Research Output per year
Personal profile
Qualifications
AB MA PhD FHEA
Research interests
My primary research interests are in three major areas:
- Craniofacial morphology
- Evolution of anthropoid primates, and
- Theory and method of phylogenetic inference
My interest in the evolution of the Anthropoidea (monkeys and apes, including humans) led me early in my career to consider the facial skeleton as a key region for the explication of the pattern of evolutionary relationships among this group of primates. Composed of many different bones and linked to both individual and species recognition, the face can provide a wealth of information from which evolutionary inferences can be made. I have used craniofacial data to test previous hypotheses of phylogeny of extant and extinct catarrhines, or Old World anthropoid primates.
I am currently exploring these topics further, in two distinct directions. My facial work has led to a collaboration with Thomas Koppe of the Institute of Anatomy, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald (Germany), to investigate the evolution of craniofacial pneumatization (the paranasal sinuses). Together, we have begun to explain the pattern of change in sinus presence and size in extant and extinct primates, including hominins. I also maintain a keen interest in techniques of phylogenetic reconstruction; this has spawned further work in morphometrics (the science of quantifying anatomical shape), including the treatment of metric characters in phylogenetic systematics.
Professional affiliations
American Association of Physical Anthropologists (physanth.org)
British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (www.BABAO.org.uk)
Primate Society of Great Britain (psgb.org)
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Research Output
Variation in paranasal pneumatisation between Mid-Late Pleistocene hominins
Buck, L., Stringer, C. B., MacLarnon, A. & Rae, T. C., 11 Mar 2019, In : Bullétins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Computer simulations show that Neanderthal facial morphology represents adaptation to cold and high energy demands, but not heavy biting
Rae, T. C., Wroe, S., Stringer, C. B., Parr, W. C. H., Ledogar, J. A., Bourke, J., Evans, S. P., Fiorenza, L., Benazzi, S., Hublin, J-J., Kullmer, O., Curry, M. & Yokley, T. R., 4 Apr 2018, In : Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Mesopithecus pentelicus from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece)
Rae, T. C., Lazaridis, G., Tsoukala, E., Gómez-Olivencia, A., Nagel, D. & Bartsiokas, A., Aug 2018, In : JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION. 121Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Long-term benzodiazepine and Z-drugs use in England: a survey of general practice
Davies, J., Rae, T. C. & Montagu, L., 1 Sep 2017, In : BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE. 67, 662, p. e609-e613 5 p., 662.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Relationship between foramen magnum position and locomotion in extant and extinct hominoids
Rae, T. C., Wroe, S., Neaux, D., Sansalone, G., Ledogar, J., Bienvenu, T., Guy, F., Daver, G. & Brunet, M., 1 Sep 2017, In : JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION. 113, p. 1-9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Activities
BABAO Annual Meeting
Todd C. Rae (Participant)
9 Sep 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Hypothesis hunter: Adventures in the Inner Space of the Face
Todd C. Rae (Speaker)
11 Dec 2015
Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Folia Primatologica (Journal)
Todd C. Rae (Editorial board member)
2015 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial Activity
Legends of Facial Hollows
Todd C. Rae (Speaker)
21 Feb 2014
Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Public lecture/debate/seminar
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY (Journal)
Todd C. Rae (Guest editor)
2010
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial Activity
Thesis
Craniofacial morphology, adaptation, and paranasal pneumatisation in Pleistocene hominins
Author: Buck, L., 2014Supervisor: MacLarnon, A. (Supervisor), Rae, T. (Supervisor) & Stringer, C. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Masticatory adaptations of extant and extinct Ursidae: an assessment using three-dimensional geometric morphometrics
Author: van Heteren, A. H., 31 Jan 2012Supervisor: MacLarnon, A. (Supervisor), Rae, T. (Supervisor) & Soligo, C. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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