Marcus Byrne
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South African researcher
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Marcus Byrne's Degrees
- Bachelors Biology University of Cape Town
- Masters Zoology University of Pretoria
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Why Is Marcus Byrne Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Professor Marcus Byrne won the 2013 Ig Nobel Prize for Biology/Astronomy along with: Marie Dacke, Emily Baird, Clarke Scholtz, and Eric Warrant, for discovering that when dung beetles get lost, they can navigate their way home by looking at the Milky Way. This research has practical applications, for example helping how to develop complex visual systems.
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