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Heather Smith
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
305 Points

Contributions by role

Author 270
Reviewer 35

Contributions by subject area

Anatomy and Physiology
Dentistry
Diabetes and Endocrinology
Otorhinolaryngology
Surgery and Surgical Specialties
Biodiversity
Ecology
Evolutionary Studies
Zoology
Paleontology
Taxonomy

Heather F Smith

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

I am an anatomist, paleontologist, and physical anthropologist specializing in 3D cranial morphology of humans and nonhuman primates, carnivorans, and turtles. My primary research focus is the relationship between cranial characteristics and phylogeny, with the goal of using the patterns observed in living species to interpret the fossil record and draw inferences about evolution. I answer questions relating to ontogeny, gene flow, and migration in human populations based on morphological patterns of the skull.

Anatomy & Physiology Anthropology Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Zoology

Editing Journals

Past or current institution affiliations

Arizona State University
Midwestern University

Work details

Professor of Anatomy

Midwestern University
Department of Anatomy

Arizona State University

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Reviewed 1
September 7, 2020
Adaptations to cursoriality and digit reduction in the forelimb of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
Heather F. Smith, Brent Adrian, Rahul Koshy, Ryan Alwiel, Aryeh Grossman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9866 PubMed 33194359
October 2, 2019
Clinical implications of aberrant neurovascular structures coursing through the submandibular gland
Kelsey J. Eaton, Heather F. Smith
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7823 PubMed 31592354

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November 2, 2022
Cranial osteology, taxonomic reassessment, and phylogenetic relationships of the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) turtle Trinitichelys hiatti (Paracryptodira)
Yann Rollot, Serjoscha W. Evers, Stephanie E. Pierce, Walter G. Joyce
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14138 PubMed 36345484