News from Functional Anatomy & Evolution
Read our latest announcements about department updates, honors and publications.
New publications from the Bever Lab!
The Bever Lab has published two new papers on the early reptile skull. Lab members William Foster (PhD student), Paul Gensbigler (MS student), Jacob Wilson (PhD student), and Gabriel Bever (PI) led a study on the Triassic stem archosaur Mesosuchus and the deep history...
FAE Seminar Series: Dr. Chris Krupenye!
Event Date & Time : Wednesday, April 17th at 4 PMPresentation: "The Social Minds of Humans and Other Apes"Location: 1830 Building (1830 E. Monument St), 2nd Floor Auditorium (Rm. 2-108) Join us for a fascinating talk regarding the evolution of humans and primates!...
NSF-funded Digital Paleontology Internship for Undergraduate Students
As part of a collaborative NSF-funded collaborative research grant, Dr. Siobhan Cooke is recruiting two undergraduate students to conduct research in her lab during May and June of 2024. The project focuses on niche-differentiation and extinction of the endemic...
Congratulations to Catherine J. Llera Martin & Zana R. Sims: 2022 AAA-AABA Anatomy in Anthropology Prize Winners!
FAE students Catherine J. Llera Martín and Zana R. Sims were awarded the AAA-AABA Anatomy in Anthropology Prize for their independent project entitled "Using weighted spherical harmonics to detect functional locomotor signals at the distal femoral articulation."...
FAE Seminar Series presents: Don Cerio, PhD
Trade-offs and constraints in visual system evolution: multimodal evidence from diapsid reptiles
Bever lab student publishes first paper!
William Foster from Bever lab has published his first paper! Based on part of his master's thesis, Foster et al describe the cranial anatomy of the Chinese tyrannosaurid dinosaur Qianzhousaurus sinensis. Check out the full article here: "The cranial anatomy of the...
FAE Seminar Series presents: Dr. Matthew Ravosa!
Join us tomorrow for guest speaker Dr. Matthew Ravosa's talk: Determinants of Phenotypic Variation in the Developing Skeleton Dr. Matthew Ravosa Professor of Biological Sciences, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, & Anthropology University of...
FAE Seminar Series presents: Dr. Rebecca German!
Dr. Rebecca German was our presenter for the FAE Seminar Series on February 10, 2022. Dr. German, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology Northeast Ohio Medical University, is an Adjunct Professor in the FAE. Her talk titled “Integration of Anatomy and Function in...
Deanna Goldstein to Present Doctoral Dissertation
Deanna Goldstein will present her doctoral dissertation as part of the FAE Seminar Series on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Her thesis is titled “External and internal carpal morphology of knuckle-walking apes among mammals.”