Background
Fortelius, Mikael was born on February 1, 1954 in Helsinki, Finland.
Fortelius, Mikael was born on February 1, 1954 in Helsinki, Finland.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Helsinki, 1985.
His research involves the evolution of Eurasian land mammals and terrestrial environments during the Neogene, ecomorphology of ungulates, developmental biology, the function and evolution of mammalian teeth, and scaling problems (changes in size with growth or as species evolve). He is an expert on indricotheres. He has authored and co-authored a number of papers in peer-reviewed international journals as well as articles on popular science and other published material.
Member of Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters.