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Dr. James W. Hagadorn seeks to understand how animals and microbes first impacted ancient Earth environments. By learning how they did this and what changes their activities fostered, his research informs us of how the outer membrane of our planet works -- today, in deep time, and potentially in the future.
Hagadorn, J. W., and Seilacher, A. 2009. Hermits 500 million years ago?: Geology, 37:295-298.
Hagadorn, J. W., and Belt, E. S. 2008. Stranded in upstate New York: Cambrian medusae from the Potsdam Sandstone: Palaios, 23:424-441.
Hagadorn, J. W., et al. 2006. Integrated X-ray insights into cellular and subcellular structures of Neoproterozoic animal embryos: Science, 314:291-294.
Hagadorn, J.W., Dott, R.H., and Damrow, D. 2002. Stranded on an Upper Cambrian shoreline: Medusae from Central Wisconsin: Geology, 30:147-150.
Hagadorn, J.W., and Bottjer, D.J. 1997. Wrinkle structures: Microbially mediated sedimentary structures common in subtidal siliciclastic settings at the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition: Geology, 25:1047-1050.
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In this Science Bite, Museum scientists Ian Miller and Richard Stucky show how studying the past can help us figure out how humans may be changing the future of our planet.