#  MCZ Lunchtime Seminar 

 



    ![two skeleton dimetrodons](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2025-02/Peter%20Bishop%20Image.jpg?h=81898002&itok=oBVqG8mB) 

 



 

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 **February 24, 2025** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EST 

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 **MCZ 101A, Robert A. Gilbert Room**  



 

 



 

## Walking with Dimetrodons: reconstructing the evolution of locomotion in mammalian ancestors

[Peter Bishop](https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/spierce/people/peter-bishop)  
Postdoctoral Fellow  
Stephanie Pierce Lab

The origin of modern mammalian stance and gait is a major unsolved question in evolutionary biomechanics. In this talk I will summarize recent progress on addressing this question, synthesizing fossil and anatomical data with biomechanical modeling and computer simulation to reconstruct the history of locomotor evolution in the ancient ancestors of mammals.



 

 



 

 

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