Dr Christine Böhmer - Palaeobiologist
The neck is a biomechanical innovation that contributed to the diversification of vertebrates. A better understanding of the functional morphology of the neck can help to develop design principles for technical applications. The range...
The International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM) took place in Prague (Czech Republic) in July 2019. My colleague Emily Buchholtz and I organized a symposium on „The axial skeleton: diversity, patterning and function“ which...
The neck of birds has always been regarded as a classic example of high variability in the number of vertebrae ranging from ten cervical vertebrae in parrots to 26 cervical vertebrae in swans. And...
As a result of the special symposium on „What an interdisciplinary approach can tell us about the evolution of grasping and manipulation“ organized by my colleagues Dr. Emanuelle Pouydebat and Dr. Ameline Bardo at the...