Dr. Alistair Evans

ARC Australian Research Fellow
Monash Research Fellow

 

Ph.D. Monash University, 2003

Office: G18, Building 18 Zoology Building
Telephone: +61-3-9905-3110
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
Email: Alistair.Evans@monash.edu
Please see my website for more information.

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Alistair Evans
Research Interests
  • functional morphology, particularly of mammalian teeth
  • 3D imaging and analysis
  • morphological evolution
  • evolution and development (evo-devo)
  • body mass evolution
  • evolutionary rates
Recent publications
  • Jones D, Evans AR, Siu KKW, Rayfield EJ, and Donoghue PCJ. 2012. The sharpest tools in the box? Quantitative analysis of conodont element functional morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
  • Wilson GP, Evans AR, Corfe IJ, Smits PD, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2012. Adaptive radiation of multituberculates before the extinction of dinosaurs. Nature 483: 457–460.
  • Evans AR, Jones D, Boyer AG, Brown JH, Costa DP, Ernest SKM, Fitzgerald EMG, Fortelius M, Gittleman JL, Hamilton MJ, Harding LE, Lintulaakso KL, S. Kathleen, Okie JG, Saarinen JJ, Sibly RM, Smith FA, Stephens PR, Theodor J, and Uhen MD. 2012. The maximum rate of mammal evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109: 4187-4190.
  • Eronen JT, Evans AR, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2011. Genera are often better than species for detecting evolutionary change in the fossil record: a reply to Salesa et al. Evolution 65: 1514-1516.
  • Boyer DM, Evans AR, and Jernvall J. 2010. Evidence of dietary differentiation among late Paleocene–early Eocene plesiadapids (Mammalia, Primates). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142: 194-210.
  • Skinner MM, Evans AR, Smith T, Jernvall J, Tafforeau P, Kupczik K, Olejniczak AJ, Rosas A, Radovi‡ J, Thackeray JF, Toussaint M, and Hublin J-J. 2010. Contributions of enamel-dentine junction shape and enamel deposition to primate molar crown complexity. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142: 157-163.
  • Eronen JT, Evans AR, Jernvall J, and Fortelius M. 2010. The impact of regional climate on the evolution of mammals: a case study using fossil horses. Evolution 64: 398-408.
  • Renvoisé E, Evans AR, Jebrane A, Labruère C, Laffont R, and Montuire S. 2009. Evolution of mammal tooth patterns: new insights from a developmental prediction model. Evolution 63: 1327-1340.
  • Evans AR, and Fortelius M. 2008. Three-dimensional reconstruction of tooth relationships during carnivoran chewing. Palaeontologia Electronica 11: 10A:11p. http://palaeo-electronica.org/2008_2/133/index.html.
  • Plyusnin I, Evans AR, Karme A, Gionis A, and Jernvall J. 2008. Automated 3D phenotype analysis using data mining. PLoS ONE 3: e1742.
  • Kavanagh KD, Evans AR, and Jernvall J. 2007. Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development.Nature 449: 427-432.
  • Evans AR, Wilson GP, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2007. High-level similarity of dentitions in carnivorans and rodents. Nature 445: 78-81.

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