Hiroki HIGASHIYAMA Ph.D
@h-higashiyama.bsky.social
Evolutionary morphology of vertebrates; evo-devo & palaeontology.
脊椎動物の形態進化.
Researcher @ RCIES, SOKENDAI. 総合研究大学院大学 統合進化科学研究センター 特別研究員. & 武蔵野美術大学 非常勤講師
https://www.hiroki-higashiyama.com/
脊椎動物の形態進化.
Researcher @ RCIES, SOKENDAI. 総合研究大学院大学 統合進化科学研究センター 特別研究員. & 武蔵野美術大学 非常勤講師
https://www.hiroki-higashiyama.com/
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Devonion fishies Elpistostege (close relative of the famous Tiktaalik) and couple of bothriolepis swimming by. Needs updating but still thinking this is one of my better paintings I have done
January 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Devonion fishies Elpistostege (close relative of the famous Tiktaalik) and couple of bothriolepis swimming by. Needs updating but still thinking this is one of my better paintings I have done
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Very excited to share my exploration of the phylogenetics of early ray-finned fishes, out today in the Anatomical Record! Really busy day but I’ll have more info shortly.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
An ontological morphological phylogenetic framework for living and extinct ray‐finned fishes (Actinopterygii)
The ray-finned fishes include one out of every two species of living vertebrates on Earth and have an abundant fossil record stretching 380 million years into the past. The division of systematic kno...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Very excited to share my exploration of the phylogenetics of early ray-finned fishes, out today in the Anatomical Record! Really busy day but I’ll have more info shortly.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Birmingham is the city where J.R.R. Tolkien spent his childhood. I had a really nice morning walk. I’ll take a short break and then check out and head Japan. Bye-bye! #SVP2025
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Birmingham is the city where J.R.R. Tolkien spent his childhood. I had a really nice morning walk. I’ll take a short break and then check out and head Japan. Bye-bye! #SVP2025
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I’m currently at SVP in Birmingham! On the final day, in the skull symposium, I’ll be giving a talk showing that the mammalian face is an evolutionary novelty that arose by overriding the ancestral jaw framework — and that the mammalian premaxilla is the septomaxilla. #SVP2025 #2025SVP
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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#2025SVP attendees: did you know you can get a 30% discount on entry to the Sea Life Centre and/or Lego Discovery, both a few minutes walk from the ICC? More info here: www.meetbirmingham.com/svp-2025/
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 Annual Meeting
Birmingham is delighted to be hosting the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 Annual Meeting, taking place on from 12 – 15 November 2025 at the International Convention Centre.
www.meetbirmingham.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
#2025SVP attendees: did you know you can get a 30% discount on entry to the Sea Life Centre and/or Lego Discovery, both a few minutes walk from the ICC? More info here: www.meetbirmingham.com/svp-2025/
I’m currently at SVP in Birmingham! On the final day, in the skull symposium, I’ll be giving a talk showing that the mammalian face is an evolutionary novelty that arose by overriding the ancestral jaw framework — and that the mammalian premaxilla is the septomaxilla. #SVP2025 #2025SVP
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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We are thrilled to share our new preprint entitled “The origin and molecular evolution of the mammalian liver cell architecture” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We are thrilled to share our new preprint entitled “The origin and molecular evolution of the mammalian liver cell architecture” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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NeuroSC is a new #OpenAccess tool that lets researchers interactively explore neuronal morphology, membrane contacts and synaptic connectivity across #CElegans development.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
NeuroSC is a new #OpenAccess tool that lets researchers interactively explore neuronal morphology, membrane contacts and synaptic connectivity across #CElegans development.
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For centuries, anatomists debated true origin of levator veli palatini—vital for speech & swallowing. Researchers found it arises from cartilaginous Eustachian tube not petrous bone, reshaping understanding of vocal tract evolution
Pagano et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Pagano et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For centuries, anatomists debated true origin of levator veli palatini—vital for speech & swallowing. Researchers found it arises from cartilaginous Eustachian tube not petrous bone, reshaping understanding of vocal tract evolution
Pagano et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Pagano et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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【フェア】誠品生活日本橋にて、今月から「みすず書房 在庫僅少本フェア」が始まりました。入口付近で、ふだん店頭に並ぶことの少ない書籍を中心に約90点を展開中です。10/19まで。ぜひお早めにお立ち寄りください。
September 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
【フェア】誠品生活日本橋にて、今月から「みすず書房 在庫僅少本フェア」が始まりました。入口付近で、ふだん店頭に並ぶことの少ない書籍を中心に約90点を展開中です。10/19まで。ぜひお早めにお立ち寄りください。
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17歳の時に描いた絵。
My drawing from when I was 17.
My drawing from when I was 17.
November 15, 2024 at 1:15 PM
17歳の時に描いた絵。
My drawing from when I was 17.
My drawing from when I was 17.
Reposted by Hiroki HIGASHIYAMA Ph.D
オオミズアオ♂Japanese Luna Moth
“Actias aliena”
Material: Colored pencil.
Kent paper(Post card)
“Actias aliena”
Material: Colored pencil.
Kent paper(Post card)
February 7, 2024 at 10:59 AM
オオミズアオ♂Japanese Luna Moth
“Actias aliena”
Material: Colored pencil.
Kent paper(Post card)
“Actias aliena”
Material: Colored pencil.
Kent paper(Post card)
Reposted by Hiroki HIGASHIYAMA Ph.D
November 15, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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『第15回 自然の生命を描く12人展』
来月10月8日より、2年に一度開催される生物画家と科学イラストレーター達によるグループ展・「第15回 自然の生命を描く12人展」に私も参加いたします。
図鑑や絵本などでお馴染みの作家の皆さまによる作品は、どれも圧巻です。ご都合のつく方は、ぜひお立ち寄りください。
2025年10月8日(水)〜14日(日)
10:00〜18:30
会場: 文房堂ギャラリー
千代田神田神保町1-21-1 文房堂ビル4F
出展者: 梅村有美・大片忠明・大田黒摩利・川崎映・菊谷詩子・小島由利子・小堀文彦・杉浦千里・田中豊美・地本義信・箕輪義隆・渡辺のり子
来月10月8日より、2年に一度開催される生物画家と科学イラストレーター達によるグループ展・「第15回 自然の生命を描く12人展」に私も参加いたします。
図鑑や絵本などでお馴染みの作家の皆さまによる作品は、どれも圧巻です。ご都合のつく方は、ぜひお立ち寄りください。
2025年10月8日(水)〜14日(日)
10:00〜18:30
会場: 文房堂ギャラリー
千代田神田神保町1-21-1 文房堂ビル4F
出展者: 梅村有美・大片忠明・大田黒摩利・川崎映・菊谷詩子・小島由利子・小堀文彦・杉浦千里・田中豊美・地本義信・箕輪義隆・渡辺のり子
September 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
『第15回 自然の生命を描く12人展』
来月10月8日より、2年に一度開催される生物画家と科学イラストレーター達によるグループ展・「第15回 自然の生命を描く12人展」に私も参加いたします。
図鑑や絵本などでお馴染みの作家の皆さまによる作品は、どれも圧巻です。ご都合のつく方は、ぜひお立ち寄りください。
2025年10月8日(水)〜14日(日)
10:00〜18:30
会場: 文房堂ギャラリー
千代田神田神保町1-21-1 文房堂ビル4F
出展者: 梅村有美・大片忠明・大田黒摩利・川崎映・菊谷詩子・小島由利子・小堀文彦・杉浦千里・田中豊美・地本義信・箕輪義隆・渡辺のり子
来月10月8日より、2年に一度開催される生物画家と科学イラストレーター達によるグループ展・「第15回 自然の生命を描く12人展」に私も参加いたします。
図鑑や絵本などでお馴染みの作家の皆さまによる作品は、どれも圧巻です。ご都合のつく方は、ぜひお立ち寄りください。
2025年10月8日(水)〜14日(日)
10:00〜18:30
会場: 文房堂ギャラリー
千代田神田神保町1-21-1 文房堂ビル4F
出展者: 梅村有美・大片忠明・大田黒摩利・川崎映・菊谷詩子・小島由利子・小堀文彦・杉浦千里・田中豊美・地本義信・箕輪義隆・渡辺のり子
I’ll be giving my talk “A Tale of Two Premaxillae: From Ancestral Jaw Tip to Mammalian Nose”
at the #SVP2025 symposium Multidisciplinary Approaches to Skull Function & Evolution.
It’s scheduled for the final afternoon (Nov 15)… hope everyone sticks around till then 😅
at the #SVP2025 symposium Multidisciplinary Approaches to Skull Function & Evolution.
It’s scheduled for the final afternoon (Nov 15)… hope everyone sticks around till then 😅
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’ll be giving my talk “A Tale of Two Premaxillae: From Ancestral Jaw Tip to Mammalian Nose”
at the #SVP2025 symposium Multidisciplinary Approaches to Skull Function & Evolution.
It’s scheduled for the final afternoon (Nov 15)… hope everyone sticks around till then 😅
at the #SVP2025 symposium Multidisciplinary Approaches to Skull Function & Evolution.
It’s scheduled for the final afternoon (Nov 15)… hope everyone sticks around till then 😅
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A reminder about the #SVP2025 workshop "Palaeoart Past and Present: the view from the UK" for those last-minute early-bird [=cheap] conference registrants! It's shaping up to be a great one-day pre-conference event: please come along if you're a #paleoart fan attending SVP!
September 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
At Tsukuba again this year—mentoring “Vertebrate Precision Anatomy” and working on dissection + sketches of the Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum).
September 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
At Tsukuba again this year—mentoring “Vertebrate Precision Anatomy” and working on dissection + sketches of the Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum).
Teaching “Animal Morphology and Evolution” at Musashino Art University 武蔵野美術大学 again this year.
…Wait, it starts next week already?😵
…Wait, it starts next week already?😵
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Teaching “Animal Morphology and Evolution” at Musashino Art University 武蔵野美術大学 again this year.
…Wait, it starts next week already?😵
…Wait, it starts next week already?😵
Birthday present from my wife. Ex Libris of Fáfnir, Guardian of the Hoard.📔🐉✨️
August 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Birthday present from my wife. Ex Libris of Fáfnir, Guardian of the Hoard.📔🐉✨️
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📢 Call for Papers!
AR Special Issue: Evolution of Birth Difficulties
✨ Focus: Obstetrical dilemma, pelvic anatomy, neonatal & primate adaptations
📅 LOI: Sept 1 | 📝 Manuscript: Dec 1
Guest Editors: Nicole Torres Tamayo & Cédric Cordey
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as...
AR Special Issue: Evolution of Birth Difficulties
✨ Focus: Obstetrical dilemma, pelvic anatomy, neonatal & primate adaptations
📅 LOI: Sept 1 | 📝 Manuscript: Dec 1
Guest Editors: Nicole Torres Tamayo & Cédric Cordey
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as...
August 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📢 Call for Papers!
AR Special Issue: Evolution of Birth Difficulties
✨ Focus: Obstetrical dilemma, pelvic anatomy, neonatal & primate adaptations
📅 LOI: Sept 1 | 📝 Manuscript: Dec 1
Guest Editors: Nicole Torres Tamayo & Cédric Cordey
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as...
AR Special Issue: Evolution of Birth Difficulties
✨ Focus: Obstetrical dilemma, pelvic anatomy, neonatal & primate adaptations
📅 LOI: Sept 1 | 📝 Manuscript: Dec 1
Guest Editors: Nicole Torres Tamayo & Cédric Cordey
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as...
Huge thanks to everyone who joined our symposium at the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan!
Nagahama was such a charming city — classic streets and great food.
Next up: I’ll be speaking at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) symposium. See you in Birmingham this November! #SVP2025
Nagahama was such a charming city — classic streets and great food.
Next up: I’ll be speaking at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) symposium. See you in Birmingham this November! #SVP2025
August 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Huge thanks to everyone who joined our symposium at the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan!
Nagahama was such a charming city — classic streets and great food.
Next up: I’ll be speaking at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) symposium. See you in Birmingham this November! #SVP2025
Nagahama was such a charming city — classic streets and great food.
Next up: I’ll be speaking at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) symposium. See you in Birmingham this November! #SVP2025
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CT-scanning a rare perinatal Gavialis gangeticus (critically endangered gharial) reveals unique skull + sinus features differing from adults. Researchers share a free 3D atlas for future crocodylian ontogeny research.
Maria Castillo & Maria Gold:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Maria Castillo & Maria Gold:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
August 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
CT-scanning a rare perinatal Gavialis gangeticus (critically endangered gharial) reveals unique skull + sinus features differing from adults. Researchers share a free 3D atlas for future crocodylian ontogeny research.
Maria Castillo & Maria Gold:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Maria Castillo & Maria Gold:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This week, the Society for the Evolutionary Study, Japan (SESJ2025) will be held at Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology.
I am organizing a symposium with three guest speakers on the theme of "Theory, Plant, and Animal── Evolvability of Morphology." (in Japanese)
I am organizing a symposium with three guest speakers on the theme of "Theory, Plant, and Animal── Evolvability of Morphology." (in Japanese)
August 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This week, the Society for the Evolutionary Study, Japan (SESJ2025) will be held at Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology.
I am organizing a symposium with three guest speakers on the theme of "Theory, Plant, and Animal── Evolvability of Morphology." (in Japanese)
I am organizing a symposium with three guest speakers on the theme of "Theory, Plant, and Animal── Evolvability of Morphology." (in Japanese)
#ICVM2025 (International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, online) I will give a talk on the evolution of the head-trunk interface and the heart.
In the session General Morphology and Morphological Evolution 3.
In the session General Morphology and Morphological Evolution 3.
August 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
#ICVM2025 (International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, online) I will give a talk on the evolution of the head-trunk interface and the heart.
In the session General Morphology and Morphological Evolution 3.
In the session General Morphology and Morphological Evolution 3.