Fabio Alfieri

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Fabio Alfieri

Fabio Alfieri

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Evolutionary biologist and functional morphologist focusing on the evolution of bone morphology in vertebrates. Currently looking for a post-doc

Bern, Switzerland Katılım Kasım 2020
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Fabio Alfieri@fabalfieri_·
@ZoolJLinnSoc @JAriasMartorell Femoral data identify suspensory/bridging arboreal species (tree sloths, orangutans, lorises). Inferring extinct taxa's locomotion, we confirmed previously proposed sloth-lemurs' suspensory habits (Figure from Alfieri et al. 2026 (CC BY 4.0), doi.org/10.1093/zoolin…) 5/6
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@ZoolJLinnSoc @JAriasMartorell We then quantified humeral/femoral trabecular bone in extant mammals and extinct lemurs. For the latter, we used traditional and more recent approaches to clean fossil trabecular bone structure. (Figure from Alfieri et al. 2026 (CC BY 4.0), doi.org/10.1093/zoolin…) 3/6
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@ZoolJLinnSoc @JAriasMartorell We first identified links between limb trabecular bone and locomotion in a broad mammalian sample. We used published quantitative behavioural data to define ad-hoc locomotor categories. (Figure from Alfieri et al. 2026 (CC BY 4.0), doi.org/10.1093/zoolin…) 2/6
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Matteo Fabbri@tetaneuron·
New paper today about the evolution of the wrist along the dinosaur to bird transition: a bird-like configuration appeared in predatory dinosaurs first, as suggested by new exceptionally preserved hands of oviraptors and troodontids nature.com/articles/s4158…
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Fernando Blanco
Fernando Blanco@FernandoBlancoS·
🚨 I'm looking for #Postdoc opportunities starting this September! 🧑‍🔬🔍 I'm a highly motivated researcher with experience in R, network analysis, and multivariate statistics. My focus is on the evolution of ecosystems and biodiversity over deep time.
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Lizzy Steell@LizzySteell·
It's finally out! Together with Allison Yi Hsiang and @fieldpalaeo, we explored relative homoplasy in a range of bird matrices and introduce a new parsimony measure, the relative homoplasy index (RHI) (1/n) academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/art…
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Guillermo Navalón
Guillermo Navalón@GNavalon·
Finally! Congrats to all the authors and specially @smnebreda for persevering so much and probably the longest paper birth in human history
Sergio M. Nebreda@smnebreda

🎉After many years since its gestation, our work is finally out in @RSocPublishing!!🦖🤝🐦 Morphological integration constrained large-scale evolution of the limbs in non-avian dinos and birds, is evo-devo behind this common pattern? Check it out here!👇 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

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Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont
🦴✨ New publication alert! ✨🦴 A new study explores the ulnar morphology of 𝑃𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑒, a small-bodied primate from the Miocene of Can Mata (NE Iberian Peninsula). What does its forearm reveal about catarrhine locomotion? 🧐 🧵👇
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