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Canines Lost and Found
In two examples of impressive collaboration, researchers have concluded that some ancient dogs have been lost forever and that one dog...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jun 29, 20202 min read


Evolution In Front of Our Eyes
We just raced down a rabbit—er, fox—hole and we made it back alive to report something we already knew. Evolution is happening right...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jun 23, 20202 min read


Spanning the Globe VIII
Once again, it’s time for another round-up of all the anatomy news that’s fit to blog about! Mapping Cells Have you used Google Earth? As...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jun 15, 20203 min read


Small-Town Anatomy Instruction
When you think of the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System in classroom settings, you might think of big universities on metropolitan...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jun 8, 20203 min read


Augmented Reality
As anyone whose surfed the web lately knows, there are increasingly more options for exploring anatomy. Three-dimensional and now...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jun 1, 20202 min read


Jon Zahourek & The Wolf
At the heart of Jon Zahourek’s career and his Anatomy in Clay® Learning System sculptures-turned-models, there lies a passion for...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 19, 20202 min read


Mammalian Pronation
Behold the cynodont. (Sounds like: sign-uh-daunt.) Cynodonts gave rise to all living mammals about 250 million years ago. Or so. These...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 4, 20201 min read


Brachiating Scapulae
This video from 1987 is fun to watch just to see how Jon Zahourek thinks—and observes. In less than a minute, he covers so much ground....

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 4, 20201 min read


Tunicate
Before the fish was the tunicate—the marine invertebrate. The inner layer of the tunicate is a tube that moves water (and nutrients) in...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 4, 20201 min read


Equine Patella: Gliding Vs. Resting Zones
This video (from 1989) is straightforward (and insightful) there’s not a whole lot more to say beyond Jon Zahourek’s clear demonstration...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 1, 20202 min read


We’re Off to the Horse Summit!
This just in: Jon Zahourek will be bringing his expertise and equine skeletons to Lexington, Kentucky—better known as the heart of horse...

ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Apr 28, 20202 min read


Spanning the Globe VI
Once again, it’s time for another round-up of all the anatomy news that’s fit to blog about! Dinosaur Tail This one got a lot of...
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Apr 21, 20203 min read


Circulation
Keep moving! Good blood circulation is vital to health. And movement helps move blood. The heart gets a lot of the credit for...
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Apr 20, 20201 min read


Gravity
No matter how far you go back in the history of human evolution—actually, in the history of all living organisms on planet Earth—there...
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Apr 20, 20201 min read


Appropriate Anatomical Knowledge
One thing Jon Zahourek routinely emphasizes is that a model of human anatomy is always close at hand. Yourself. It’s always there as a...
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Apr 20, 20201 min read


Enthusiasm For Details
Isn’t it amazing that we organisms—humans, dogs, bugs, horses, and nearly all others—follow a pattern of development, true to course,...
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Apr 14, 20202 min read


Athletes and the Expression of Ligaments
Limber. For an athlete, it’s an ideal state—right? Athletes need to limber up before a competition. But there’s a fine line between being...
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Apr 13, 20201 min read


Body Is A Weaving
Pulp. Goo. When he teaches, Jon Zahourek keeps it real. His verbiage swings from relatable imagery to the technical language of science....
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Apr 13, 20201 min read


Systems
Hang around here long enough and you’re going to hear one word quite a bit. System. In this clip from 1992, Anatomy in Clay® Learning...
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Apr 13, 20201 min read


Thoracic Rotation
The human thorax rotates. As bipeds, this is especially helpful when we run. The rotation helps moves our hips. One major key to all...
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Apr 3, 20201 min read
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