#  MCZ researchers reconstruct the evolution of terrestrial movement in early tetrapods 

 





December 01, 2020

 

 

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Stephanie Pierce, MCZ Faculty-Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, and Blake Dickson, Ph.D. ’20 analyzed 40 3D fossil humeri to better understand the transition from fin-to-limb and reconstruct the evolution of terrestrial movement in early tetrapods. The work is published in [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2974-5) and featured in the [Harvard Gazette](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/11/reconstructing-vertebrates-rise-from-the-water-to-land/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020201201%20(1)). 

 

 

 



 

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