… Nikos Solounias was born in Greece. He is a professor of anatomy and embryology at the New York Institute of Technology and a Research Associate in Palaeontology at the American Museum of Natural History. He has published 143 scientific peer-reviewed articles, and three books. Namely: »Anatomy and evolution of the giraffe«, »Human head and neck embryology« and »Placing Samotherium in its place«.
His most important contributions are the study of the Miocene Samos fauna, the development of tooth micro wear, the dietary evolution of horses through the Cenozoic, the explanation as to why some herbivores have tall (hypsodont) teeth and the discovery that the ruminants also have five digits in their foot.
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