EvolutionJanuary 1, 2018
How Snakes Lost Their Legs
New fossil analyses and insights from evolutionary developmental biology elucidate the long-sought origin of serpents
Stories by Hongyu Yi
Hongyu Yi is an associate research professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. She studies the evolution of sensory organs to understand how adaptation to certain environments has shaped reptiles.