Tag: primates
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Video for ESCONI June 2024 General Meeting – “A North American fossil primate called Ekgmowechashala”
The June 2024 General Meeting was held on June 14th, 2024 via Zoom. Kathleen Rust of the University of Kansas spoke about Ekgmowechashala, a primate known only from the late early Oligocene of western North America. “I am planning on presenting findings from my most recent publication describing a new primate species from the late…
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ESCONI June 2024 General Meeting – June 14th, 2024 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “A North American fossil primate called Ekgmowechashala”
The June 2024 General Meeting will be held on June 14th, 2024 via Zoom. The presentation is by Kathleen Rust of the University of Kansas. She will be speaking about Ekgmowechashala, a primate known only from the late early Oligocene of western North America. I am planning on presenting findings from my most recent publication…
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PBS Eons: Primates vs Snakes (An Evolutionary Arms Race)
There’s a new episode of PBS Eons. This one is about the “Snake Detection Hypothesis”. The Snake Detection Hypothesis proposes that the ability to quickly spot and avoid snakes is deeply embedded in primates, including us – an evolutionary consequence of the danger snakes have posed to us over millions of years.
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PBS Eons: The First and Last North American Primates
There’s a new episode of PBS Eons. Did you know that primates actually evolved in North America? All the details here! Early primates not only lived in North America — our primate family tree actually originated here! So what happened to those early relatives of ours?
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PBS Eons: The Two Viruses That We’ve Had For Millions of Years
There’s a new episode of PBS Eons. This one is very relevant… it’s about viruses. In this case, the herpes virus. There’s one kind of herpesvirus that’s specific to one species of primate, and each virus split off from the herpesvirus family tree when the primate split off from its own tree. But of…
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General Meeting November 10th, 2017: What do we know about life on early Earth?
The title of Dr. D’Arcy Meyer-Dombard’s program at our November 2017 meeting is “What do we know about life on early Earth?” The speaker at our February 9, 2018 meeting will be Dr. Dan Gebo from the Department of Anthropology at NIU. His research focuses on understanding locomotor adaptation and evolution in living and…
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General Meeting – Friday, June 12, Dr. Bob Martin: “From Primate Ancestry to Human Origins”
Friday, June 12, 8:00 p.m. at College of Dupage, Building K, Room 131, Dr. Bob Martin, from the Field Museum will speak on “From Primate Ancestry to Human Origins.”
