Richard Cowen
Department of Geology
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California 95616
USA

Richard taught at UC Davis for 36 years, from 1967 to 2003. His research interests are in the functional reconstruction of fossil organisms, from anatomy and biomechanics to physiology, ecology, and behavior. He worked on brachiopods for his Ph.D. but has published on many other groups of organisms. He is also the author of History of Life, an introductory text published by Blackwell Publications, now in its fourth edition.

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