‘Croco-salamander’ bones offer clues to how early animals emerged from water

A study overturns the long-held belief that ancient species grew at slow, steady pace, and offers insights into human maturation.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Dec. 5, 2022 ~7 min

Climate change drove reptile evolution

Fast climatic shifts due to global warming coincided with high rates of morphological change in most reptiles.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Aug. 29, 2022 ~6 min


Challenging the lateral-to-sagittal shift in mammalian locomotion

Harvard study challenges lateral-to-sagittal shift in mammal spine evolution.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
March 15, 2021 ~6 min

Research labs score perfect COVID safety records

Six months after reopening, Harvard’s labs report an unblemished safety record, important contributions to the state’s economy, and an array of scientific findings, albeit with the requisite frustration of operating during a pandemic.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Dec. 18, 2020 ~7 min

Reconstructing vertebrates rise from the water to land

Harvard scientists reconstruct evolution of limb-based motion in early tetrapods.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Nov. 25, 2020 ~6 min

New paper suggests spinosaurus may have been aquatic

New paper argues the Spinosaurus was aquatic, and powered by predatory tail.

Clea Simon • harvard
April 29, 2020 ~7 min

Harvard researchers examine how mammal spines evolve

Harvard Researchers show what drives functional diversity in the spines of mammal.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Feb. 3, 2020 ~7 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


Harvard researcher connects the dots in fin-to-limb evolution

With an innovative technique called anatomical network analysis, clear patterns emerge that help solve the puzzle of how fins became limbs 420 million years ago.

Clea Simon • harvard
May 21, 2019 ~5 min

Harvard study models forelimbs of echidnas to shed light on evolution

Using a detailed, musculoskeletal model of an echidna forelimb, Harvard scientists are not only shedding light on how the little-studied echidna’s forelimbs work, but also opening a window into understanding how extinct mammals might have used those limbs.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Nov. 30, 2018 ~3 min

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