Refereed journals

2022

Harty T, Berthaume MA, Bortolini E, Evans AR, Galbany J, Guy F, Kullmer O, Lazzari V, Romero A, and Fiorenza L. 2022. Dental macrowear reveals ecological diversity of Gorilla spp. Scientific Reports 12: 9203.

Camaiti M, Evans AR, Hipsley CA, Hutchinson MN, Meiri S, Anderson RO, Slavenko A, and Chapple DG. 2022. A database of the morphology, ecology and literature of the world's limb-reduced skinks. Journal of Biogeography 49: 1397-1406.

Rule JP, Marx FG, Evans AR, Fitzgerald EMG, and Adams JW. 2022. True seals achieved global distribution by breaking Bergmann's rule. Evolution 76: 1260-1286.

Rich TH, Krause DW, Trusler P, White MA, Kool L, Evans AR, Morton S, and Vickers-Rich P. 2022. Second specimen of Corriebaatar marywaltersae from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia confirms its multituberculate affinities. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 67: 115-134.

Nasrullah Q, Renfree M, and Evans AR. 2022. From embryo to adult: the complete development and unusual replacement of the dentition of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 29: 515-529.

Cleuren SGC, Patterson MB, Hocking DP, Warburton NM, and Evans AR. 2022. Fang shape varies with ontogeny and sex in the venomous elapid snake Pseudonaja affinis. Journal of Morphology 283: 287-295.

Christison BE, Gaidies F, Pineda-Munoz S, Evans AR, Gilbert MA, and Fraser D. 2022. Dietary niches of creodonts and carnivorans of the late Eocene Cypress Hills Formation. Journal of Mammalogy 103: 2-17.

Cleuren SGC, Parker WMG, Richards HL, Hocking DP, and Evans AR. 2022. Sharp and fully loaded: 3D tissue reconstruction reveals how snake fangs stay deadly during fang replacement. Journal of Anatomy 240: 1-10.

Pollock TI, Hocking DP, Hunter DO, Parrott ML, Zabinskas M, and Evans AR. 2022. Torn limb from limb: the ethology of prey-processing in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii). Australian Mammalogy 44: 126–138.

2021

White JM, DeSantis LRG, Evans AR, Wilson LAB, and McCurry MR. 2021. A panda-like diprotodontid? Assessing the diet of Hulitherium tomasettii using dental complexity (Orientation Patch Count Rotated) and dental microwear texture analysis. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 583.

Pollock TI, Hocking DP, and Evans AR. 2022. The killer's toolkit: remarkable adaptations in the canine teeth of mammalian carnivores. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Palci A, LeBlanc ARH, Panagiotopoulou O, Cleuren SGC, Abraha HM, Hutchinson MN, Evans AR, Caldwell MW, and Lee MSY. 2021. Plicidentine and the repeated origins of snake venom fangs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 288: 20211391.

Lee J, Fung S, Yong R, Ranjitkar S, Kaidonis J, Evans AR, and Fiorenza L. 2021. Tooth wear development in the Australian Aboriginal dentition from Yuendumu: A longitudinal study. PLoS ONE 16: e0254151.

Duncan RJ, Evans AR, Vickers-Rich P, Rich TH, and Poropat SF. 2021. Ornithopod jaws from the Lower Cretaceous Eumeralla Formation, Victoria, Australia, and their implications for polar neornithischian dinosaur diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41: e1946551.

Pollock TI, Parrott ML, Evans AR, and Hocking DP. 2021. Wearing the devil down: Rate of tooth wear varies between wild and captive Tasmanian devils. Zoo Biology 40: 444-457.

Cleuren SGC, Hocking DP, and Evans AR. 2021. Fang evolution in venomous snakes: Adaptation of 3D tooth shape to the biomechanical properties of their prey. Evolution 75: 1377-1394.

Fenelon JC, McElrea C, Shaw G, Evans AR, Pyne M, Johnston SD, and Renfree MB. 2021. The unique penile morphology of the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. Sexual Development 15: 262-271.

Camaiti M, Evans AR, Hipsley CA, and Chapple DG. 2021. A farewell to arms and legs: a review of limb reduction in squamates. Biological Reviews 96: 1035-1050.

Rovinsky DS, Evans AR, and Adams JW. 2021. Functional ecological convergence between the thylacine and small prey-focused canids. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21: 58.

McCurry MR, Marx FG, Evans AR, Park T, Pyenson ND, Kohno N, Castiglione S, and Fitzgerald EMG. 2021. Brain size evolution in whales and dolphins: new data from fossil mysticetes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 990-998.

Hocking DP, Marx FG, Wang SB, Burton D, Thompson M, Park T, Burville B, Richards HL, Sattler R, Robbins J, Miguez RP, Fitzgerald EMG, Slip DJ, and Evans AR. 2021. Convergent evolution of forelimb-propelled swimming in seals. Current Biology 31: 2404-2409.

Evans AR, Pollock TI, Cleuren SGC, Parker WMG, Richards HL, Garland KLS, Fitzgerald EMG, Wilson TE, Hocking DP, and Adams JW. 2021. A universal power law for modelling the growth and form of teeth, claws, horns, thorns, beaks, and shells. BMC Biology 19: 58.

Richards HL, Bishop PJ, Hocking DP, Adams JW, and Evans AR. 2021. Low elbow mobility indicates unique forelimb posture and function in a giant extinct marsupial. Journal of Anatomy 238: 1425-1441.

Butler K, Travouillon KJ, Evans AR, Murphy L, Price GJ, Archer M, Hand SJ, and Weisbecker V. 2021. 3D morphometric analysis reveals similar ecomorphs for early kangaroos (Macropodidae) and fanged kangaroos (Balbaridae) from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 28: 199-219.

2020

Krause DW, Hu Y, Hoffmann S, Groenke JR, Schultz JA, Evans AR, Koenigswald Wv, and Rougier GW. 2020. Dental morphology of Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40:sup1: 97-132.

Rule JP, Adams JW, Marx FG, Evans AR, Tennyson AJD, Scofield RP, and Fitzgerald EMG. 2020. First monk seal from the Southern Hemisphere rewrites the evolutionary history of true seals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20202318.

Rule JP, Adams JW, Rovinsky DS, Hocking DP, Evans AR, and Fitzgerald EMG. 2020. A new large-bodied Pliocene seal with unusual cutting teeth. Royal Society Open Science 7: 201591.

Rich TH, Flannery TF, Evans AR, White M, Ziegler T, Maguire A, Poropat S, Trusler P, and Vickers-Rich P. 2020. Multiple hypotheses about two mammalian upper dentitions from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. Alcheringa 44: 528-536.

Rovinsky DS, Evans AR, Martin DG, and Adams JW. 2020. Did the thylacine violate the costs of carnivory? Body mass and sexual dimorphism of an iconic Australian marsupial. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20201537.

Hocking DP, Marx FG, Parker WMG, Rule JP, Cleuren SGC, Mitchell AD, Hunter M, Bell JD, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2020. Inferring diet, feeding behaviour and causes of mortality from prey-induced injuries in a New Zealand fur seal. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 139: 81-86.

Krause DW, Hoffmann S, Hu YM, Wible JR, Rougier GW, Kirk EC, Groenke JR, Rogers RR, Rossie JB, Schultz JA, Evans AR, von Koenigswald W, and Rahantarisoa LJ. 2020. Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity. Nature 581: 421–427.

Hocking DP, Burville B, Parker WMG, Evans AR, Park T, and Marx FG. 2020. Percussive underwater signaling in wild gray seals. Marine Mammal Science 36: 728-732.

2019

Richards HL, Wells RT, Evans AR, Fitzgerald EMG, and Adams JW. 2019. The extraordinary osteology and functional morphology of the limbs in Palorchestidae, a family of strange extinct marsupial giants. PLoS ONE 14.

Rovinsky DS, Evans AR, and Adams JW. 2019. The pre-Pleistocene fossil thylacinids (Dasyuromorphia: Thylacinidae) and the evolutionary context of the modern thylacine. PeerJ 7.

Robbins JR, Poncet D, Evans AR, and Hocking DP. 2019. A rare observation of group prey processing in wild leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx). Polar Biology 42: 1625-1630.

Joannes-Boyau R, Adams JW, Austin C, Arora M, Moffat I, Herries AIR, Tonge MP, Benazzi S, Evans AR, Kullmer O, Wroe S, Dosseto A, and Fiorenza L. 2019. Elemental signatures of Australopithecus africanus teeth reveal seasonal dietary stress. Nature 572: 112-115.

Celik M, Cascini M, Haouchar D, Van der Burg C, Dodt W, Evans AR, Prentis P, Bunce M, Fruciano C, and Phillips MJ. 2019. A molecular and morphometric assessment of the systematics of the Macropus complex clarifies the tempo and mode of kangaroo evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186: 793-812.

McCurry MR, Evans AR, Fitzgerald EMG, McHenry CR, Bevitt J, and Pyenson ND. 2019. The repeated evolution of dental apicobasal ridges in aquatic-feeding mammals and reptiles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127: 245-259.

Marx FG, Buono MR, Evans AR, Fordyce RE, Reguero M, and Hocking DP. 2019. Gigantic mysticete predators roamed the Eocene Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science 31: 98-104.

Herne MC, Nair JP, Evans AR, and Tait AM. 2019. New small-bodied ornithopods (Dinosauria, Neornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous Wonthaggi Formation (Strzelecki Group) of the Australian-Antarctic rift system, with revision of Qantassaurus intrepidus Rich and Vickers-Rich, 1999. Journal of Paleontology 93: 543-584.

2018

Martinez Q, Lebrun R, Achmadi AS, Esselstyn JA, Evans AR, Heaney LR, Miguez RP, Rowe KC, and Fabre PH. 2018. Convergent evolution of an extreme dietary specialisation, the olfactory system of worm-eating rodents. Scientific Reports 8: 17806.

Marx FG, Park T, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2018. A Miocene pygmy right whale fossil from Australia. PeerJ 6: e5025.

Yong R, Ranjitkar S, Lekkas D, Halazonetis D, Evans A, Brook A, and Townsend G. 2018. Three-dimensional (3D) geometric morphometric analysis of human premolars to assess sexual dimorphism and biological ancestry in Australian populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166: 373-385.

Hocking DP, Marx FG, Sattler R, Harris RN, Pollock TI, Sorrell KJ, Fitzgerald EMG, McCurry MR, and Evans AR. 2018. Clawed forelimbs allow northern seals to eat like their ancient ancestors. Royal Society Open Science 5: 172393.

Nasrullah Q, Renfree MB, and Evans AR. 2018. Three-dimensional mammalian tooth development using diceCT. Archives of Oral Biology 85: 183-191.

2017

Eronen JT, Zohdy S, Evans AR, Tecot SR, Wright PC, and Jernvall J. 2017. Feeding ecology and morphology make a bamboo specialist vulnerable to climate change. Current Biology 27: 3384-3389.

Hocking DP, Marx FG, Park T, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2017. Reply to comment by Kienle et al. 2017. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20171836.

Hocking DP, Marx FG, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2017. Ancient whales did not filter feed with their teeth. Biology Letters 13: 20170348.

Park T, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2017. The tympanal recess of the cetacean cochlea: function and evolution. Acoustics Australia 45: 273-278.

Park T, Marx FG, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2017. The cochlea of the enigmatic pygmy right whale Caperea marginata informs mysticete phylogeny. Journal of Morphology 278: 801-809.

Sharp AC, Evans AR, Wilson SA, and Vickers-Rich P. 2017. First non-destructive internal imaging of Rangea, an icon of complex Ediacaran life. Precambrian Research 299: 303-308.

McCurry MR, Fitzgerald EMG, Evans AR, Adams JW, and McHenry CR. 2017. Skull shape reflects prey size niche in toothed whales. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 121: 936-946.

Davies TG, Rahman IA, Lautenschlager S, Cunningham JA, Asher RJ, Barrett PM, Bates KT, Bengtson S, Benson RBJ, Boyer DM, Braga J, Bright JA, Claessens L, Cox PG, Dong XP, Evans AR, Falkingham PL, Friedman M, Garwood RJ, Goswami A, Hutchinson JR, Jeffery NS, Johanson Z, Lebrun R, Martinez-Perez C, Marugan-Lobon J, O'Higgins PM, Metscher B, Orliac M, Rowe TB, Rucklin M, Sanchez-Villagra MR, Shubin NH, Smith SY, Starck JM, Stringer C, Summers AP, Sutton MD, Walsh SA, Weisbecker V, Witmer LM, Wroe S, Yin ZJ, Rayfield EJ, and Donoghue PCJ. 2017. Open data and digital morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20170194.

McCurry MR, Evans AR, Fitzgerald EMG, Adams JW, Clausen PD, and McHenry CR. 2017. The remarkable convergence of skull shape in crocodilians and toothed whales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162348.

Hocking DP, Marx FG, Park T, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2017. A behavioural framework for the evolution of feeding in predatory aquatic mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162750.

Park T, Evans AR, Gallagher SJ, and Fitzgerald EMG. 2017. Low-frequency hearing preceded the evolution of giant body size and filter feeding in baleen whales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162528.

Hocking DP, Ladds MA, Slip DJ, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2017. Chew, shake, and tear: Prey processing in Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea). Marine Mammal Science 33: 541-557.

Pineda-Munoz S, Lazagabaster IA, Evans AR, and Alroy J. 2017. Inferring diet from dental morphology in terrestrial mammals. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8: 481-491.

Gomes Rodrigues H, Hautier L, and Evans AR. 2017. Convergent traits in mammals associated with divergent behaviors. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24: 261-274.

2016

Marx FG, Hocking DP, Park T, Ziegler T, Evans AR, and Fitzgerald EMG. 2016. Suction feeding preceded filtering in baleen whale evolution. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 75: 71-82.

Park T, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2016. Ultrasonic hearing and echolocation in the earliest toothed whales. Biology Letters 12: 20160060.

Rich TH, Hopson JA, Gill PG, Trusler P, Rogers-Davidson S, Morton S, Cifelli RL, Pickering D, Kool L, Siu K, Burgmann FA, Senden T, Evans AR, Wagstaff BE, Seegets-Villiers D, Corfe IJ, Flannery TF, Walker K, Musser AM, Archer M, Pian R, and Vickers-Rich P. 2016. The mandible and dentition of the Early Cretaceous monotreme Teinolophos trusleri. Alcheringa 40: 475-501.

Pineda-Munoz S, Evans AR, and Alroy J. 2016. The relationship between diet and body mass in terrestrial mammals. Paleobiology 42: 659-669.

Evans AR, Daly ES, Catlett KK, Paul KS, King SJ, Skinner MM, Nesse HP, Hublin J-J, Townsend GC, Schwartz GT, and Jernvall J. 2016. A simple rule governs the evolution and development of hominin tooth size. Nature 530: 477-480. [pdf]

Couzens AMC, Evans AR, Skinner MM, and Prideaux GJ. 2016. The role of inhibitory dynamics in the loss and re-emergence of macropodoid tooth traits. Evolution 70: 568-585.

Evans AR. 2016. What is ‘pseudo’ in pseudotribosphenic teeth? Memoirs of Museum Victoria 74: 93-96.

Hocking DP, Fitzgerald EMG, Salverson M, and Evans AR. 2016. Prey capture and processing behaviors vary with prey size and shape in Australian and subantarctic fur seals. Marine Mammal Science 32: 568-587.

Park T, Fitzgerald EMG, Gallagher SJ, Tomkins E, Allan T. 2016. New Miocene Fossils and the History of Penguins in Australia. PLoS ONE 11: e0153915.

2015

McCurry MR, Evans AR, and McHenry CR. 2015. The sensitivity of biological finite element models to the resolution of surface geometry: a case study of crocodilian crania. PeerJ 3: e988.

Hocking DP, Salverson M, and Evans AR. 2015. Foraging-based enrichment promotes more varied behaviour in captive Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). PLoS ONE 10: e0124615.

2014

Hocking DP, Salverson M, Fitzgerald EMG, and Evans AR. 2014. Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) use raptorial biting and suction feeding when targeting prey in different foraging scenarios. PLoS ONE 9: e112521.

Harjunmaa E, Seidel K, Hakkinen T, Renvoise E, Corfe IJ, Kallonen A, Zhang Z-Q, Evans AR, Mikkola ML, Salazar-Ciudad I, Klein OD, and Jernvall J. 2014. Replaying evolutionary transitions from the dental fossil record. Nature 512: 44-48.

Saarinen JJ, Boyer AG, Brown JH, Costa DP, Ernest SKM, Evans AR, Fortelius M, Gittleman JL, Hamilton MJ, Harding LE, Lintulaakso K, Lyons SK, Okie JG, Sibly RM, Stephens PR, Theodor J, Uhen MD, and Smith FA. 2014. Patterns of maximum body size evolution in Cenozoic land mammals: eco-evolutionary processes and abiotic forcing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20132049.

Evans AR, and Janis CM. 2014. The evolution of high dental complexity in the horse lineage. Annales Zoologici Fennici 51: 73-79.

Yong R, Ranjitkar S, Townsend GC, Smith RN, Evans AR, Hughes TE, Lekkas D, and Brook AH. 2014. Dental phenomics: advancing genotype to phenotype correlations in craniofacial research. Australian Dental Journal 59: 34-47.

2013

Evans AR. 2013. Shape descriptors as ecometrics in dental ecology. Hystrix: Italian Journal of Mammalogy 24: 133-140.

Okie JG, Boyer AG, Brown JH, Costa DP, Ernest SKM, Evans AR, Fortelius M, Gittleman JL, Hamilton MJ, Harding LE, Lintulaakso K, Lyons SK, Saarinen JJ, Smith FA, Stephens PR, Theodor J, Uhen MD, and Sibly RM. 2013. Effects of allometry, productivity and lifestyle on rates and limits of body size evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20131007.

Hocking DP, Evans AR, and Fitzgerald EMG. 2013. Leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) use suction and filter feeding when hunting small prey underwater. Polar Biology 36: 211-222.

2012

Smits PD, and Evans AR. 2012. Functional constraints on tooth morphology in carnivorous mammals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 146. [pdf]

Jones D, Evans AR, Rayfield EJ, Siu KK, and Donoghue PC. 2012. Testing microstructural adaptation in the earliest dental tools. Biol Lett 8: 952-5. [pdf]

Perdomo G, Evans A, Maraun M, Sunnucks P, and Thompson R. 2012. Mouthpart morphology and trophic position of microarthropods from soils and mosses are strongly correlated. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 53: 56-63. [pdf]

Jones D, Evans AR, Siu KKW, Rayfield EJ, and Donoghue PCJ. 2012. The sharpest tools in the box? Quantitative analysis of conodont element functional morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 2849-2854. [pdf]

Wilson GP, Evans AR, Corfe IJ, Smits PD, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2012. Adaptive radiation of multituberculates before the extinction of dinosaurs. Nature 483: 457–460. [pdf]

Evans AR, Jones D, Boyer AG, Brown JH, Costa DP, Ernest SKM, Fitzgerald EMG, Fortelius M, Gittleman JL, Hamilton MJ, Harding LE, Lintulaakso KL, S. Kathleen, Okie JG, Saarinen JJ, Sibly RM, Smith FA, Stephens PR, Theodor J, and Uhen MD. 2012. The maximum rate of mammal evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109: 4187-4190. [pdf]

2011

Eronen JT, Evans AR, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2011. Genera are often better than species for detecting evolutionary change in the fossil record: a reply to Salesa et al. Evolution 65: 1514-1516. [pdf]

2010

Smith FA, Boyer AG, Brown JH, Costa DP, Dayan T, Ernest SKM, Evans AR, Fortelius M, Gittleman JL, Hamilton MJ, Harding LE, Lintulaakso KL, S. Kathleen, McCain C, Okie JG, Saarinen JJ, Sibly RM, Stephens PR, Theodor J, and Uhen MD. 2010. The evolution of maximum body size of terrestrial mammals. Science 330: 1216-1219. [pdf]

Boyer DM, Evans AR, and Jernvall J. 2010. Evidence of dietary differentiation among late Paleocene–early Eocene plesiadapids (Mammalia, Primates). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142: 194-210. [pdf]

Skinner MM, Evans AR, Smith T, Jernvall J, Tafforeau P, Kupczik K, Olejniczak AJ, Rosas A, Radovčić J, Thackeray JF, Toussaint M, and Hublin J-J. 2010. Contributions of enamel-dentine junction shape and enamel deposition to primate molar crown complexity. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142: 157-163. [pdf]

Eronen JT, Evans AR, Jernvall J, and Fortelius M. 2010. The impact of regional climate on the evolution of mammals: a case study using fossil horses. Evolution 64: 398-408. [pdf]

2005-2009

Renvoisé E, Evans AR, Jebrane A, Labruère C, Laffont R, and Montuire S. 2009. Evolution of mammal tooth patterns: new insights from a developmental prediction model. Evolution 63: 1327-1340. [pdf]

Evans AR, and Fortelius M. 2008. Three-dimensional reconstruction of tooth relationships during carnivoran chewing. Palaeontologia Electronica 11: 10A:11p. http://palaeo-electronica.org/2008_2/133/index.html [pdf]

Plyusnin I, Evans AR, Karme A, Gionis A, and Jernvall J. 2008. Automated 3D Phenotype Analysis Using Data Mining. PLoS ONE 3(3): e1742. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001742 [pdf] [online]

Kavanagh KD, Evans AR, and Jernvall J. 2007. Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development. Nature 449: 427-432. [pdf] See News and Views (Polly 2007). [Supplementary information]

Evans AR, Wilson GP, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2007. High-level similarity of dentitions in carnivorans and rodents. Nature 445: 78-81. [pdf] Listen to Nature Podcast for 14 December 2006. [Supplementary information] [PUBMED]

Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2006. Spatial and functional modeling of carnivore and insectivore molariform teeth. Journal of Morphology 267: 649-662. [pdf] [Supplementary material] [PUBMED]

Evans AR, Hunter J, Fortelius M, and Sanson GD. 2005. The scaling of tooth sharpness in mammals. Annales Zoologici Fennici 42: 603-613. [pdf]

Evans AR. 2005. Connecting morphology, function and tooth wear in microchiropterans. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 81-96. [pdf]

Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2005. Correspondence between tooth shape and dietary biomechanical properties in insectivorous microchiropterans. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 453-478. [pdf]

Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2005. The biomechanical properties of insects in relation to insectivory: cuticle thickness as an indicator of insect 'hardness' and 'intractability'. Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 9-19. [pdf]

1998-2004

Kangas AT, Evans AR, Thesleff I, and Jernvall J. 2004. Nonindependence of mammalian dental characters. Nature 432: 211-214. [pdf] [PUBMED]

Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2003. The tooth of perfection: functional and spatial constraints on mammalian tooth shape. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 173-191.  [pdf] [Supplementary material] See News and Views (Weil 2003).

Evans AR, Harper IS, and Sanson GD. 2001. Confocal imaging, visualization and 3-D surface measurement of small mammalian teeth. Journal of Microscopy 204: 108-118. [pdf] [PUBMED] [Supplementary material]

Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 1998. The effect of tooth shape on the breakdown of insects. Journal of Zoology 246: 391-400. [pdf]

Book chapters

Evans AR, and Pineda-Munoz S. 2018. Inferring mammal dietary ecology from dental morphology. Pp. 37-51. In: Croft DA, Simpson SW and Su DF, eds. Methods in Paleoecology: Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities. Cham: Springer.

Hernesniemi E, Giaourtsakis IX, Evans AR, and Fortelius M. 2011. Rhinocerotidae. Pp. 275-294. In: Harrison T, ed. Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli, Tanzania: Human Evolution in Context. Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna. Dordrecht: Springer.

Evans AR. 2006. Quantifying the relationship between form and function and the geometry of the wear process in bat molars. Pp. 93-109. In: Zubaid A, McCracken GF and Kunz TH, eds. Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats. New York: Oxford University Press.

Evans AR, Fortelius M, Jernvall J, and Eronen J. 2005. Dental ecomorphology of extant European carnivorans. Pp. 223-232. In: Żądzińska E, ed. Current Trends in Dental Morphology Research: 13th International Symposium on Dental Morphology. Lódz: University of Lódz Press. [pdf]

Book review

Evans AR. 2012. What very big teeth you have: review of 'Mammal Teeth' by Peter Ungar. BioScience 62: 95-97.

Invited symposium paper

Evans AR. 2001. Understanding bat molar function from first principles. Abstracts of the 12th International Bat Research Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4-9 August 2001. Bat Research News 42: 98.

Conference proceedings

Evans A. 2014. The inhibitory cascade as a general mechanism for integration in the mammalian primary dentition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2014: 126.

Evans A. 2014. The inhibitory cascade as a general mechanism for integration in the mammalian primary dentition. Bulletin of the International Association of Paleodontology 8: 102.

Islam MR, Evans A, and Fitzgerald EMG. 2014. Fossils constrain ‘modernization’ of the southwest pacific mysticete (Cetacea) fauna to less than 5 million years ago. 60th Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society. Melbourne, Australia, 59.

Pineda-Munoz S, Evans A, and Alroy J. 2014. The relationship between diet and body mass in mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2014: 205.

Corfe I, Wilson G, Evans A, and Jernvall J. 2014. Testing developmental biology predictions with fossils: dental complexity and evolutionary rates of the Multituberculata. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2014: 112.

Corfe I, Wilson G, Evans A, and Jernvall J. 2014. Testing developmental biology predictions with fossils – dental complexity and evolutionary rates of the Multituberculata. Bulletin of the International Association of Paleodontology 8: 71.

Couzens A, Skinner M, Evans A, and Prideaux G. 2014. Examining the developmental origins of evolutionary reversal in the molar teeth of macropodoids (Diprotodontia: Marsupialia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2014: 113.

Couzens AMC, Skinner MM, Evans AR, and Prideaux GJ. 2014. Hide and seek patterning: using X-ray microcomputed tomography to explore the developmental basis, homology, and apparent re-emergence of primitive dental traits in macropodoids. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54: E257-E257.

Evans A, Chieu TL, Siu K, and Rich T. 2014. Predicting the shape of undiscovered fossils. 60th Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society. Melbourne, Australia, 75.

Hocking DP, Evans A, Fitzgerald EMG, and Salverson M. 2014. Prey capture and processing behaviours vary with prey type in captive and wild fur seals. 60th Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society. Melbourne, Australia, 39.

Park T, Evans A, Fitzgerald E, and McHenry C. 2014. Toothed mysticete cochlear morphology provides evidence for a gradual specialisation toward low frequency hearing and inability to echolocate. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2014: 201.

Park T, Evans A, Fitzgerald EMG, and McHenry C. 2014. Auditory biology of the earliest baleen whales inferred from cochlear morphology of fossil toothed mysticetes (Cetacea). 60th Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society. Melbourne, Australia, 38.

Pineda-Munoz S, and Evans AR. 2013. Which tooth best represents whole tooth row dental complexity in mammals? 14th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics. Adelaide, Australia, 67-68.

Islam MR, Evans A, and Fitzgerald EMG. 2013. Diversity of baleen whales (Mysticeti) off southeast Australia during the Late Miocene–Early Pliocene. 14th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics. Adelaide, Australia, 45.

Rich T, Trusler P, and Evans A. 2013. Two upper tribosphenic molars from the Mesozoic of Australia and two hypotheses. 14th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics. Adelaide, Australia, 72-73.

Evans A, Chieu TL, Siu K, and Rich T. 2013. Predicting the shape of undiscovered fossils. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2013: 123.

Evans A, Chieu TL, Siu K, and Rich T. 2013. Predicting the shape of undiscovered fossils. 14th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics. Adelaide, Australia, 35.

Evans A, Proctor K, Vitacca J, and Islam MR. 2013. The fourth molar conundrum: the inhibitory cascade in marsupials. Anatomical Record 296: 198-199.

Evans A, Proctor K, Vitacca J, and Islam MR. 2013. The inhibitory cascade in marsupials. 11th International Conference on Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentiation. La Londe Les Maures, France, 17.

Rich T, Trusler P, Evans A, and Vickers-Rich P. 2013. Two upper tribosphenic molars from the Mesozoic of Australia and two hypotheses. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2013: 198.

Evans AR, Siu K, Jones D, Rich TH, Vickers-Rich P, and Chieu TL. 2012. Using synchrotron X-ray microtomography to examine the structure of small fossils. Australian Synchrotron User Meeting 2012. Melbourne, Australia.

Smits P, and Evans A. 2011. Constraints on tooth shape and jaw motion in carnivorous mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2011: 197.

Evans A, and Proctor K. 2011. The inhibitory cascade in marsupials. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2011: 105-106.

Evans AR. 2011. Patterns and constraints in carnivoran and rodent dental complexity and inhibitory cascade models. In: Dirks W, ed. 15th International Symposium on Dental Morphology. Newcastle, UK. 28.

Jones D, Evans A, Rayfield E, and Donoghue PCJ. 2011. How did the first teeth work? Quantitative functional analysis of conodont elements. In: Dirks W, ed. 15th International Symposium on Dental Morphology. Newcastle, UK. 40.

Hocking DP, Evans AR, and Fitzgerald EMG. 2011. Filter feeding in marine mammals: the importance of tooth shape in the evolution of feeding modes. In Trinajstic K, ed. Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics 2011. Perth, Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia Record, 46.

Evans A. 2011. Vertebrate macroevolution: insights from palaeontology and developmental biology. In Trinajstic K, ed. Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics 2011. Perth, Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia Record, 31.

Jones D, and Evans A. 2010. Functional morphology of the earliest vertebrate feeding structures. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2010: 112A.

Evans A, Jones D, and IMPPS. 2010. Rapid evolutionary rates over geological timescales in mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2010: 86A.

Karme A, Evans AR, and Fortelius M. 2010. GISwear; 3D and GIS diet analysis method for bunodont omnivore groups Suina and Hominidae. Third International Palaeontological Congress 2010. London, UK, 226.

Jones DO, and Evans AR. 2010. Functional morphology of the earliest vertebrate feeding structures. Third International Palaeontological Congress 2010. London, UK, 220.

Purnell MA, and Evans AR. 2009. Conodont tooth complexity: quantification, convergence with mammals, and implications for dietary analysis. Permophiles 53 Supp. 1: 39.

Evans A, and Jernvall J. 2009. Patterns and constraints in carnivoran and rodent dental complexity and relative tooth size. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2009: 92A.

Evans A. 2009. Automated 3D phenotype analysis using data mining. Image Analysis Tools to Support Phenomics Research Workshop. Canberra, Australia.

Evans A. 2009. Patterns and constraints in carnivoran and rodent dental complexity and relative tooth size. In Travouillon KJ, Worthy TH, Hand SJ and Creaser P, eds. Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics 2009. Melbourne, Australia: Geological Society of Australia Abstracts, 29.

Lyons SK, Boyer A, Brown JH, Costa DP, Dayan T, Evans A, Ernest SKM, Fortelius M, Harding L, Lintulaakso K, Lyons SK, Saarinen J, Sibly RM, Smith FA, Theodor J, and Uhen MD. 2009. Community body size distributions of mammals differ among trophic groups, but not across time. North American Paleontological Convention. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Smith FA, Boyer A, Brown JH, Costa DP, Dayan T, Evans A, Ernest SKM, Fortelius M, Harding L, Lintulaakso K, Lyons SK, Sibly RM, Saarinen J, Theodor J, and Uhen MD. 2009. Size matters: examining patterns of maximum body size of mammals over time and space. Ecological Society of America. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Smith FA, Boyer A, Brown JH, Costa DP, Dayan T, Evans A, Ernest SKM, Harding L, Lintulaakso K, Lyons SK, Sibly RM, Saarinen J, Theodor J, and Uhen MD. 2009. Size matters: examining patterns of maximum body size of mammals over time and space. International Biogeography Society 4th Biannual Meeting. Merida, Mexico.

Evans A, King S, Wright P, and Jernvall J. 2009. How does tooth wear affect dental complexity? Implications for tooth function, nutritional ecology and dietary reconstruction in mammals. Evolution09. Melbourne, Australia, 19.

Evans A, Zohdy S, Wright PC, and Jernvall J. 2008. Roughing it: dental complexity in bamboo feeders and the inference of mesic environments. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28: 75A.

Jernvall J, King SJ, Evans A, and Kavanagh KD. 2008. Effects of development on the evolution of primate dentition. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135: 125.

Zohdy S, Evans A, Wright PC, and Jernvall J. 2008. Roughing it: what it takes for Hapalemur, bears and rodents to chew bamboo. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135: 228.

King SJ, Zohdy S, Evans AR, Godfrey LR, Jernvall J, and Wright PC. 2008. Senescence in wild lemurs: does it happen? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135: 130.

Evans A, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2007. How does tooth wear affect dental complexity? Journal of Morphology 268: 1070-1071.

Evans A, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2007. How does tooth wear affect dental complexity? Implications for tooth function and dietary reconstruction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27: 72A.

Jernvall J, Evans A, and Salazar-Ciudad I. 2007. Simple and complex complexity of teeth. Journal of Morphology 268: 1090.

Wilson G, Evans A, Jernvall J, and Fortelius M. 2006. Dietary preferences of multituberculates: preliminary inferences from dental morphological complexity patterns in muroid rodents. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26: 139A.

Skinner MM, Evans A, and Jernvall J. 2006. Assessing the relative contribution of the EDJ and enamel cap to the occlusal morphology of molar tooth crowns using microCT and GIS. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129: 166.

Evans A, Martin T, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2006. Reconstructing dental occlusion in 3D: from carnivorans to Asfaltomylos. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26: 59A.

Evans AR, Fortelius M, Jernvall J, and Eronen JT. 2006. Dental ecomorphology of extant European carnivorans. In: Żądzińska E, ed. Current Trends in Dental Morphology Research: Full Refereed Papers from 13th International Symposium on Dental Morphology. Łódź: University of Łódź Press. 223-232.

Evans A, Wilson G, Jernvall J, and Fortelius M. 2006. New methods in 3D tooth shape analysis: a study of form and function in murine and sigmodontine rodents. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeeting, 4-8 January 2006. Orlando, Florida.

Evans A, Wilson G, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2006. How different are cats and mice? New 3D methods for correlating diets and dentition from disparate dental systems. European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology First and Founding Meeting, 17-19 August 2006. Prague, Czech Republic, 93.

Evans AR, Fortelius M, Eronen J, and Jernvall J. 2005. Dental ecomorphology of extant European carnivores. 13th International Symposium on Dental Morphology, 24-27 August 2005. Łódź, Poland, p. 42.

Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2004. Spatial and functional modelling of carnivore and insectivore molariform teeth. Journal of Morphology 260: 289-290.

Evans AR. 2000. Applications of confocal microscopy to functional morphology: the effect of diet and wear on tooth sharpness and function in two microchiropterans Chalinolobus gouldii and C. morio. Abstracts of the 9th Australasian Bat Conference, Tocal, Australia, 25-28 April 2001. Bat Research News 41: 44.

Evans AR, Harper IS, and Sanson GD. 1999. Methods of digital measurement of tooth surface and occlusion. 12th International Conference on 3D Image Processing in Microscopy, 11th International Conference on Confocal Microscopy, 11-15 April 1999. EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, p. 23.

Poster presentations

Karme A, Evans A, and Fortelius M. 2011. GISWear: 3D and GIS diet analysis method for bunodont omnivore groups Suina and Hominidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book 2011: 134.

Evans A, and Jernvall J. 2009. Patterns and constraints in carnivoran and rodent dental complexity and relative tooth size. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29: 92A. [pdf]

Evans G, Evans A, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2007. The uploading challenge: strategies for editing and uploading digital 3D shape data to an online database. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27: 72A.

Evans G, Evans A, Pljusnin I, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2007. Shape-searching in dental morphology using the MorphoBrowser. Journal of Morphology 268: 1071.

Pljusnin I, Jernvall J, Evans A, and Gionis A. 2006. Data mining phenotypes: dietary prediction as a case study. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26: 110A.

Evans G, Fortelius M, Jernvall J, Pljusnin I, and Evans A. 2006. Shape-searching in dental morphology using the MorphoBrowser. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26: 59A.

Evans G, Evans A, Pljusnin I, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2006. MorphoBrowser - a new database for surfing the dental morphospace. European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology First and Founding Meeting, 17-19 August 2006. Prague, Czech Republic, 247.

Evans G, Evans A, Pljusnin I, Jernvall J, and Fortelius M. 2005. MorphoBrowser - a new database for surfing the dental morphospace. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 1129.

Evans G, Evans A, Pljusnin I, Fortelius M, and Jernvall J. 2005. MorphoBrowser - a new database for surfing the dental morphospace. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25: 54A.