Department News
Daniel Fisher
- Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology
- Curator and Director, Museum of Paleontology
- Ph.D. Geological Sciences, Harvard University, 1975
- Museum of Paleontology website
Contact information
- University of Michigan
1535 Museums Building
1109 Geddes Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 - Phone: (734) 764-0488
- Fax: (734) 936-1380
- Email: dcfisher@umich.edu
Fields of study
Functional morphology and phylogenetic inference (incorporating stratigraphic data) to understand large-scale patterns of change in evolution; life history and paleoecology of Pleistocene proboscideans; causes of Pleistocene extinction
UM affiliation
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Museum of Paleontology
Related news
Hundreds get rare behind the scenes museum access
Behind the Scenes Day presents a rare opportunity to see the inner workings at the four museums of the Ruthven Museums Building on the U-M Central Campus each year.
On the BBC and U-M Gateway: Woolly mammoth carcass may have been cut into by humans
Professor Dan Fisher is one of the researchers studying the mammoth that suggests that ancient humans "stole" mammoths from hunting lions, scientists say.
On PBS NOVA: Ice Age Death Trap
In the Rocky Mountains, archaeologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts.
