Fisher Dissection: Harvard Adventures, Part 2

Paleontologists today look at more than just fossil evidence to learn about organisms that lived millions of years ago. For this episode we visited Dr. Katrina Jones at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology to learn how she dissects and examines animals living today in the search for answers about the movements and evolution of early synapsids! 

The specimens in this episode were found dead in the wild, and legally obtained with government-issued salvage permits. Do not touch, pick up, or otherwise attempt to obtain parts of or entire animals you may find dead without properly authorized permits.

This is part two in a three-part series supported in part by The Field Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, and The National Science Foundation (!!!!). 

Big thanks to Drs. Ken Angielczyk, Stephanie Pierce, and Katrina Jones for their immense help and accommodation during the creation of this series.