Farish A. Jenkins, Jr.
Professor of Biology,
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology,
Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology,
Professor of Anatomy in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (Medical School)
Phone: 617-495-2499
E-mail:
Office: 219 MCZ Labs, 26 Oxford St
Comparative anatomy of fossil and recent vertebrates and the evolutionary pathways of structural and functional development.
Recent Publications
Baier DB, SM Gatesy, FA Jenkins, 2007. A critical ligamentous mechanism in the evolution of avian flight. Nature 445 (7125): 307-310
Daeschler EB, NH Shubin, FA Jenkins, 2006. A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body plan. Nature 440 (7085): 757-763
Shubin NH, EB Daeschler, FA Jenkins, 2006. The pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limb. Nature 440 (7085): 764-77
Gatesy SM, NH Shubin, FA Jenkins, 2005. Anaglyph stereo imaging of dinosaur track morphology and microtopography. Palaeontologia Electronica 8 (1): Art. No. 10A
Nassar PN, FA Jenkins, 2004. Kinematic analysis of the thoracic cage in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) during terrestrial locomotion. Integrative And Comparative Biology 44 (6): 611-611
Courses Taught
OEB 139. Evolution of the Vertebrates
OEB 272r. Origin and Evolution of Vertebrate Complex Systems
OEB 323. Advanced Vertebrate Anatomy
