#comparative anatomy
“The muscles of man and cat compare favorably, indicating common origins.” .Zoology. 1952.
Love wins
for god’s sake just give him the wet food
Zomg it’s like nature found the best way to build muscle over bone to help with movement.
Wheres the post on people being confused about the same pyramids shapes being found everywhere?
As an anthropologist focusing on functional anatomy, let me assure you that nature absolutely did not find the best way to build muscles over bone. It found a good enough way for something fish-shaped to move and had been iterating mostly adequate variations on that plan ever since. Which is the complete opposite of the pyramid thing; it IS about common origin, not about being the best form for the purpose. The principle is beautifully illustrated here with a dance dance dance.
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“The muscles of man and cat compare favorably, indicating common origins.” .Zoology. 1952.
Love wins
for god’s sake just give him the wet food
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Wow what a great and yet horrifying way to illustrate comparative anatomy. I’m in awe. These are brilliant and extremely accurate and I kind of hate looking at them for too long. Look at that turtle one. That is exactly how a turtle skeleton is weird. I’ve seen illustrations like these before but never executed so well.
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Fig. 48. Digestive system of grain-eating birds. La vie : physiologie humaine appliquée à l'hygiène et à la médecine.1874.
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Absolutely beautiful hand-printed shirts by Bonehead Boutique on Etsy! I LOVE comparative anatomy I asked them if they could make a listing for the primate skulls on a shirt, as that option wasn’t available, and they agreed right away! They took a couple of weeks to make and were well worth the wait. The primates have their scientific names above each skull, and the hominids’ are listed on the back of the shirt!
Holy hominids I need these! (Literally gasped at the patas monkey. Ugh. I miss my babies!)
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Cougar claw and kitten claw
