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Research

  • Sylvia Cheever, a Ph.D. student in Biological Anthropology, stands outside a trace metal clean laboratory in protective lab gear, including a yellow hair cover, goggles, and a white lab coat.

    Ancient Bones, Modern Insights: Investigating Mercury Exposure in Colonial Peru

    By: Alexandria Leeper, Evolutionary Studies graduate communications assistant Sylvia Cheever prepares to enter the trace metal clean lab at Arizona State University, where she conducts research on mercury levels in ancient human bones from Peru. Sylvia Cheever, a Ph.D. student in Biological Anthropology at Vanderbilt University, is uncovering the hidden… Read More

    November 11, 2024

  • Time scale of different ecological terms. Ecology is for hours to centuries, historical ecology is for decades to millenia. Paleoecology is millena to millions of years.

    Vanderbilt researchers bring paleoecology into the 21st century

    By Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Science is an inherently collaborative endeavor. When a respected colleague courteously disagrees with your point of view, it can lead to great new papers, perspectives and collaborations. In that same vein, feedback from editors and reviewers of academic journals is an often-understated driver… Read More

    July 7, 2022