The Anatomical Record Flexes Its Muscle With a Special Issue Examining Behavioral Adaptations in Muscle Functional Morphology

The Search for the Intersection of Form and Function: Looking for Clues into What Has Determined How, Why, and When Animals Came to Move the Way They Do

“…Recalling the remarkable diversity of these lemurs—and their varied modes of movement and manipulation—is a natural segue to this second volume of our Special Issue, “Behavioral Correlates of Muscle Functional Morphology.” This volume will focus on exploring the interface of anatomy and function in the post‐cranial world of movement, manipulation, and locomotion, much as the first volume did in exploring cranial biology (Hartstone‐Rose and Santana, ; Laitman, ; Laitman and Albertine, ). As with the first volume, this one is Guest Edited by anatomists/functional morphologists/comparative biologists Adam Hartstone‐Rose of North Carolina State University, Damiano Marchi of the University of Pisa, and Sharlene Santana of the University of Washington and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.…”

The Anatomical Record Stretches Its Legs and Pumps Its Arms in Part II of Our Special Issue Examining Behavioral Adaptations in Muscle Functional Morphology

“…The story of Hanukkah—with its fascination of the overcoming of natural form and expected function—is a fitting segue to this Special Issue of The Anatomical Record , “Behavioral Adaptations in Muscle Functional Morphology,” Guest Edited by Adam Hartstone‐Rose of North Carolina State University, Damiano Marchi of the University of Pisa, Italy, and Sharlene Santana of the University of Washington and The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Due to the large number of contributions to this Special Issue, it is divided into two volumes: the first, focusing on cranial muscles (Hartstone‐Rose and Santana, ; Laitman, ; Laitman and Albertine, ) appeared last month; this current volume will continue the Special Issue, now focusing upon postcranial muscles (Laitman, ; Marchi and Harstone‐Rose, ).…”