Adam Hartstone-Rose

Bio

Dr. Hartstone-Rose runs the Comparative Anatomy & Functional Morphology Research Lab in which he and his students study anatomical adaptation predominantly to dietary and locomotive specialization in mammals, especially primates and carnivores. They study this in live animals (e.g., feeding experiments), examination of muscles (e.g., the muscles of mastication), and analysis of bones and teeth (e.g., the parts of the skeletons that interact with foods) with the ultimate goal of using these analyses of modern animals to deduce the abilities (e.g., diets) of extinct species from their fossil remains. Dr. Hartstone-Rose also has several funded projects focused on the effects of participation in STEM activities on students’ interest in, and career orientation toward, STEM professions, particularly in students from historically marginalized backgrounds.

Awards

2025, Felllow of the American Association for Anatomy
2020, American Association of Anatomy’s BioArt Winner

Publications

• Commentary: The missing sabertooth baculum-At what point might the absence of evidence reasonably be considered evidence of absence? , ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (2025)
• Commentary: What's so interesting about sabertooths? , ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (2025)
• Exploring Demodex Mites on Captive Lemurs (Class: Arachnida , National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) (2025)
• STEM ability perceptions, basic needs satisfaction, and intrinsic motivation in adolescents: The role of inclusive perceptions in self-determination , PLoS ONE (2025)
• Taphonomic variation in vascular remains from Mesozoic non-avian dinosaurs , Scientific Reports (2025)
• The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) resurrection that wasn't , ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (2025)
• Variation in parrot jaw musculature , ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (2025)
• 3D analysis of muscle microanatomy within the feeding apparatus of musteloids , Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (2024)
• Bite force and gape reconstruction of South African sabertooth and non-sabertooth felids , Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (2024)
• Comparison of fossil coyotes of Rancho La Brea to modern coyotes reveals differences in dental morphology , Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (2024)