Bernard Wood is presently the GW University Professor
of Human Origins and Professor
of Human Evolutionary Anatomy at The
George Washington University and Adjunct Senior Scientist
at the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian
Institution. He is also Director of the Center for the
Advanced Study of Human Evolutionary History at George
Washington University. Dr. Wood is a medically qualified
paleoanthropologist who practiced as a surgeon before
moving into full-time academic life in 1972.
In 1982 he was appointed to the S.A. Courtauld Chair of
Anatomy in The University of London, and in 1985 he moved
to The University of Liverpool to the Derby Chair of Anatomy
and to the Chairmanship of the Department of Human Anatomy
and Cell Biology. He was appointed the Dean of The University
of Liverpool Medical School in 1995 and served as Dean
until his move to Washington in the fall of 1997.
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Biography
When he was still a medical student he
joined Richard Leakey's first expedition to what was then Lake
Rudolf in 1968 and he has remained associated with that research
group, and pursued research in paleoanthropology, ever since.
His research centers on increasing our understanding of human
evolutionary history by developing and improving the ways we analyze
the hominin fossil record, and on using the principles of bioinformatics
to improve the ways we store and collate data about the hominin
fossil record. He collaborates with researchers interested in
the evolution of non-hominins in the interests of ensuring that
we analyze hominin evolution in a proper comparative context.
He has written one of the monographs in the series on the Koobi
Fora site, and publishes papers on paleoanthropological topics.
For those who care about such things, at the last count Dr. Wood
was the author, or co-author of eight books, the author, or co-author,
of 155 refereed articles or
book chapters, 133 delivered
papers or posters, the author of 55 commentaries, encyclopedia
entries, etc., 94 book reviews and the co-author of one electronic
database.
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Recent Publications
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'Dental trait expression
at the enamel-dentine junction of lower molars in extant
and fossil hominoids.' Skinner, M.M., Wood,
B.A., Boesch, C., Olejniczak, A.J., Rosas,
A., Smith, T.M., and Hublin, J-J. J. Hum. Evol.,
54(2): 173-186. (PDF) |
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The hominin fossil
record: taxa, grades and clades.' Wood, B.
and Lonergan, N.L. J. Anat., 212:
354-376. (PDF) |
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'Hominin life history:
reconstruction and evolution.' Robson, S.L. and Wood,
B. J. Anat., 212: 394-425.
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'Cranial base evolution
within the hominin clade.' Nevell, L. and Wood,
B. J. Anat., 212: 455-468.
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'Inferences regarding
the diet of extinct hominins: structural and functional
trends in dental and mandibular morphology within the
hominin clade.' Lucas, P.W., Constantino, P.J. and Wood,
B.A. J. Anat., 212:
486-500. (PDF) |
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'Dental enamel
as a dietary indicator in mammals.' Lucas, P.W., Constantino,
P., Wood, B.A. and Lawn, B.R. Bioessays,
30: 374-385. |
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'The Homo floresiensis
cranium (LB1): Size, scaling and early Homo affinities.'
Gordon, A.D., Nevell, L. and Wood, B.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,105:
4650-4655. (PDF);
Supplemental material (PDF) |
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'Hominin homoiology:
An assessment of the impact of phenotypic plasticity
on phylogenetic analyses of humans and their fossil
relatives.' Collard, M. and Wood, B.,
J. Hum. Evol., 52: 573-584.
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'Masticatory biomechanics
and its relevance to early hominid phylogenty: An examination
of palatal thickness using finite element analysis.'
Strait, D.S., Richmond, B.G., Spencer, M.A., Ross, C.F.,
Dechow, P. and Wood, B., J. Hum.
Evol., 52: 585-599. (PDF) |
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'Defining the genus
Homo.' Collard, M. and Wood, B., In:
Handbook of Paleoanthropology. Volume 3.
Phylogeny of Hominids. Eds.
W. Henke and I. Tattersall, pp. 1575-1611. Springer:
Berlin. |
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'The evolution
of Zinjanthropus boisei.' Constantino, P. and Wood,
B., Evol. Anthropol., 16(2):
49-62. (PDF) |
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'Trends in postcanine
occlusal morphology within the hominin clade: The case
of Paranthropus.' Bailey, S.E. and Wood, B.A.
In: Dental Perspectives on human evolution: State
of the art research in dental paleoanthropology.
Eds. S.E. Bailey and J-J. Hublin, pp. 33-52. Dordrecht:
Springer. |
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'Dental
development.' Wood, B. In: Dental
Perspectives on human evolution: State of the art
research in dental paleoanthropology. Eds. S.E.
Bailey and J-J. Hublin, pp. 231-235. Dordrecht: Springer.
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'Paranthropus boisei:
fifty years of fossil evidence and analysis.' Wood,
B. and Constantino, P. Yb. Phys. Anthropol.,
50: 106-132. (PDF) |
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'Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark:
The making of a paleoanthropologist.' Wood,
B. In: Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins.
Eds. J.G. Fleagle and C.C.
Gilbert, pp. 19-33. New York: Springer. |
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| 2006 |
'The evolution of modern human
life history - a paleontological perspective.' Skinner,
M. and Wood, B. In: The Evolution
of Modern Human Life History.
Eds. K. Hawkes and R. Paine,
pp. 331-364. School of American Research,
Santa Fe. |
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'Palaeoecology of Kolpochoerus
heseloni (= K. limnetes): a multiproxy
approach.' Bishop, L.C., King, T., Hill, A., and Wood,
B. Transactions of the Royal Society of
South Africa, 61(2): 81-88. (PDF) |
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'Whose Diet? An introduction
to the hominin fossil record.' Henry, A. and Wood,
B. In: Early
Hominin Diets: The Known, The Unknown and the Unknowable.
Ed. P. Ungar, pp. 11-28. New York: Oxford University
Press. |
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‘The hominin fossil record
and the emergence of the modern human central nervous
system.’ de Sousa, A.
and Wood, B. In: Evolution of Nervous
Systems: A Comprehensive Reference. Vol. 4: The Evolution
of Primate Nervous Systems. Ed. J.H. Kaas, pp. 291-336.
Oxford: Elsevier. |
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‘Human Evolution: A Very
Short Introduction.’
Wood, B. pp.
1-144. Oxford University Press, New York. |
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‘A tale of two taxa.’
Wood, B. Transactions of the Royal Society
of South Africa. 60(2): 91-94. (PDF)
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‘Early evolution of the foot.’
Griffin, N.L. and Wood, B. In: The Human
Foot: A companion to clinical studies, Eds. Klenerman,
L. and Wood, B. pp. 1-25. London: Springer-Verlag. (PDF)
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‘Recent evolution of the human
foot.’ Griffin, N.L. and Wood, B.
In: The Human Foot: A companion to clinical studies,
Eds. Klenerman, L. and Wood, B. pp. 27-79.
London: Springer-Verlag. (PDF)
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'Paranthropus paleobiology.'
Constantino, P. and Wood, B. In: Miscelánea
en homenaje a Emiliano Aguirre Vol. III: Paleoantropologia.
pp. 136-151. Museo Arqueolócico Regional. (PDF) |
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‘Interobserver
error involved in independent attempts to measure cusp base
areas of Pan M1s.’ Bailey, S.E., Pilbrow, V.C. and
Wood, B.A. J. Anat., 205: 323-331.
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‘Human origins: life at the
top of the tree.’ Wood, B. and Constantino,
P. In: Assembling the Tree of Life, Eds. J. Cracraft
and M.J. Donoghue. pp. 517-535. Oxford University Press,
New York. (PDF)
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‘Patterns of resource
use in early Homo and Paranthropus.’
Wood, B. and Strait, D. J. Hum.
Evol., 46(2): 119-162. (PDF) |
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'Soft tissue anatomy
of the extant hominoids: a review and phylogenetic analysis.
' Wood, B., Collard, M. and Gibbs, S., J. Anat.,
200: 3-49. (PDF) |
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'Early hominin limb
proportions.' Richmond,B.G., Aiello, L.C.,and Wood,B.,
J.Hum.Evol. 43:529-548. (PDF) |
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‘Older than the
Oldowan? Rethinking the emergence of hominin tool use.’
Panger, M.A., Brooks, A.S., Richmond, B.G., and Wood,
B. Evol. Anthrop. 11(6): 235-245.
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‘Stature-at-death
of KNM-WT 15000.’ Ohman, J.C., Wood, C., Wood,
B., Crompton, R.H., Gunther, M.M., Yu L., Savage,
R. and Wang, W. Hum. Evol. 17 (3-4): 129-142. |
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'Evolving interpretations
of Homo.' Wood, B. and Collard, M. In: Humanity
from African Naissance to Coming Millenia. Eds. P.V. Tobias,
R. Rath, J. Moggi-Cecchi and G. Doyle. pp. 141-146. Firenze
University Press, Florence. (PDF) |
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'How reliable are current
estimates of fossil catarrhine phylogeny? An assessment
using extant great apes and Old World monkeys.' Collard,
M. and Wood B. In: Hominid Evolution and Climate
Change in Europe. Phylogeny of the Neogene Hominoid Primates
of Eurasia. Vol. 2. Eds. L. de Bonis, G.D. Koufous, and
P. Andrews. pp. 118-150. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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'Testing the taxonomic
integrity of Paranthropus boisei sensu stricto.'
Silverman, N., Richmond, B. and Wood, B. Am. J. phys.
Anthropol., 115(2): 167- 178. (PDF) |
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'Comparative context
of Plio-Pleistocene hominin brain evolution.' Elton, S.,
Bishop, L.C. and Wood, B. J. Hum. Evol., 41: 1- 27.
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'Craniodental variation
in Paranthropus boisei: a developmental and functional
perspective.' Wood, B. and Lieberman, D.E. Am. J.
phys. Anthropol.,116: 13-25. (PDF) |
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'Homoplasy and the
early hominid masticatory system: inferences from analyses
of extant hominoids and papionins.' Collard, M. and
Wood, B. J. Hum. Evol., 41: 167-194. (PDF) |
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'The meaning of Homo.'
Wood, B. and Collard, M. Ludus Vitalis, 9 (15): 63-74.
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'Assessing exact randomization
methods for determining the taxonomic significance of variability
in the hominin fossil record.' Aiello, L.C., Collard, M.,
Thackeray, J.F. and Wood, B.A. S. Afr. J.
Sci., 96(4): 179-184. (PDF) |
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'How reliable are human
phylogenetic hypotheses?' Collard, M. and Wood, B.A.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 97: 5003-5006. (PDF)
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'Investigating human
evolutionary history.' Wood, B.A. J. Anat.,
197: 3-17. (PDF) |
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'Human evolution: taxonomy
and paleobiology.' Wood, B.A. and Richmond,
B. J. Anat., 97: 19-60. (PDF) |
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'Soft-tissue characters
in higher primate phylogenetics.' Gibbs, S., Collard, M.
and Wood, B. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 97: 11130-11132.
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'The history of the
genus Homo.' Wood, B.A. Hum. Evol.,
15 (No. 1-2): 39-49. (PDF) |
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'Systematics of Humankind.'
Cela-Conde, C.J., Aguierre, E., Ayala, F.J., Tobias, P.V.,
Turbon, D., Aiello, L.C., Collard, M., Goodman, M., Groves,
C.P., Clark Howell, F., Schwartz, J.H., Strait, D.S., Szalay,
F., Tattersall, I., Wolpoff, M.H., and Wood, B. Ludus
Vitalis, 7 (No. 13):127-130. (PDF) |
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'Old and new paradigms
in the study of human evolution.' Wood, B. Rivista
de Antropologia, 78: 17 - 34. (PDF) |
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Dr. Bernard Wood
University Professor of Human
Origins
The George Washington University
Department of Anthropology
2110 G St. NW
Washington, DC 20052
Tel: 202-994-6077
Fax: 202-994-6097
E-mail: bernardawood@gmail.com
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