Evolution in the News
Oxygen and Evolution
Earth's chemistry is both influenced by and exerts influence on life on the planet. A group of researchers at NESCent have explored how body size has changed over the history of life on Earth, and found an interesting correlation between increases in body size and changes in atmospheric oxygen. They talked with us about their research, what the group discovered, and where their research will take them next. [ more ]
NESCent is celebrating Darwin's 201th birthday with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Shark expert and "Finding Nemo" advisor, Adam Summers the Assoc. Director of Friday Harbor Laboratories, will give a free talk "Big, Fast and Bulletproof: What One Biologist Has Learned from 300 Million Years of Shark Evolution" on Friday, Feb. 12, 6:30 pm at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Take a sneak preview of the Megalodon Exhibit before the talk! For more information, see the NESCent home page.
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