Dr. Lucio Vinicius Telephone: +44 (0)1223 764718 Fax: +44 (0)1223 764710 E-mail: l.vinicius@human-evol.cam.ac.uk POSITION Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My interests lie in the application of evolutionary theory to biological anthropology. In recent years I have been applying mathematical and statistical methods to a range of topics including:

Evolution of the human brain.
How can we explain the evolution of our large and unique brain?

Growth and life history in humans and other primates.
To what extent do humans differ from other primates in the way we grow, reproduce and age?

Biological complexity.
Has macroevolution been characterised by increasingly more complex organisms? Can we objectively ‘measure’ the complexity of a species such as Homo sapiens?

Reconstructing the evolutionary past.
How much can we learn about human ancestors from data on living species and the use of mathematical techniques?

CURRENT PROJECTS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

forthcoming     The Evolution of Biological Complexity. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge (book).

2008.    Mumby H, Vinicius L.  Primate Growth in the Slow Lane: A Study of Inter-Species Variation in the Growth Constant A. 
Evolutionary Biology 35: 287-295. 

2007.    Migliano, AB, Vinicius L, Mirazón Lahr M.  Life-history trade-offs explain the evolution of human pygmies. 
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 20216-20219.

2006.    Clarkson C, Vinicius L, Mirazón Lahr M.  Quantifying flake scar patterning on cores using 3D recording techniques. 
Journal of Archaeological Science 33:132-42.

2005.    Vinicius , L. Human encephalization and developmental timing.
Journal of Human Evolution 49: 762-776.| supplementary data | 

2003.    Vinicius , L. and Mirazón Lahr, M .Morphometric heterochrony and the evolution of growth.
Evolution  57: 2459-2468. | abstract | pdf | 

last  update: 25 March 2009