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David Patterson, Ph.D.

David Patterson

Professor

Phone706-864-1741

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 428,

Area(s) of Expertise: Paleontology, Mammal Ecology, Stable Isotopes (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Physician's Assistant)

Courses Taught

  • BIOL 3500K – Ecology
  • BIOL 4450 – Evolutionary Biology
  • BIOL 4700 – Senior Seminar

Research/Special Interests

Dr. Patterson is interested in the relationship between ecosystem change and mammalian evolution. He uses a variety of methods including traditional paleontological analyses, stable isotope geochemistry, and ecometrics. He has active field and laboratory projects focusing on North American and African mammals ranging from the early Pleistocene to the modern.

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Publications

Malasek, T., Barding, E, Bender, M.J., Bonham, A., Mead, A.J., Pilgrim, Z., Powers, P., Patterson, J.R., Patterson, D.B., (Accepted) Evaluating the fidelity of enamel isotopic data and environmental variation: a case study in wild, known-aged, white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

Patterson, D.B., Du, A., Faith, J.T., Rowan, J., Uno, K., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Braun, D.R., Wood, B.A., (2022) Did vegetation change contribute to the extinction of Paranthropus boisei? Journal of Human Evolution. 173:103154

Seminack, C.T., Thornburg, J.D., Mead, A.J., Mead, H.F., Hadden, C.S., Cherkinsky, A., Patterson, D.B., (2022) Multiproxy investigation of a fluvially reworked late-Pleistocene barrier-island terrace along the southeast United States Atlantic Coastal Plain at Clark Quarry. Quaternary Science Reviews 284:107496

Faith, J.T., Du, A., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Davies, B., Patterson, D.B., Rowan, J., Wood, B.A. (2021) Rethinking the ecological drivers of hominin evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 36:797-807.

Noble, E.J., McManus, J.G., Mead, A.J., Mead, H, Seminack, C., Balco, W., Bennett, T., Crain, N.M., Duckworth, C., Malasek, T., Pearson, J.Z., Rhinehart, P., Ussery, M.E. , Sun, Y., Patterson, J.R., Patterson, D.B. (2020) Enamel isotopes reveal late Pleistocene ecosystem dynamics in southeastern North America. Quaternary Science Reviews. 236:106284.

Patterson, D.B., Braun, D.R., Allen, K., Barr, A.W., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Biernat, M., Lehmann, S.B., Maddox, T., Manthi, F.K., Merritt, S.R., Morris, S.E., O’Brien, K., Reeves, J.S., Wood, B.A., Bobe, R., (2019) . Nature Ecology and Evolution.                  

Patterson, D.B., Braun, D.R., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Merritt, S., Zliobaite, I., Reeves, J.S., Wood, B.A., Fortelius, M., Bobe, R., (2017) . Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography. 481:1-13.