Bernard Wood
University Professor of Human Origins
Director of the Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program
Editor of Blackwells' Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Human Evolution
Co-Editor of Oxford University Series on Human Evolution
E-mail bernardawood@gmail.com
Office: Hortense Amsterdam House 201-A / (202) 994-6077 [On leave 2008-2009]
Dr. Wood is a paleoanthropologist interested in the systematics of early hominins.
Research
Current research projects focus on bioinformatics. They include the preparation of a comprehensive database of fossil hominins including conventional and 3D data, a systematic analysis of higher primate soft and hard tissue morphology that includes data about both presence/absence of features and the extent of intraspecific variation, a study of the nature, and relative contributions, of geographical variation and sex-associated differences to intraspecific variation in the living hominoids. Other projects focus on the use of special imaging techniques that will allow dental macrostructure and microstructure to be used to test phylogenetic hypotheses, the evolutionary biology of Paranthropus, and an analysis of the tempo and mode of evolutionary change in early hominins.
Selected Publications
Books
Articles and Book Chapters
| In Press |
Diogo, R., V. Abdala, and Wood, B. "Comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the pectoral and forelimb musculature," Journal of Morphology. |
2008 |
Skinner, M.M., B.A. Wood, C. Boesch, A.J. Olejniczak, A. Rosas, T.M. Smith, and J.-J. Hublin, "Dental trait expression at the enamel-dentine junction of lower molars in extant and fossil hominoids," Journal of Human Evolution, 54: 173-186. |
2007 |
Constantino, P. and B. Wood. "Paranthropus boisei: Fifty years of fossil evidence and analysis," Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 50: 106-132. |
2006 |
Henry, A. and B. Wood. "Whose diet? An introduction to the hominin fossil record," In: P. Ungar, ed. Early Hominin Diets: The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable. pp. 11-28. New York: Oxford University Press. |
2005 |
Griffin, N.L. and B. Wood. "Recent evolution of the human foot." In: L. Klenerman and B. Wood (Eds.) The Human Foot: A Companion to Clinical Studies. pp. 27-79. London: Springer-Verlag. |
2004 |
Bailey, S.E., Pilbrow, V.C. and Wood, B.A. "Interobserver error involved in independent attempts to measure cusp base areas of Pan M1s," Journal of Anatomy, 205: 323-331. |
Courses Taught
Anth 142: Human Evolutionary Anatomy
Anth 147: Hominid Evolution
Anth 801: Human Evolution for Beginners
Anat 210: Anatomy for Medical Students
HomP 201: Hominid Paleobiology
Education
D.Sc. 1996, University of London
Ph.D. 1975, University of London
M.B., B.S. 1969, University of London
B.Sc. 1966, University of London
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