In 2009 the United Nations reported that half of the world’s human population lived in cities and was expected to grow to 66% by 2050. The movement of people from dispersed living to concentration in urban environments is a large change both for human civilization and for the environment. Urbanization is the process of changing…
Tag: Morphology
Landmark Studies for Evolution
First up, this post is about using landmarks (on bones) to answer evolutionary questions, not my list of significant papers in evolution*. Landmarks are points on a specimen (e.g. bones, leafs, etc) that can be identified based on a specific rule (example- widest part of the cheek bone). I’ve highlighted a few landmarks on two bear…