Understanding ancient ocean temperatures—particularly from the Cenozoic era (the past 66 million years), in which Earth experienced dramatic climate shifts—helps scientists reveal more about ...

Primates are smart, flexible, and adaptive creatures. How have they responded to changes in climate over millions of years? Climate is the major factor that determines where a species can and ...

For the Cenozoic period, which began about 70 million years ago and continues today, evidence derived from marine sediments provide a detailed, and fairly continuous, record for climate change.

3 min read At the dawn of the Paleogene—the beginning of the Cenozoic era—dinosaurs ... radiating and diversifying into many new forms. As the climate cooled and dried following the warming ...

Office: McGlothlin-Street Hall 226 Email: [[rxlock]] Office Phone: 757 221 2878 Research Areas: Paleontology, Paleobiology, Cenozoic Global Climate Change, Evolution/Ecology of Fossil Marine ...