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In a new study in Sciences Advances researchers in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University and collaborators reveal the rapid evolution and radiation of reptiles began much earlier...

In a study published August 23 in Nature Ecology and Evolution Harvard researchers establish the origin date of the earliest tetrapods and discover they acquired several of the major new adaptive traits that enabled vertebrate life on land at accelerated...

In a new study published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, an international team of researchers including Stephanie Pierce and Felipe Pinheiro, UNIPAMPA, reveal the astounding discovery of a 265-million-year-old, exquisitely preserved...

In this recent Harvard Gazette article, researchers Katrina Jones and Stephanie Pierce study examines when and how functional diversity happened in mammal spines.

The Star-Friedman Challenge provides seed funding for novel research in the physical or social sciences, with an emphasis on new directions that might not otherwise be supported through traditional funding channels. Stephanie Pierce, Professor of...

Stephanie Pierce was featured in a MSC Connects! Podcast from the Harvard Museum of Science and Culture. Listen to " From Gymnastics to Paleontology: A Conversation with Stephanie Pierce," hosted by Jennie Burgland.

Big news! Blake's application of functional adaptive landscapes to early tetrapod humeri was published today in NATURE! The research shows that the early tetrapod 'L-shaped' humerus provided some functional benefit for moving on land - but that these...

Big congratuations to Zach Morris on a successful defense and becoming a Dr. of crocodiles! Wishing Dr. Morris all the best with the next step in his career - being a NSF GEO Postdoctoral Fellow!

Welcome Rossichthys clackae from Burnmouth, Scotland to the world! I was lucky to work with an amazing team describing UK rhizodont humeri and diagnosing a new species in honor of co-author Jenny Clack. Johanson, Z., J. Jeffery, T. Challands, S.E. Pierce...

Like many things, National Fossil Day went virtual this year! The Harvard Museum of Natural History put together a wonderful, interactive public outreach event - with all talks avaialbe via YouTube: https://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/national-fossil-day-0...