2 papers
q-bio.TO2026
Miniature giants: investigating limb long bone structure in dwarf proboscideans
Camille Bader, Ursula Göhlich, Alexandra Houssaye
Terrestrial vertebrates rely on their skeleton to provide structural support and allow the movement of the body. Heavy, graviportal taxa, such as extant elephants, exhibit numerous…
physics.bio-ph2025
Long-bone microanatomy in elephants: microstructural insights into gigantic beasts
Camille Bader, Rémy Gilardet, Nicolas Rinder +3
One of the greatest challenges of terrestrial locomotion is resisting gravity. The morphological adaptive features of the limb long-bones of extant elephants, the heaviest living t…