Tahlia Pollock

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Science

Biography

Tahlia is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Evans EvoMorph Laboratory at Monash University, and a senior research associate at the University of Bristol, working in the Palaeobiology Research Group on the drivers of morphological diversity in pointed teeth.

articles

Fossil reconstruction of Smilodon, one of the largest sabre-toothed cats ever to have lived

New research reveals why sabre-toothed predators evolved their deadly teeth

The long, sharp, blade-like canines found in many extinct predators evolved at least five times throughout history.

Science

Jaws of death: How carnivorous mammals’ canines evolved to make them killers

Canine teeth have evolved in special ways to help each mammal species kill and eat their favourite prey – helping to make them some of nature’s most successful predators.

Science