Luke Harmon

Books and essays on deep time, strange species, and the human place in the tree of life

I research the dynamics of biodiversity on our planet over the past 5 billion years or so. Now I am writing as one leaf on a vast tree of life.

Writing

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Weird species

Books

New book forthcoming from Princeton University Press

Talks

I speak on evolution, biodiversity, deep time, and the tree of life for general audiences, academic events, and public science venues.

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