Jacob Berv delivered an invited Pardee keynote at GSA 2025 on impact cratering and macroevolutionary recovery (DOI: 10.1130/abs/2025AM-11105).
Jacob Berv delivered a keynote talk for the Geological Society of America Pardee Symposium on
“Impact Cratering and the Evolution of Life.” The keynote highlighted how impact events and
macroevolutionary recovery intersect with his research program. Keynote abstract DOI:
10.1130/abs/2025AM-11105.
Invited Pardee keynote at GSA 2025 on impact cratering and macroevolutionary recovery (DOI: 10.1130/abs/2025AM-11105).
The Geological Society of America Pardee Symposium highlights major scientific advances and research frontiers. In 2025, the Geological Society of America invited Jacob Berv to give a keynote lecture exploring how impact cratering events have influenced macroevolutionary processes and life’s recovery through deep time. The talk, titled “Impact Cratering and the Evolution of Life”, was part of the Pardee Symposium at the GSA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX.
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Abstract:
The keynote introduced a “phylogenetic natural history” framework that combines hypothesis-driven comparative inference with large genomic and paleontological datasets. It focused on the end-Cretaceous (K–Pg) mass extinction and evidence that coordinated shifts in avian body size, development, and genome evolution accompanied early post-extinction diversification. Together, these results link deep-time environmental contingencies to long-term patterns of evolutionary innovation and resilience.