MCZ researchers reconstruct the evolution of terrestrial movement in early tetrapods
December 1, 2020
Two Late Devonian early tetrapods coming out of the water to move on land. Illustration by Davide Bona
Stephanie Pierce, MCZ Faculty-Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, and Blake Dickson, Ph.D. ’20 analyzed 40 3D fossil humeri to better understand the transition from fin-to-limb and reconstruct the evolution of terrestrial movement in early tetrapods. The work is published in Nature and featured in the Harvard Gazette.
