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Micro-CT lets scientists see telling 3D details in arthropod evolution

September 15, 2020
Researchers Dayou Zhai (from left), Yu Liu, and Javier Ortega-Hernández, looking at the 3D model of Ercaicunia. Photo by Dayou Zhai
Researchers Dayou Zhai (from left), Yu Liu, and Javier Ortega-Hernández, looking at the 3D model of Ercaicunia. Photo by Dayou Zhai

For the past five years, MCZ Faculty-Curator Javier Ortega-Hernández has been collaborating with colleagues in China to learn more about arthropod evolution by using micro-CT scanning to create 3D models of fossils and view details that would be impossible to see otherwise. Read more about the ongoing project in the Harvard Gazette.

Join us for a free virtual Evolution Matters Lecture by Javier Ortega-Hernández on Wednesday, October 14 at 6 p.m. sponsored by the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

See also: Invertebrate Paleontology