Research Tracks

A publication of the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Baylor University

February 20, 2014
by Baylor OVPR
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Baylor geologists discover evidence of early ape environments

Geologists at Baylor, working with an international collaborative team of scientists, have uncovered for the first time direct evidence on Rusinga Island, Kenya, that ties Proconsul, an early ape, to a closed-canopy forest environment. While scientists had previously speculated, based on … Continue reading

February 12, 2014
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Turning over an old leaf: Baylor geologist finds climate clues in fossilized plants

Thanks to modern record-keeping, finding out what the weather was like at any time in the recent past is a fairly simple proposition. Gathering data on the earth’s climate from millions of years ago, however, is another matter. Since there … Continue reading

January 21, 2014
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Baylor professor wins award for book on spirituality and nature

Dr. Susan Bratton’s book, The Spirit of the Appalachian Trail: Community, Environment, and Belief on a Long-Distance Hiking Path (University of Tennessee Press, 2012) recently was recognized as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2013 by Choice, an academic periodical of … Continue reading