In the August issue of the journal Paleobiology, Brian D. Farrell and colleagues present a scientific study of insect diversity suggesting that it’s seasonality, not heat or light, that drives biodiversity. Full Story.
We focus on understanding the nature and interplay of the evolutionary, ecological, and physical environmental forces that have shaped the history of life on geological timescales.
Within OEB, we address many aspects of paleobiology, covering all major groups of life, from the deep Precambrian to our own geologically recent past. We employ a wide range of tools, including primary field-work, functional morphology, phylogenetics, isotopic analysis, and theoretical approaches.
Four broad research areas capture the core expertise of the members of OEB. Groundbreaking research in the life sciences is now more interdisciplinary than ever and many OEB faculty work in more than one of these areas. OEB also maintains expertise in a number of sub-fields of biology, including evolutionary developmental biology, ...
Using microCT Javier Ortega-Hernández and Yu Liu, Professor of Paleobiology, Yunnan University, China discovered Xiaocaris luoi,a new species of fuxianhuiid, an important group of early branching arthropods that are central to discussions concerning the early evolution of this phylum. Xiaocaris luoi, represents the smallest known fuxianhuiid, its trunk legs bore strong spines...
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Interim Curator of Mammalogy in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2024-2025)
Anjali Goswami Honorary Professor in Paleobiology Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London Dean of Postgraduate Education and Research Leader in Life Sciences Natural History Museum, London