Matthew A. Wills

University of Bath — United Kingdom

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

37h-index5.0kcitations182works1.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils(66), Marine Biology and Ecology Research(65), Evolution and Paleontology Studies(54), Protist diversity and phylogeny(53), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology(22)

Publications182 total

Use of domestic energy performance certificates and spatial mapping to evaluate the variation in heat demand and associated emissions
Next research.·2025
Distinguishing passive and driven trait evolution in the presence of boundaries
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Quantifying the configurational complexity of biological systems in multivariate ‘complexity space’
Journal of The Royal Society Interface·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Why evolution often favours small animals and other organisms
2024
The seven best TV shows of 2023 reviewed by our experts
2023
Life on Our Planet: evolution experts review this ‘hugely entertaining’ Netflix docuseries
2023
Bird clades with less complex appendicular skeletons tend to have higher species richness
Nature Communications·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
It’s reassuring to think humans are evolution’s ultimate destination – but research shows we may be an accident
2023
Sexual dimorphism in wing pigmentation promotes rapid species diversification in Zygoptera but not Anisoptera
2023Open Access
Why should we compare morphological and molecular disparity?
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
Speciation across the Earth driven by global cooling in terrestrial orchids
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 23 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Why should we compare morphological and molecular disparity?"
2023
Divergent vertebral formulae shape the evolution of axial complexity in mammals
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2023· 21 citedOpen Access
Divergent vertebral formulae shape the evolution of anatomical complexity in mammals
Figshare·2023Open Access
Bird clades with less complex appendicular skeletons tend to have higher species richness
Figshare·2023Open Access
Crabs have evolved five separate times – why do the same forms keep appearing in nature?
2022
Author response for "Why should we compare morphological and molecular disparity?"
2022
8 billion people: how evolution made it happen
2022
Sexual dimorphism in wing pigmentation promotes rapid species diversification in Zygoptera but not Anisoptera
2022Open Access
Evolutionary tree of life: modern science is showing how we got so much wrong
2022
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Frequent Co-authors

Richard A. Fortey(6), Derek E. G. Briggs(4), Martin Hughes(4), Sylvain Gerber(4), Robert S. Sansom(4), Marcello Ruta(4), Ronald A. Jenner(3), Katie E. Davis(3), Jack Oyston(3), Michael J. Benton(2), Rebecca Hitchin(2), Gavin H. Thomas(2), Tamás Székely(2), Mark Wilkinson(2), Derek E. G. Briggs(2), Nicholas R. Longrich(2), Davide Pisani(2), Cyrille Delmer(2), Björn M. von Reumont(1), Emiliano Dell’Ampio(1)