Lauren Gonzales (PhD candidate) – Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina

Lauren Gonzales (PhD candidate) – Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina

PhD candidate Lauren Gonzales pictured in Patagonia, Argentina in 2013. She was there for fossil prospecting in Miocene-aged deposits along the Rio Santa Cruz.

Gonzales studies the role of evolution in sensory anatomy in the major adaptive radiations of primates. Her fieldwork in Argentina is focused on improving the representation of early South American fossil primates.