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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 19h

Last week the STEPS team was in Canada doing some intensive lab work! This was a great opportunity to learn more about human biomechanics, meet new collaborators and discover Kingston 🇨🇦🍁

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Julia Arias-Martorell @julsam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New paper out!!👏👏 Congrats to Georgina Raventos-Izard on having her second PhD paper published today, about ulnar trabecular structure in extant primates!🐒 Thank you also to all the coauthors who made this paper possible! Find it here👇 rdcu.be/cGL542rTTBna

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Julia Arias-Martorell @julsam.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Paper alert👏🤩 Our work on the distal humerus of Pliobates was just published in JME. Thanks and congrats also to Ambra Figueroa-Torrejón, @tpuschel.bsky.social, @a-urciuoli.bsky.social, S Almécija, G Raventós-Izard and DM Alba. Featuring lovely artwork by @gamarraptor.bsky.social! rdcu.be/fuc8u

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The distal humerus of Pliobates cataloniae (Primates: Pliopithecoidea): functional and locomotor inferences

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Thomas Püschel @tpuschel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Loved being part of this study! We investigated how body size changed through time in human evolution, finding a moderate general increase among all hominins and a marked jump in later Homo. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org @ox.ac.uk @oxford-anthro.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social

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Competing models of hominin body size evolution | PNAS

The evolutionary trajectory of hominin body size remains contested, with prior studies suggesting a gradual increase or lineage-specific shifts. He...

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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Short trip to London this weekend. I thought I’d moved into a temperate oceanic climate, but maybe I didn’t 🥵

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 18/05/2026

90% of people are right-handed, and no other primate species comes close to this level of hand preference. A new Oxford-led study suggests the reason may lie in two defining features of human evolution: walking on two legs and the expansion of the human brain. More info ⬇️ bit.ly/42Cbvnc

A close-up image of a human right hand against a blue background. Text at the bottom reads: “Why is almost everyone right-handed? The answer may lie in how we learned to walk.” Below this is the University of Oxford branding and website URL.

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Julia Arias-Martorell @julsam.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Inici de campanya a Creu de Conill 20 en bona companyia @a-urciuoli.bsky.social, @gamarraptor.bsky.social i Josep Manel Méndez! Avui, a pic i pala⛏️ Start of the Creu de Conill 20 campaign, with some cleaning and shoveling for today! #fieldwork de l'ICP

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Marta Pina @martapina.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#Outreach Tomorrow I will be talking about #Nakali🇰🇪 at L'Estruch bar in Sabadell as part of the @pintofscience.es festival 🍻🔬 ⏰ 19:00h 📍 C/ de Sant Isidre, 140 Don't miss it! @ICP_MCrusafont #BPpostdoc #PINT26ESP #PINT26SAB

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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Cap de setmana intens però molt agraït

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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Landed in Cambridge! Tomorrow I begin a new role as Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research @cam-archaeology.bsky.social Over the next three years, I’ll be working on the evolution of human bipedalism as part of the STEPS project, led by Ashleigh Wiseman.

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Julia Arias-Martorell @julsam.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

There's also a Perspective on it, by Dr David M. Alba and I, check it out here👇👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Masripithecus was very interesting to learn and think about!

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The dawn of modern apes

An Egyptian fossil places the origin of modern apes in northeastern Afro-Arabia

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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We all know lemurs like to move it move it, but how did they evolve to do this? Using fossil limbs of Malagasy sloth-lemurs & koala-lemurs, this paper uncovers the potential use of internal bone structure for reconstructing locomotor evolution! 🌍🧪👇

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The locomotor behaviour of subfossil Malagasy sloth-lemurs (Strepsirrhini: Indriidae) and koala-lemurs (Strepsirrhini: Megaladapidae): new insights from limb trabecular bone

Abstract. The locomotion of Malagasy Quaternary subfossil lemurs, including palaeopropithecines (‘sloth-lemurs’) and megaladapids (‘koala-lemurs’), has bee

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Julia Arias-Martorell @julsam.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

New paper alert!!🚨 Trabecular structure of the Malagasy sloth-lemurs and koala-lemurs and its relationship with locomotion🐒🐒 led by @fabioalfieri2.bsky.social It was great to work with all the people involved! Check it out👇🏽https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/206/3/zlag021/8509525

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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Very grateful for these last years I spent at the ICP doing my PhD. Yesterday was great 🙂 New adventures to come 🦧🦍🦴

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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Paper alert!!🚨 Ape-like adaptations in the radius of Pliobates 🐒 Check out the amazing paper of @julsam.bsky.social !👇👇👇

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jeffspear.bsky.social @jeffspear.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

First official postdoc paper out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social! We compare different approaches to studying kinematics in a macaque ankle and note that the talocrural joint seems to contribute minimally to dorsiflexion of the foot during stance phase. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

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Comparison of ankle dorsiflexion using XROMM and external angular kinematics in a quadrupedally walking macaque

Summary: Different approaches to measuring ankle dorsiflexion capture different underlying kinematics. Evidence indicates that dorsiflexion at the talocrural joint is actively limited during walking i...

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Anne-Claire Fabre @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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Thomas Püschel @tpuschel.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🌍❄️ New paper out! Early primates didn’t just thrive in tropical forests, they evolved and dispersed through cold & temperate climates 🐒🧊 Enjoyed being part of this collaboration led by @avaria_jorge! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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The radiation and geographic expansion of primates through diverse climates | PNAS

One of the most influential hypotheses about primate evolution postulates that their origin, radiation, and major dispersals were associated with e...

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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Fossil ape tali tell their tale 🦧 Check out our new dissemination paper on the isolated dryopith talus from Abocador de Can Mata and its important implications for the evolution of locomotor behaviors in modern apes 👇 www.uab.cat/web/news-det...

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Fossil ape tali tell their tale: A new fossil informs about hominoid locomotor evolution

A research article published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology by an international team led by researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP-CERCA) descr...

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Anne-Claire Fabre @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Paper alert!!! 🐒🦍🦧🚨🚨🚨Must read this summer! Check out the amazing paper of @euarchont.bsky.social ! Many thanks again for including me in this study! 👇👇👇

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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

New paper on early primate locomotion! 🐒 Based on tarsal shape, we reconstruct the locomotor repertoire of several early primates, providing the most extensive taxonomic scope to date. 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... With David M. Alba, @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social and Judit Marigó

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Reconstruction of the locomotor repertoire of early primates in the light of astragalar and calcaneal shape

The locomotor behavior of the earliest euprimates is key to our understanding of the origin and early diversification of the group. Postcranial traits…

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Marta Pina @martapina.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

#Nakali🇰🇪 🦍⚒️🦴 Thrilled to be awarded a Research Grant from the @leakeyfoundation.org I’m happy to count on a great team, some of them are on @bsky.app 👇🏽 @dmartinperea.bsky.social @albavicente.bsky.social Congratulations to the other amazing awardees 👏🏼 leakeyfoundation.org/introducing-...

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Marta Pina @martapina.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

#Fieldwork Week 2 on the move! New excavators and new fossils already 🦴🦴🦴 #BPpostdoc @ICP_MCrusafont @gencat

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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Ens haurem de distreure d'alguna manera... Road to STL! 🔜

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a-urciuoli.bsky.social @a-urciuoli.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

🧵 1/2 PhD Opportunity! Join my new HEAR lab @ the University of Zurich (Sept 2025) to research hominin hearing evolution. 4yr contract, SNSF funded. Focus: cochlear anatomy, computational modeling, fossil hearing. shorturl.at/ohH44

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Open PhD position on Biomechanics and Anatomy of the Ape and Hominin Organ of Hearing

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Devin Ward, PhD @devinleaward.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

@a-urciuoli.bsky.social is looking for a PhD student to study hominin hearing evolution! Ears are great (I'm not biased at all): uzhcareer.ch/de/jobs/deta...

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Open PhD position on Biomechanics and Anatomy of the Ape and Hominin Organ of Hearing

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Marta Pina @martapina.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

#Outreach Next week I will be talking about #Nakali🇰🇪 as part of the paleotalk series that the @ICP_MCrusafont organises 🦍🦏🐖🦛🐘 and more! #BPpostdoc @gencat

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Ana Rosa Gómez Cano @argomezcano.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

📢 Hoy en El País se publica un artículo en honor a Elisabeth Vrba, una de las científicas que más han inspirado mi carrera. He tenido el privilegio de participar en su creación junto a @singerstone.bsky.social y @hdezfdez.bsky.social 👇🔗 elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

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Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología

En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil

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Oriol Monclús Gonzalo @euarchont.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This afternoon at #AABA2025 I had the pleasure to present my work on the description and functional analysis of the most complete dryopithecine talus recovered so far. It's being an amazing experience in Baltimore! (Still haven't tried the very renowned crab cakes though!)

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a-urciuoli.bsky.social @a-urciuoli.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

New research on the inner ear morphology of Neanderthals and their ancestors challenges the widely accepted theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of their genetic diversity 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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