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The Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies presents the Kitzmiller Lecture commemorating the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover court ruling on Thursday, March 26, at 4 p.m. in the Baker Center Theater. This year’s speaker is Dr. Patricia Kelley, Professor of Geography and Geology at the University of North Carolina […]

In her youth, Dr. Alycia Stigall, Professor of Geological Sciences, made do with A Golden Guide to Fossils, but she hopes that today’s amateur fossil collectors and researchers will have at their disposal a more comprehensive guide. That’s why she and her colleagues are creating an online database—the Digital Atlas […]

Third in a series on macro-evolution. In this article, Dr. Alycia Stigall discusses the fossil record of species biodiversity—and why it might be more important to protect “intermediate” species like the Arctic Fox than “specialist” species like the Polar Bear. By Sara LaJeunesse From Perspectives Billions lie dead on the […]

The Ohio Center for Ecology & Evolutionary Studies presents Dr. Michael Webster with the 2014 DARWIN LECTURE on Monday Feb. 17, at 4:30 p.m. in the Baker Center Theater. Webster, Professor and Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology at Cornell University, will discuss “Darwin & Misperceptions: What Evolution Isn’t.” In Webster’s […]

Second in a Series on Macro-Evolution Using the fossil record—and specifically a case of mass extinction about 374 million years ago—can help illuminate why “modern” macro-evolutionary theory is in need of modernization. Darwin and his successors wrote the first chapters on evolution by looking at small changes in species over […]

First in a Series on Macro-Evolution Darwin and his successors wrote the first chapters on evolution by looking at small changes in species over relatively short periods of time, usually described as natural selection. Scientists developed the Modern Synthesis to describe gradual evolution following the discovery of the DNA molecule, […]

“The rise of the forerunners of the Appalachian Mountains may have opened the gates for invasive species to storm the lost continent that gave rise to North America, new research suggests,” writes NBC News’ Science blogger Charles Q. Choi on Sept. 3 Such research could shed light on how to […]