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Biogeography across Broken Continents and Sunken Islands

On Wednesday, Nov. 10, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University Gonzalo Giribet will discuss how he uses biogeography and tiny invertebrate species to understand the biological and geological history of New Zealand and New Caledonia, two islands that were once part of Gondwana. The major continents of the Southern Hemisphere—Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica—as well as India and islands in the Pacific, were also part of Gondwana, an ancient supercontinent that began to break up about 180 million years ago. How did this breakup influence the evolution of ecosystems and organisms found on modern continents and islands? This is one of the questions that biogeography, the study of how organisms are distributed across space and time, seeks to answer.

The Evolution Matters Lecture Series is supported by a generous gift from Drs. Herman and Joan Suit. This virtual event is presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

Location

26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Harvard Square

Website

https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nu9A1HZZQvKx8IgISFXtyw

Date & Time

  • Wed Nov 10, 2021-Thu Nov 11, 2021

    • 11:00pm - 12:15am

Type

  • Lectures / Talks