New study offers clues to how shifting climate may change ocean ecosystems
By studying the fossil record of one group of organisms, researchers now worry that human-driven climate change may return us to an “Earth of 8 million years ago ... detrimentally restructuring the marine communities of the entire ocean.”
Wendy Heywood •
harvard
March 3, 2023 • ~6 min
March 3, 2023 • ~6 min
Mammalian vertebral columns may reflect pace of evolution
Researchers find clues to evolution in the intricate mammalian vertebral column.
Jed Gottlieb
• harvard
Nov. 14, 2019 • ~4 min
Nov. 14, 2019 • ~4 min
Evolution more complex than ‘survival of the fittest’ had us believe
By re-barcoding the DNA of yeast, researchers were able to follow evolution for approximately 1,000 generations, finding surprises along the way.
Clea Simon
• harvard
Nov. 13, 2019 • ~4 min
Nov. 13, 2019 • ~4 min
Harvard Museum of Natural History gives hands-on lab work to middle school educators
Mansi Srivastava's lab worked with middle school teachers in an education workshop on DNA and evolution.
Harvard Gazette
• harvard
July 30, 2019 • ~2 min
July 30, 2019 • ~2 min
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