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Kevin Padian

Professor Emeritus

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Biological Sciences

Integrative Biology

Kevin Padian is currently serving as a Biological Sciences Professor Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley.

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University of California, Berkeley

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evolutionary biology paleontology biology vertebrate paleontology ecology avian biology earth science ornithology avian evolution nature evolutionary theory evolutionary ecology zoology mammalogy phylogenetics mammalian biology biological evolution paleobiology integrative biology avian locomotion paleoanthropology evolutionary genetics anatomy morphology (biology) geology palaeogeography adaptation evolutionary anthropology sexual selection taxonomy (biology) zoological taxonomy entomology systematic palaeontology systematics archaeological science eurasian geography animal taxonomy cretaceous period bone research stratigraphy movement analysis evolutionary taxonomies bone histology late triassic movement ecology regional geology gait analysis prehistory biogerontology wildlife biology growth dynamics species recognition kayenta formation fossil record geriatric assessment biostratigraphy orthopedic biomechanics taphonomy carceral setting planetary geology misinformation cultural texts cladistics plant taxonomy ecosystem structure ecosystem interactions skeletal elements ontogenetic series early evolution dinosaurian growth rates bird origins age assessment archosaurian growth strategies small dinosaurs comparative osteohistology behavioral implications morphological evidence taphonomic bias palaeontologia electronica primate fossil living fossil

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: Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World: A Biogeographic Approach. The Quarterly Review of Biology (2024)

Kevin Padian

animal studiesevolutionary ecologyenvironmental sciencepaleontologyanimal ecologybiogeographybiological conservationpaleoecologybiologyconservation biologywildlifeextinct vertebrateswildlife ecologyvertebrate paleontologypaleoanthropologyanimal conservationzoogeographyecologywildlife biology

The 50Th Anniversary of a Key Paper on How Bird Flight Evolved. Nature (2024)

Kevin Padian

evolutionary theoryadaptationbird flightevolutionary ecologynatureevolutionary dynamicskey paperavian locomotionavian biologybiologyavian evolutionevolutionary biologyecologymammalian biologyecology and evolutionary biologyornithology

25Th Anniversary of the First Known Feathered Dinosaurs. Nature (2023)

Kevin Padian

vertebrate paleontologypalaeogeographypaleoecologyearth sciencemammalogyzooarchaeologynaturecretaceous birdmorphological evidencebiologypaleontologyarchaeologyfeathered dinosaursavian evolutionevolutionary biologycretaceous periodpaleolithic archaeologyornithology

Functional Morphology of Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2021)

Kevin PadianJames R. CunninghamWann LangstonJohn Conway

paleontologyvertebrate paleontologyevolutionary biologyfunctional morphology

On the Unnecessary and Misleading Taxon “Cetartiodactyla”. Journal of Mammalian Evolution (2021)

Donald R. ProtheroDaryl DomningR. Ewan FordyceScott FossChristine JanisSpencer LucasKatherine L. MarriottGrégoire MetaisDarren NaishKevin PadianGertrud RössnerNikos SolouniasMichelle SpauldingRichard M. StuckyJessica TheodorMark Uhen

animal taxonomyzoological taxonomymammalogyplant taxonomymisleading taxonbiologyphylogeneticstaxonomy (biology)evolutionary biologymammalian biologyevolutionary taxonomies

Adrian Currie, Rock, Bone and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences. Journal of Cognitive Historiography (2020)

Kevin Padian

historical scienceshistorical evidencehistoryhistorical reconstructionphilosophy of historyadrian curriehistoriography

Closest Relatives Found for Pterosaurs, the First Flying Vertebrates. Nature (2020)

Kevin Padian

vertebrate paleontologyzoologybiologypaleontologyfirst flying vertebratesevolutionary biology

Inferring the Physiological Regimes of Extinct Vertebrates: Methods, Limits and Framework. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2020)

Kevin PadianArmand de Ricqlès

zoologyphysiologyphysiological regimespaleontologyevolutionary biologymammalian biologyextinct vertebrates

Poultry Through Time. Nature (2020)

Kevin Padian

poultry diseasesfood systemspoultry scienceanimal agricultureavian biologybiologypoultry farmingevolutionary biology

Human Evolution’s Ties to Tectonics. Nature (2019)

Kevin Padian

eurasian geographyhuman impacts on the environmentmarine geologygeochronologyhistorical geographymesozoic tectonicshuman-environment interactionsneotectonicspaleontologycontinental tectonicsstratigraphyengineering geologystructural geologyhuman ecologyecologyeast asian studiesgeomorphologygenetics

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Kevin Padian

Professor Emeritus

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Biological Sciences

Integrative Biology

Kevin Padian is currently serving as a Biological Sciences Professor Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley.

Honors

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Experiences

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Kevin Padian

University of California, Berkeley

Professor Emeritus

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

: Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World: A Biogeographic Approach. The Quarterly Review of Biology (2024)

Kevin Padian

The 50Th Anniversary of a Key Paper on How Bird Flight Evolved. Nature (2024)

Kevin Padian

25Th Anniversary of the First Known Feathered Dinosaurs. Nature (2023)

Kevin Padian

Functional Morphology of Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2021)

Kevin PadianJames R. CunninghamWann LangstonJohn Conway

paleontologyvertebrate paleontologyevolutionary biologyfunctional morphology

On the Unnecessary and Misleading Taxon “Cetartiodactyla”. Journal of Mammalian Evolution (2021)

animal taxonomyzoological taxonomymammalogyplant taxonomymisleading taxonbiologyphylogeneticstaxonomy (biology)evolutionary biologymammalian biologyevolutionary taxonomies

Adrian Currie, Rock, Bone and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences. Journal of Cognitive Historiography (2020)

Kevin Padian

historical scienceshistorical evidencehistoryhistorical reconstructionphilosophy of historyadrian curriehistoriography

Closest Relatives Found for Pterosaurs, the First Flying Vertebrates. Nature (2020)

Kevin Padian

vertebrate paleontologyzoologybiologypaleontologyfirst flying vertebratesevolutionary biology

Inferring the Physiological Regimes of Extinct Vertebrates: Methods, Limits and Framework. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2020)

Kevin PadianArmand de Ricqlès

zoologyphysiologyphysiological regimespaleontologyevolutionary biologymammalian biologyextinct vertebrates

Poultry Through Time. Nature (2020)

Kevin Padian

poultry diseasesfood systemspoultry scienceanimal agricultureavian biologybiologypoultry farmingevolutionary biology

Human Evolution’s Ties to Tectonics. Nature (2019)

Kevin Padian

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