Luke Norton

Postdoctoral Fellow 
Evolutionary Studies Institute
University of the Witwatersrand

Biography

Originally from Cape Town, I completed a BSc in Zoology at UCT, before moving to Johannesburg to pursue an Honours degree in Palaeontology at Wits. This was followed by an MSc and PhD focusing on therapsid palaeontology at Wits.

Disciplines

Vertebrate Palaeontology, Palaeobiology

Fields of study

I’m interested in using X-ray microtomography to study tooth replacement patterns in Therapsida—the very distant ancestors to mammals.

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