open science to promote open, transparent and responsible alternatives.
#OpenAccess
#OpenAccess
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'
www.cnrs.fr
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A new step in @cnrs.fr policy in favor of open science to promote open, transparent and responsible alternatives.
#OpenAccess
#OpenAccess
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📢 Institut Jacques Monod Seminar
📅 December 12th
📍 IJM
Invited by the @stemdevevo.bsky.social Lab , Mélanie Débiais-Thibaud ( @isemevol.bsky.social ) will present the Institut Jacques Monod seminar «The vertebrate skeleton through the eye of a cartilaginous fish»
➡️ buff.ly/ffSs3Zu
📅 December 12th
📍 IJM
Invited by the @stemdevevo.bsky.social Lab , Mélanie Débiais-Thibaud ( @isemevol.bsky.social ) will present the Institut Jacques Monod seminar «The vertebrate skeleton through the eye of a cartilaginous fish»
➡️ buff.ly/ffSs3Zu
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📢 Institut Jacques Monod Seminar
📅 December 12th
📍 IJM
Invited by the @stemdevevo.bsky.social Lab , Mélanie Débiais-Thibaud ( @isemevol.bsky.social ) will present the Institut Jacques Monod seminar «The vertebrate skeleton through the eye of a cartilaginous fish»
➡️ buff.ly/ffSs3Zu
📅 December 12th
📍 IJM
Invited by the @stemdevevo.bsky.social Lab , Mélanie Débiais-Thibaud ( @isemevol.bsky.social ) will present the Institut Jacques Monod seminar «The vertebrate skeleton through the eye of a cartilaginous fish»
➡️ buff.ly/ffSs3Zu
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New study in @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals pterosaur brains evolved rapidly at the origin of flight — unlike the gradual reshaping seen in birds.
Most complete lagerpetid brain cast shows side‑placed optic lobes like pterosaurs and bird precursors 🧠
👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
Most complete lagerpetid brain cast shows side‑placed optic lobes like pterosaurs and bird precursors 🧠
👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
Neuroanatomical convergence between pterosaurs and non-avian paravians in the evolution of flight
Bronzati et al. show that pterosaurs, the first flying reptiles, evolved brains resembling
bird precursors but not modern birds. They also demonstrate that, unlike birds, which
built on inherited dino...
www.cell.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New study in @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals pterosaur brains evolved rapidly at the origin of flight — unlike the gradual reshaping seen in birds.
Most complete lagerpetid brain cast shows side‑placed optic lobes like pterosaurs and bird precursors 🧠
👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
Most complete lagerpetid brain cast shows side‑placed optic lobes like pterosaurs and bird precursors 🧠
👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
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🚨 Palaeo jobs alert!! 🚨
Two(!!) postdoc positions available in Cambridge!
1. Human Evolutionary Anatomy: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
2. Evolutionary Biomechanics: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
As part of the @erc.europa.eu funded STEPS project!
Two(!!) postdoc positions available in Cambridge!
1. Human Evolutionary Anatomy: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
2. Evolutionary Biomechanics: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
As part of the @erc.europa.eu funded STEPS project!
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🚨 Palaeo jobs alert!! 🚨
Two(!!) postdoc positions available in Cambridge!
1. Human Evolutionary Anatomy: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
2. Evolutionary Biomechanics: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
As part of the @erc.europa.eu funded STEPS project!
Two(!!) postdoc positions available in Cambridge!
1. Human Evolutionary Anatomy: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
2. Evolutionary Biomechanics: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
As part of the @erc.europa.eu funded STEPS project!
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Final pdf is out! journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Final pdf is out! journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Honoured to have contributed to a new paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social led by Mario Bronzati and lots of excellent and brainy (yes, pun intended) colleagues, showing that pterosaurs and birds evolved flight-capable brains but in different ways. www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Honoured to have contributed to a new paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social led by Mario Bronzati and lots of excellent and brainy (yes, pun intended) colleagues, showing that pterosaurs and birds evolved flight-capable brains but in different ways. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Stiff and different - Lizard osteoderm papers from a collaboration with @henrikbirkedal.bsky.social's group led by Adrian. We show a capping tissue from Heloderma that is enamel-like in mechanical properties but highly disordered in crystal pattern
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Stiff and different - Lizard osteoderm papers from a collaboration with @henrikbirkedal.bsky.social's group led by Adrian. We show a capping tissue from Heloderma that is enamel-like in mechanical properties but highly disordered in crystal pattern
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
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Pour tout savoir sur les stratégies du vivant pour manger et boire, lisez le livre de Vincent Bels professeur émérite @isyeb.mnhn.fr @mnhn.fr
"MANGER ET BOIRE" Des innovation évolutives extraordinaires.
Paru aux éditions @editionsodilejacob.bsky.social
➡️ isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
"MANGER ET BOIRE" Des innovation évolutives extraordinaires.
Paru aux éditions @editionsodilejacob.bsky.social
➡️ isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Pour tout savoir sur les stratégies du vivant pour manger et boire, lisez le livre de Vincent Bels professeur émérite @isyeb.mnhn.fr @mnhn.fr
"MANGER ET BOIRE" Des innovation évolutives extraordinaires.
Paru aux éditions @editionsodilejacob.bsky.social
➡️ isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
"MANGER ET BOIRE" Des innovation évolutives extraordinaires.
Paru aux éditions @editionsodilejacob.bsky.social
➡️ isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
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Have you already sent us your abstracts? Deadline for talks and poster submissions is December 1: Only a few days left!⏳
Deadline to enter the paleoart gallery is December 20 🎨
More info: awap-science.org/en/vcwap-cur...
Deadline to enter the paleoart gallery is December 20 🎨
More info: awap-science.org/en/vcwap-cur...
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Have you already sent us your abstracts? Deadline for talks and poster submissions is December 1: Only a few days left!⏳
Deadline to enter the paleoart gallery is December 20 🎨
More info: awap-science.org/en/vcwap-cur...
Deadline to enter the paleoart gallery is December 20 🎨
More info: awap-science.org/en/vcwap-cur...
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New paper on the notosuchian Eremosuchus by @piginatutu.bsky.social, co-authored by myself and @pdmannion.bsky.social among others out now!! We even find some cool evidence of replacement teeth in the dentary! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A re-evaluation of the notosuchian crocodyliform Eremosuchus elkoholicus from the lower Eocene of Algeria and the evolutionary and biogeographic history of sebecids
Notosuchian systematics have been highly debated in recent decades, particularly the placement of sebecids and closely related species. As the only notosuchian lineage to have survived the Cretaceo...
www.tandfonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
New paper on the notosuchian Eremosuchus by @piginatutu.bsky.social, co-authored by myself and @pdmannion.bsky.social among others out now!! We even find some cool evidence of replacement teeth in the dentary! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new #PhD opportunity supervised by @drmambobob.bsky.social and me at the @uniofreading.bsky.social on dragonfly and damselfly evolution!
It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A new #PhD opportunity supervised by @drmambobob.bsky.social and me at the @uniofreading.bsky.social on dragonfly and damselfly evolution!
It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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A new analysis of Dunkleosteus terrelli reveals its massive jaws were far more cartilage-rich than once thought, reshaping ideas about muscle layout, bite mechanics & feeding style. Time to rethink this Devonian apex predator.
Engelman et al.:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Engelman et al.:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A new analysis of Dunkleosteus terrelli reveals its massive jaws were far more cartilage-rich than once thought, reshaping ideas about muscle layout, bite mechanics & feeding style. Time to rethink this Devonian apex predator.
Engelman et al.:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Engelman et al.:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that one of my thesis projects was just published in @currentbiology.bsky.social and featured on phys.org! In this paper, we use an old statistical approach developed by the US Navy in WW2 to predict the aquatic habits of various dinosaurs and marine reptiles 🦖🐊
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that one of my thesis projects was just published in @currentbiology.bsky.social and featured on phys.org! In this paper, we use an old statistical approach developed by the US Navy in WW2 to predict the aquatic habits of various dinosaurs and marine reptiles 🦖🐊
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#DAWNDINOS paper! We built a 3D musculoskeletal model of ~1 kg Triassic pseudosuchian archosaur Gracilisuchus. Forelimbs were a challenge. Nice articulations of ribs, vertebrae & osteoderms made a good torso & neck. Probably quadrupedal, plantigrade & not fully erect limbs. doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Hindlimb functional morphology and locomotor biomechanics of the small Late Triassic pseudosuchian reptile Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum (Archosauria: Gracilisuchidae)
A three-dimensional biomechanical model of the musculoskeletal system is used to analyse the potential locomotor functions of the small (~1 kg) Late Triassic archosaurian reptile Gracilisuchus stipan...
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#DAWNDINOS paper! We built a 3D musculoskeletal model of ~1 kg Triassic pseudosuchian archosaur Gracilisuchus. Forelimbs were a challenge. Nice articulations of ribs, vertebrae & osteoderms made a good torso & neck. Probably quadrupedal, plantigrade & not fully erect limbs. doi.org/10.1111/joa....
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My research group has an open position for a postdoc! Interested in investigating the postural transition towards mammalian gait using movement simulations? We might have the right position for you! More details and application info here: www.asm.tf.fau.de/en/2025/11/1...
Postdoctoral researcher for DFG-funded project “FossilGaitSim”
The Biomechanical Motion Analysis and Creation (BioMAC) group at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for a postdoctoral position with the goal to…
www.asm.tf.fau.de
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My research group has an open position for a postdoc! Interested in investigating the postural transition towards mammalian gait using movement simulations? We might have the right position for you! More details and application info here: www.asm.tf.fau.de/en/2025/11/1...
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incredible! a gorgeously preserved skull from tupandactylus imperator has been described, offering new insights into its dietary ecology and soft tissues 😻
www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/6Hv...
(art by maurilio oliveira)
www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/6Hv...
(art by maurilio oliveira)
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
incredible! a gorgeously preserved skull from tupandactylus imperator has been described, offering new insights into its dietary ecology and soft tissues 😻
www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/6Hv...
(art by maurilio oliveira)
www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/6Hv...
(art by maurilio oliveira)