# Knuckles is the best sonic character December 10, 2018 - [ News ](/news-categories/news) Back in November, echidna specialist extraordinare Sophie Regnault published the first installment of an NSF funded project on mammal forelimb evolution: Regnault and Pierce (2018). Pectoral girdle and forelimb musculoskeletal function in the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus): insights into mammalian locomotor evolution. Royal Society Open Science, The work was highlighted in the Harvard Gazette: [How mammals grew diverse](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/11/harvard-study-models-forelimbs-of-echidnas-to-shed-light-on-evolution/) And Sophie made a wonderful graphical abstract explaining the work: Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)