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Very excited to see our work published in @Nature! We present 1 of the most comprehensive characterisations of 3D #shape across (almost) the whole #skeleton in a group of land #vertebrates. Paper: nature.com/articles/s4158… 
We studied the diversification of skeletal forms during the radiation that originated the staggering diversity of living #birds. Bird pics by @fieldpalaeo! Collage by moi
Our work harkens back to some of the most fundamental early works on macroevo. theory by George G. Simpson. Among the most influential palaeos of all times, & one of the main reasons palaeontology as a discipline made it into the high table of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis.
Large charismatic birds with disproportionately large beaks and distinctive calls, #hornbills are the #farmers of our #forests. Today’s #WildAboutFacts series focuses on these feathered foresters.
Join us & share your hornbill images!
Rufous-necked Hornbills
📷Sarbajit Ghosh
Join us & share your hornbill images!
Rufous-necked Hornbills
📷Sarbajit Ghosh
#WildAboutFacts
There are 62 #hornbill species in the world, with 32 in #Asia and 30 in #Africa.
#India is home to 9 of them including the #GreatHornbill, the #MalabarPiedHornbill and the #RufousNeckedHornbill.
Malabar Pied Hornbill
📷 @samyak15
There are 62 #hornbill species in the world, with 32 in #Asia and 30 in #Africa.
#India is home to 9 of them including the #GreatHornbill, the #MalabarPiedHornbill and the #RufousNeckedHornbill.
Malabar Pied Hornbill
📷 @samyak15
#WildAboutFacts
Several #hornbill species have a distinct #casque on their upper mandible. #GreatHornbills have a prominent #yellow and #black casque.
📷 Keya Das
Several #hornbill species have a distinct #casque on their upper mandible. #GreatHornbills have a prominent #yellow and #black casque.
📷 Keya Das
