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| The CECD is an AHRC funded research group dedicated to examining the
evolutionary underpinnings of human cultural behaviour, past and present. more> |
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Principal Investigator Profile
Dr Mark Collard
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
EDB 9635 - 8888 University Drive
Burnaby
British Columbia
Canada
V5A 1S6
Tel: 604 822 9624
Fax: 604 822 6161
Email: mark.collard@shaw.ca |
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| Research and Teaching interests |
| I am working on a number of topics in evolutionary anthropology. Among these are the identification of species in the hominin fossil record, the reconstruction of fossil hominin and non-human primate phylogenetic relationships, and the estimation of body mass, stature and age from skeletal material. In addition, I am using methods and theory from evolutionary biology to investigate archaeologically and ethnographically documented patterns of material culture variation. |
| Educational Background |
BA, Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
PhD, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Liverpool |
Associated Links:
http://bioanth.anth.ubc.ca/MarksPage.htm
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Associated AHRC CECD Projects (Phase 2): | | • | Project B003
The Evolution of Cultural Diversity in Iranian Tribal Populations: Core Traditions or Multiple Lineages? |
Associated Continuing AHRC CEACB Projects (Phase 1): | | • | Project 005
Explaining hunter-gatherer tool-kit complexity |
Associated AHRC CEACB Projects (Phase 1): | | • | Project 015
Do new cultural assemblages arise primarily through phylogenesis or ethnogenesis? |
| • | Project 016
To what extent is culture vulnerable to phylogeny-obscuring change? |
| • | Project 018
Is material culture variation in New Guinea the result of phylogenesis or ethnogenesis? |
Associated Publications - AHRC CECD - phase 2: | | • | Tehrani, J and M. Collard (2009).
The evolution of material culture diversity among Iranian tribal populations.S. J. Shennan (ed.). Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution. University of California Press. 99-112. | |
| • | Collard, M. and S.J. Shennan (2008).
Studying cultural evolution with analytical techniques from evolutionary biology.Stark, M., B. Bowser & L. Horne (eds.). Cultural Transmission and Material Culture: Breaking Down Boundaries. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, AZ. 17-33. | |
| • | Collard, M., S.J. Shennan, B. Buchanan and R.A. Bentley (2008).
Evolutionary biological methods and cultural data.R.A. Bentley, H.D.G. Maschner & C. Chippindale (eds.). Handbook of Archaeological Theories. AltaMira Press : Lanham. 203-224. | |
| • | Buchanan, B. and M. Collard (2008).
Testing models of early Paleoindian colonization and adaptation using cladistics.M. J. O’Brien (ed.). Cultural Transmission and Archaeology: Issues and Case-Studies. Society for American Archaeology: Washington, DC. 59-76. | |
| • | Coward, F., S. Shennan, S. Colledge, J. Conolly and M. Collard (2008).
The spread of Neolithic plant economies from the Near East to Northwest Europe: a phylogenetic analysis.Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol 35(1). 42-56. | |
| • | Croes, D.R., S. Williams, L. Ross, M. Collard, C. Dennler and B. Vargo (2008).
Projectile points from Puget Sound, Washington State, USA.Carlson, R.L. & M.P.R. Magne (eds.). Projectile Point Sequences in Western North America. Simon Fraser University Press: Burnaby, BC. 105-130. | |
| • | O’Brien, M.J., R.L. Lyman, M. Collard, C.J. Holden, R.D. Gray and S.J. Shennan (2008).
Phylogenetics and the evolution of cultural diversity.M. J. O’Brien (ed.). Cultural Transmission and Archaeology: Issues and Case-Studies. Society for American Archaeology: Washington, DC. | |
| • | Buchanan, B. and M. Collard (2007).
Investigating the peopling of North America through cladistic analyses of Early Paleoindian projectile points.Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. Vol 26(3). 366-393. | |
| • | Lycett, S.J., Collard, M. & McGrew, W.C (2007).
Phylogenetic analyses of behavior support existence of culture among wild chimpanzees.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). Vol 104. 17588–17592. | |
Associated Publications - AHRC CEACB - phase 1: | | • | Collard, M., S.J. Shennan and J. Tehrani (2006).
Branching, blending and the evolution of cultural similarities and differences among human populations.Evolution and Human Behavior. Vol 27. 169-184. | |
| • | Collard, M. (2005).
Review of M. J. O’Brien and R. L. Lyman (2003) (eds.) Style, Function, Transmission: Evolutionary Archaeological Perspectives. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.Journal of Anthropological Research. Vol 60. 600-602. | |
| • | Collard, M. and J. Tehrani (2005).
Cladistic analysis of Turkmen textiles sheds light on cultural evolution.Mace, R., Holden, C. J. & Shennan, S. J. (eds.). The Evolution of Cultural Diversity: A Phylogenetic Approach. UCL Press: London. 109-131. | |
| • | Collard, M. and S.J. Lycett (2005).
Comment on PL Reno et al.’s (2005) Plio-Pleistocene hominid limb proportions.Current Anthropology. Vol 46. 581-582. | |
| • | Collard, M., S.J. Shennanand J. Tehrani (2005).
Branching versus blending in macroscale cultural evolution: a comparative study.Lipo, C.P., M.J. O'Brien, M. Collard & S.J. Shennan (eds.). Mapping Our Ancestors: Phylogenetic Methods in Anthropology and Prehistory. Aldine Transaction: Hawthorne, NY. 53-65. | |
| • | Collard, M., M.D. Kemery and S.J. Banks (2005).
Causes of toolkit variation among hunter/gatherers.Canadian Journal of Archaeology. Vol 29. 1-19. | |
| • | M. Collard, M.J. O'Brien, S.J. Shennan and Lipo, C.P. (eds.) (2005).
Mapping Our Ancestors: Phylogenetic Methods in Anthropology and Prehistory.Aldine Transaction, Piscataway, US. | |
| • | Shennan, S.J. and M. Collard (2005).
Investigating processes of cultural evolution on the North Coast of New Guinea with multivariate and cladistic analyses.Mace, R., Holden, C. J. & Shennan, S. J. (eds.). The Evolution of Cultural Diversity: A Phylogenetic Approach. UCL Press: London. 133-164. | |
| • | Croes, D., K.M. Kelly and M. Collard (2005).
Cultural historical context of Qwu?gwes (Puget Sound, USA): a preliminary investigation.Journal of Wetland Archaeology. Vol 5. 141-154. | |
| • | Lipo, C.P., M.J. O'Brien, M. Collard and S.J. Shennan (2005).
Cultural phylogenies and explanation: why historical methods matter.Lipo, C.P., M.J. O'Brien, M. Collard & S.J. Shennan (eds.). Mapping Our Ancestors: Phylogenetic Methods in Anthropology and Prehistory. Aldine Transaction: Hawthorne, NY. 3-18. | |
| • | Lipo, C.P., M.J. O'Brien, M. Collard and S.J. Shennan (2005).
Afterword.Lipo, C.P., M.J. O'Brien, M. Collard & S.J. Shennan (eds.). Mapping Our Ancestors: Phylogenetic Methods in Anthropology and Prehistory. Aldine Transaction: Hawthorne, NY. 299-302. | |
| • | Lycett, S.J. and M. Collard (2005).
Do homoiologies impede phylogenetic analyses of the fossil hominids? An assessment based on extant papionin craniodental morphology.Journal of Human Evolution. Vol 49. 618-642. | |
| • | Brauer, G., M. Collard and C.B. Stringer (2004).
On the reliability of recent tests of the Out of Africa hypothesis for modern human origins.The Anatomical Record Part B: The New Anatomist. Vol 279A. 701-707. | |
| • | Collard, M. and N. Franchino (2002).
Pairwise difference analysis in modern human origins research.Journal of Human Evolution. Vol 43. 323–352. | |
| • | Collard, M (2002).
Grades and transitions in human evolution.Proceedings of the British Academy. Vol 106. 61-100. | |
| • | Gibbs, S., M.Collard and B.A. Wood (2002).
Soft tissue anatomy of the extant hominoids: a review and phylogenetic analysis.Journal of Anatomy. Vol 200. 3-49. | |
| • | Moggi-Cecchi, J. and M. Collard (2002).
A fossil stapes from Sterkfontein, South Africa, and the hearing capabilities of early hominids.Journal of Human Evolution. Vol 42. 259-265. | |
| • | O’Higgins, P. and M. Collard (2002).
Sexual dimorphism and facial growth in papionin monkeys.Journal of Zoology. Vol 257. 255-272. | |
| • | Collard, M. and B.A. Wood (2001).
Homoplasy and the early hominid masticatory system: inferences from analyses of living hominoids and papionins.Journal of Human Evolution. Vol 41. 167-194. | |
| • | Collard, M. and B.A. Wood (2001).
Reliability of craniodental evidence in fossil catarrhine phylogenetics.de Bonis L., G. Koufous & P. Andrews (eds.). Phylogeny of Neogene European Hominoid Primates. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 118-150. | |
| • | Collard, M. and P. O’Higgins (2001).
Ontogeny and homoplasy in the papionin monkey face.Evolution and Development. Vol 3. 322-331. | |
| • | Shennan, S.J. and M. Collard (2001).
The evolutionary analysis of cultural behaviour.Archaeology International. Vol 4. 21-23. | |
| • | Aiello, L.C. and M. Collard (2001).
Our newest oldest ancestor?.Nature. Vol 410. 526-527. | |
| • | Schwartz, J.H., M. Collard and C.J. Cela-Conde (2001).
Systematics of humankind.Evolutionary Anthropology. Vol 10. 1-3. | |
| • | Wood, B.A. and M. Collard (2001).
The meaning of Homo.Ludus Vitalis. Vol 9. 63-74. | |
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