Elisabeth Vrba

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Prof Geology & Geophysics & Paleontology, DGS; Curator Vertebrate Paleontology Peabody Museum
Address: 
210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511-8902
203-432-5008

Dr. Vrba studies mammalian paleontology and evolutionary processes and theory. She uses the basic information on groups of organisms (on morphology, phylogeny,chronology, geographic distribution,paleoenvironmental context) to test hypotheses of how those species and their special characteristics evolved.