Evolutionary Biomechanist Featured in Newsweek

As seen in Newsweek, Michael Granatosky, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy, lent his expertise to an article about human evolution. Granatosky, who studies the origins of locomotion, noted that evolution is still affecting humans, with environmental factors like COVID-19 potentially impacting the long-term outcome of the species.

“During the pandemic, we learned that there is natural variation as to how individuals responded to infection. Such variation serves as the basis for evolution to act. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the COVID-19 pandemic was its global nature. Rarely do such events affect an entire species so dramatically,” he said.