UC Berkeley paleontologists have identified distinctive features of primate teeth that allow them to track the evolution of our ape and monkey ancestors, shedding light on a mysterious increase in monkey species that occurred during a period of climate change 8 million years ago.
Paleontologists typically reconstruct past behavior by assuming that function follows form.
Congratulations Seth Finnegan and Lee Hsiang Liow on receiving the the 2016-17 Peder Sather Grant Program Award: Dissecting The Timing, Ecological Signature, And Environmental Context Of The Largest Biodiversification In Earth History.
Three ordinary people take on challenges to try to understand what they really are. In this episode the volunteers are led to an amazing realization about the nature of life itself.
Link to the 2016 Integrative Biology Graduation photo album!
The album will be updated as more photos come in.
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Recently accepted Integrative Biology Graduate student Jesus Martinez-Gomez found his passion for science in his undergraduate career at The University of Washington. Due to their head start program the UW empowered students like Jesus Martinez-Gomez to do original science and research as undergraduates.
Tipping Point for Planet Earth–How Close are We to the Edge?,” is happening at 5:30 p.m. in Rooms D-E, UCR Extension Center, 1200 University Avenue, Riverside, Calif.Anthony D. Barnosky, a professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley, and Elizabeth A.
Professor Robert Full has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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IB graduate student Tesla Monson from the Hlusko Lab, host and producer of The Graduates, a science radio talk show, is featured in an article on the Graduate Division website.
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In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Kimura Motoo Foundation, we have created the Kimura Motoo Award. The executive committee has selected the most outstanding scientist, as a recipient, from each of four research fields of evolutionary biology; population genetics, molecular phylogeny, molecular evolution and evolutionary genomics, and human evolution. Population Genetics- Dr.