Postdoctoral Supervisor: Dr. Mark Collard
Research Interests: Palaeoanthropology, hominin evolution, phylogenetic analysis, Bayesian inference, functional and comparative anatomy, evolutionary theory.
Ph.D. Research: “Exploring morphological phylogenetics of fossil hominins.”
M.A. Research: “Does Allen’s Rule rule? A reanalysis of ecogeographic variation in modern human limb proportions.”
Publications:
2016
Dembo, M, Radovcic, D, Garvin, HM, Laird, MF, Schroeder, L, Scott, JE, Brophy, J, Ackermann, RR, Musiba, CM, de Ruiter, DJ, Mooers, A.Ø. and Collard M. The evolutionary relationships and age of Homo naledi: An assessment using dated Bayesian phylogenetic methods. Journal of Human Evolution 97:17-26.
2015
Berger, LR, Hawks, J, de Ruiter, DJ, Churchill, SE, Schmid, P, Delezene, LK, Kivell, TL, Garvin, HM, Williams, SA, DeSilva, JM, Skinner, MW, Musiba, CM, Cameron N, Holliday, TW, Harcourt-Smith, W, Ackermann, RR, Bastir, M, Bogin, B, Bolter, D, Brophy, J, Cofran, ZD, Congdon, KA, Deane, AS, Dembo, M, Drapeau, M, Elliott, MC, Feuerriegel, EM, Garcia-Martinez, D, Green, DJ, Gurtov, A, Irish, JD, Kruger, A, Laird, MF, Marchi, D, Meyer, MR, Nalla, S, Negash, EW, Orr, CM, Radovcic, D, Schroeder, L, Scott, JE, Throckmorton, Z, Tocheri, MW, VanSickle, C, Walker, CS, Wei, P, Zipfel, B. Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. eLife 4:e09560.
Dembo, M, Matzke, N.J, Mooers, A.Ø. and Collard M. Bayesian analysis of a morphological supermatrix sheds light on controversial fossil hominin relationships. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20150943.
2013
Collard, M and Dembo M. 2013. Modern Human Origins. In DR. Begun (ed), Companion to Paleoanthropology Chichster, West Sussex: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. pp.557-581.