Brooklyn College Paleontologist Stephen Chester and Colleagues Reveal New Clues About Early Primate Evolution

Findings help clarify the biogeographic history of the earliest primate relatives and highlight the importance of continued fossil exploration in understudied regions.

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New Research Sheds Light on an Old Fossil, Solving a Mystery of Evolution

A professor and a student from Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center have pruned a branch off the primate tree.

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Professor of Anthropology Stephen Chester Part of $3 Million National Science Foundation Grant

Funding for Brooklyn College, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and seven additional collaborating institutions will help unravel mysteries of how life rebounded after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

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Associate Professor Stephen Chester Helps Answer: When Did Our Extinct Mammal Relatives Start to Get So Smart?

Renowned paleontologist joins international team that studied the fossil record to understand mammal brain evolution.

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2021 Year in Review at Brooklyn College

Despite the ongoing pandemic, there was a lot to celebrate in a year that saw new institutional alliances, big initiatives, prestigious awards, and a safe and successful partial return to

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Brooklyn College Professor of Anthropology Helps Describe the Earliest Primate Fossils

First fossils of ancient, small-bodied primates provide a big glimpse into how our earliest primate relatives lived 66 million years ago after an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs.

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Assistant Professor of Anthropology Stephen Chester Part of Team That Unearths Rise of Mammals in Groundbreaking Discovery

Research chronicling one-million-year fossil-rich timeline with Denver Museum of Nature & Science researchers to appear in Science magazine and highlighted on PBS’ NOVA.

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Research Chronicling One-Million Year Fossil-Rich Timeline with Denver Museum of Nature & Science Researchers to Appear in Science Magazine and Highlighted on PBS’ NOVA

Stephen Chester, an assistant professor of anthropology and paleontologist from Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center from The City University of New York, was a key collaborator in a groundbreaking

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Brooklyn College Students Dig Their Studies in the ‘Valley of the Dinosaurs’

When Anthropology Professor Stephen Chester takes a group of Brooklyn College students to the mountains out West, they gain new perspective on humanity’s place in time and space.

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Brooklyn College Welcomes New Faculty

The 2013/2014 academic year is off to a strong start with faculty members from a wide range of disciplines and a growing enrollment.

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09.26.2013
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Susan Landers