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Nancy Stevens, Ph.D.

  • Distinguished Professor
  • Professor of Functional Morphology and Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies
  • Environmental Studies Advisory Board
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Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

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史蒂文斯博士通过时间探索生物体和环境之间的相互作用,特别是灵长类动物和其他动物的形式和功能之间的关系。 她曾在非洲和阿拉伯半岛的十几个国家进行古生物实地研究。 她的发现记录了几项科学上的新发现,包括来自阿拉伯半岛的第一条恐龙足迹,以及旧大陆猴子和猿分裂的最古老的化石证据。

Stevens presently leads paleontological exploration in the Cenozoic deposits of the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania, and her international team has discovered several new species of fossil mammals, crocodylians, snakes, frogs, fishes, and invertebrates. Her collaborative projects in this field area have provided new age estimations for the initiation of the Western Branch of the East African Rift System. She engages in collaborations on several other Cenozoic sites throughout Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Her work also explores modern day extinction dynamics through research on some of the most critically endangered primates on the planet, with projects in Madagascar, Vietnam and Uganda.

Expertise at a Glance

Stevens is an expert in paleontology, endangered primates and biodiversity conservation. She explores interactions between organisms and their environments through time, including relationships between form and function in primates and other animals.

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National Geographic
National Science Foundation

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