Erik R. Seiffert, PhD

Professor of Clinical Medical Education

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Overview

Mammalian evolution; combined Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data; detection of long-term evolutionary patterns in mammalian anatomy

Awards

Robert W. Sussman Award for Scientific Contributions to Anthropology (AAAS), 2016

Education and Training

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina — PhD — 12/2003 — Biological Anthropology & Anatomy
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California — B.A. — 12/1995 — Anthropology
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas — M.A. — 12/1998 — Anthropology

Research Keywords

Phylogenetics
Mammals
Evolution
Evolutionary morphology
Development
Morphology
Dentition
Locomotion

Media

On the prowl for an elusive rodent called 'the ultimate Pokémon' (08/16/2016)

Publications

An Early Miocene ape from the biogeographic crossroads of African and Eurasian Hominoidea. Science. 2026 Mar 26; 391(6792):1383-1386.. View in PubMed
A diminutive new basilosaurid whale reveals the trajectory of the cetacean life histories during the Eocene. Commun Biol. 2023 08 10; 6(1):707.. View in PubMed
Total evidence time-scaled phylogenetic and biogeographic models for the evolution of sea cows (Sirenia, Afrotheria). PeerJ. 2022; 10:e13886.. View in PubMed
New phiocricetomyine rodents (Hystricognathi) from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt. PeerJ. 2021; 9:e12074.. View in PubMed
Widespread loss of mammalian lineage and dietary diversity in the early Oligocene of Afro-Arabia. Commun Biol. 2021 10 07; 4(1):1172.. View in PubMed
An Early Oligocene age for the oldest known monkeys and rodents of South America. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 09 14; 118(37).. View in PubMed
A new protocetid whale offers clues to biogeography and feeding ecology in early cetacean evolution. Proc Biol Sci. 2021 08 25; 288(1957):20211368.. View in PubMed
A parapithecid stem anthropoid of African origin in the Paleogene of South America. Science. 2020 04 10; 368(6487):194-197.. View in PubMed
Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution. Nat Commun. 2019 11 08; 10(1):4778.. View in PubMed
Vertical support use and primate origins. Sci Rep. 2019 08 26; 9(1):12341.. View in PubMed