Our undergraduate lab member, Naomi, presented for her first time at the Florida Academy of Sciences’ annual conference in Miami, Florida. Her poster was on her senior thesis research, titled Comparative Analysis of Growth and Development in the Hands of Primates. With the guidance of her advisor, Dr. DeLeon, Naomi was able to determine some similarities and differences in perinatal and juvenile primates between the suborders Haplorhini and Strepsirrhini. She hopes to do more poster presentations in the future, spreading the word and educating people about Bio-anthropology.

 Shown here in the photo is Naomi explaining her research to three of UF’s graduate students from CAPHIL who also attended the conference.