What is Urban Evolution?

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…

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…