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The discovery of an early hominin partial skeleton, A.L. 438-1, from Hadar, Ethiopia, attributed to Australopithecus afarensis, provided new fossil data to answer questions about function of the forelimb in one of the earliest human ancestor. Although it is generally accepted th…

The genus Allium (Amaryllidaceae) is distributed over mid-latitude regions from the dry subtropics to the boreal zone. It includes ca. 850 species total, with 84 species in North America. The greatest species richness is in the Old World, from the Mediterranean Basin to central …

Morphology is one of the oldest branches of science, encompassing the form, structure, and transformation of natural materials, whether biotic or abiotic. In the context of contemporary Biology, morphology may be most broadly conceived as the qualitative and quantitative theory …

Death, Discipline, and the Dead: Biopolitical Rhetoric in Early Modern English Texts locates allusions to the biopolitical culture of Early Modern England within popular English texts. Through my examination of the period’s fascination with death—public executions, newly-authori…

Anatomical illustrations have been integral to modern anatomy’s practice and instruction since its conception as a discipline in the sixteenth century. While this practice lends itself to modern anatomy’s highly visual nature, the bodies featured in anatomical illustrations have…

This dissertation examines how advocates for anatomical medicine in the early American republic defended medical training through dissection by framing anatomy as a Protestant spiritual and civic initiative. The project draws attention to prominent anatomists and anatomy advocat…