Thomas Davies
Postdoc
Department of Human Origins
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
e-mail:
thomas_davies@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Research interests
Career and Education
Research Experience
Publications
Conference Presentations
Research interests
- Tooth morphology
- Hominin systematics
- Dental development
- Geometric morphometrics
- Evolution of early Homo
Career and Education
| July 2023-Present | Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Jan 2022-Present | Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Kent |
| Oct 2017-Nov 2021 | PhD - Leipzig School of Human Origins Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Thesis: “Tooth morphology and the evolution of the genus Homo” |
| Sep 2016- Sep 2017 | MSc by research - Biological Anthropology University of Kent Thesis: “Enamel-dentine junction morphology in hominin mandibular third premolars” |
| Sep 2011- Aug 2015 | MSci - Zoology University College London Final year thesis: “Completeness of the placental mammal fossil record and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction” |
Research Experience
| 2018-Present | Operation of micro-CT scanners Operation of Diondo d3 and Skyscan 1173 at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| 2018-Present | Research and data collection on hominin teeth Visits to museum collections to study hominin teeth: Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| 2016-Present | Geometric morphometric analysis Designed R protocol for analysis of teeth and various postcranial elements |
| 2015 | Post Release Monitoring Assistant Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, Indonesia |
| 2014-2015 | Museum volunteer Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, London |
| 2013 | Research volunteer Kasanka National Park and Kananka baboon project, Zambia |
Publications
2024
Tanner, S. B., Bardo, A., Davies, T. W., Dunmore, C. J., Johnston, R. E., Owen, N. J., Kivell, T. L., & Skinner, M. M. (2024). Variation and covariation of external shape and cross‐sectional geometry in the human metacarpus. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 183(2): e24866. |
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Davies, T. W., Gunz, P., Spoor, F., Alemseged, Z., Gidna, A., Hublin, J.-J., Kimbel, W. H., Kullmer, O., Plummer, W. P., Zanolli, C., & Skinner, M. M. (2024). Dental morphology in Homo habilis and its implications for the evolution of early Homo. Nature Communications, 15(1): 286. |
Open Access2023
Mussi, M., Skinner, M. M., Melis, R. T., Panera, J., Rubio-Jara, S., Davies, T. W., Geraads, D., Bocherens, H., Briatico, G., Le Cabec, A., Hublin, J.-J., Gidna, A., Bonnefille, R., Di Bianco, L., & Méndez-Quintas, E. (2023). Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools. Science, 382(6671), 713-718. |
2022
Zanolli, C., Urciuoli, A., Delgado, M., Davies, T. W., Bouchet, F., Fortuny, J., Beaudet, A., Alba, D. M., Kullmer, O., & Skinner, M. M. (2022). The phylogenetic signal of the enam-el-dentine junction of primate molars. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177(S73), 202-203. |
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Zanolli, C., Davies, T. W., Joannes-Boyau, R., Beaudet, A., Bruxelles, L., de Beer, F., Hoffman, J., Hublin, J.-J., Jakata, K., Kgasi, L., Kullmer, O., Macchiarelli, R., Pan, L., Schrenk, F., Santos, F., Stratford, D., Tawane, M., Thackeray, F., Xing, S., Zipfel, B., & Skinner, M. M. (2022). Dental data challenge the ubiquitous presence of Homoin the Cradle of Humankind. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(28): e2111212119. |
2021
Davies, T. W. (2021). Tooth morphology and the evolution of the genus Homo. PhD Thesis, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig. |
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Davies, T. W., Alemseged, Z., Gidna, A., Hublin, J.-J., Kimbel, W. H., Kullmer, O., Spoor, F., Zanolli, C., & Skinner, M. M. (2021). Accessory cusp expression at the enamel-dentine junction of hominin mandibular molars. PeerJ, 9: e11415. |
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Compton, T., Skinner, M. M., Humphrey, L., Pope, M., Bates, M., Davies, T. W., Parfitt, S. A., Plummer, W. P., Scott, B., Shaw, A., & Stringer, C. (2021). The morphology of the Late Pleistocene hominin remains from the site of La Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey (Channel Islands). Journal of Human Evolution, 152: 102939. |
2020
Davies, T. W., Delezene, L. K., Gunz, P., Hublin, J.-J., Berger, L. R., Gidna, A., & Skinner, M. M. (2020). Distinct mandibular premolar crown morphology in Homo naledi and its implications for the evolution of Homo species in southern Africa. Scientific Reports, 10: 13196. |
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Davies, T. W., Delezene, L. K., Gunz, P., Hublin, J.-J., & Skinner, M. M. (2020). Corrigendum to "Endostructural morphology in hominoid mandibular third premolars: Geometric morphometric analysis of dentine crown shape" [Journal of Human Evolution 133 (2019) 198–213]. Journal of Human Evolution, 138: 102692. |
2019
Davies, T. W., Delezene, L. K., Gunz, P., Hublin, J.-J., & Skinner, M. M. (2019). Endostructural morphology in hominoid mandibular third premolars: Discrete traits at the enamel-dentine junction. Journal of Human Evolution, 136: 102670. |
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Davies, T. W., Delezene, L. K., Gunz, P., Hublin, J.-J., & Skinner, M. M. (2019). Endostructural morphology in hominoid mandibular third premolars: Geometric morphometric analysis of dentine crown shape. Journal of Human Evolution, 133, 198-213. |
2018
Davies, T. W., Delezene, L. K., Hublin, J.-J., & Skinner, M. M. (2018). Non-metric traits at the enamel-dentine junction of hominoid mandibular third premolars. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165(S66), 61-61. |
2017
Davies, T.W., Bell, M.A., Goswami, A., and Halliday, T.J. Completeness of the eutherian mammal fossil record and implications for reconstructing mammal evolution through the Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction. Paleobiology 43, 521-536.
Conference Presentations
2022
Davies, T.W, Berger, L. R., Skinner, M.M. Enamel-dentine junction morphology in Australopithecus sediba. European Society for the study of Human Evolution. Tübingen, Germany. Poster presentation.
Davies, T.W. Accessory cusp expression in hominoid mandibular molars. International Symposium on Dental Morphology. Frankfurt, Germany. Poster presentation.
2021
Davies, T.W, Gunz, P., Alemseged, Z., Gidna, A., Hublin, J.J., Kimbel, W.H., Kullmer, O., Plummer, W.P., Spoor, F., Zanolli, C. and Skinner, M.M. Postcanine EDJ morphology in Homo habilis and its implications for the evolution of early Homo. European Society for the study of Human Evolution. Pecha Kucha presentation
2019
Davies, T.W, Delezene, L.K, Gunz, P., Hublin, J.J, and Skinner, M.M. Endostructural morphology of the Homo naledi mandibular premolars. European Society for the study of Human Evolution. Liège, Belgium. Pecha Kucha presentation.
2018
Davies, T.W, Delezene, L.K, Gunz, P., Hublin, J.J, and Skinner, M.M. Non-metric traits at the enamel-dentine junction of hominoid mandibular third premolars. American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Austin, Texas, USA. Poster presentation
2017
Davies, T.W, Delezene, L.K, Gunz, P., Hublin, J.J, and Skinner, M.M. Enamel-dentine junction morphology of hominin mandibular third premolars. 17th International Symposium on Dental Morphology, Bordeaux, France. Poster presentation