Affiliation entity
Diversification et adaptation aux échelles micro et maco-évolutives (DIVA)
Researches
Accreditation to supervise research

Contact

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E-mail
raphael.cornette [at] mnhn.fr
cornette [at] mnhn.fr
Phone
01 40 79 80 15
Address(es)

57 rue Cuvier
CP50
75005 Paris

Responsibilities inside unit

Responsable de l’Axe transversal Analyse des formes et phénomique avec Vincent Debat et Sylvain Gerber

Presentation

Thèmes de recherche

Mon cadre général de recherche s’inscrit dans la variation phénotypique. Plus précisément, j’étudie les liens qui existent entre la forme et la fonction, le résultat de cette association étant la cible de la Sélection Naturelle. Ma méthodologie de prédilection est la morphométrie (classique, géométrique 2D et 3D). Les vertébrés et les îles offrent des patrons morpho-fonctionels particulièrement intéressants, au cœur de mes recherches. Mes études portent sur la faune actuelle, archéologique et paléontologique.

Research interests

My general research framework concerns phenotypic variation. More precisely, I study relationships between form and function, this association being the principal target of natural selection. My methods of choice is morphometrics (traditional, geometric, in 2D and 3D). Vertebrates in an insular context present very interesting morpho-functional patterns that occupy the main part of my work. These approaches are also applied on archaeological and palaeontological specimens providing a better understanding of topics such as domestication and phenotypic evolution. My knowledge and my experience in morphometrics has resulted in numerous collaborations, for example with UMR 7209 : « Archéozoologie, archéobotanique », UMR 7179 : « Mécanismes Adaptatifs : des Organismes aux Communautés » and the UMR 7207 : « Centre de recherche sur la paléobiodiversité et les paléoenvironnements ».

Recherches Raphael Cornette © MNHN

Recherches Raphael Cornette

Credits
© MNHN

Publications

2024
  • Souquet Louise, Kruta Isabelle, Roscian Marjorie, Andréoletti Jérémy, Sirot Chloé, Cornette Raphael, Dutel Hugo, Landman Neil, Herrel Anthony & Rouget Isabelle, July 2024Nautilid beaks: unsuspected disparity and palaeoecological interpretation. Nautiluses are key to understanding the evolution of cephalopods, as they are their only outer-shelled modern representatives… Lethaia vol. 57, n° 2, p. 1-19 ISBN: 0024-1164 Publisher: Wiley Type: 10.18261/let.57.2.2
  • Linchamps Pierre, Stoetzel Emmanuelle, Hanon Raphaël, Cornette Raphael & Latouche Pierre, May 2024« Reconstructing Quaternary paleoclimates from the faunal composition of African paleoanthropological sites with machine learning » in GDR Rift Interdisciplinary Colloquium.. , , tex.hal_id: hal-04580686 tex.hal_version: v1
  • Linchamps Pierre, Stoetzel Emmanuelle, Hanon Raphaël, Cornette Raphael & Latouche Pierre, February 2024« Reconstructing climatic niches of South African Early Pleistocene hominins using rodent and bovid fossil assemblages with machine learning » in Colloque Q14 « tous à l’Ouest ! Le Quaternaire dans tous ses états : terre, mer, glace ».. Quaternary climatic changes have exerted a significant in uence on African landscapes and faunal communities. As this period… , ,
  • Costes Pauline, Delapré Arnaud, Houssin Céline, Mulot Baptiste, Pouydebat Emmanuelle & Cornette Raphaël, 2024Maximum trunk tip force assessment related to trunk position and prehensile ’fingers’ implication in African savannah elephants. African elephants have a wide range of abilities using their trunk. As a muscular hydrostat, and thanks to the two finger-like… PLOS ONE vol. 19, n° 5, e0301529
    ISSN
    1932-6203
  • Costes Pauline, Soppelsa Julie, Houssin Céline, Boulinguez-Ambroise Grégoire, Pacou Camille, Gouat Patrick, Cornette Raphaël & Pouydebat Emmanuelle, 2024Effect of the habitat and tusks on trunk grasping techniques in African savannah elephants. Abstract Among tetrapods, grasping is an essential function involved in many vital behaviours. The selective pressures that… Ecology and Evolution vol. 14, n° 4, e11317
    ISSN
    2045-7758, 2045-7758
  • Herrel Anthony, Locatelli Yann, Ortiz Katia, Theil Jean-Christophe, Cornette Raphaël & Cucchi Thomas, 2024Cranial muscle architecture in wild boar: Does captivity drive ontogenetic trajectories?. Abstract The jaw system in mammals is complex and different muscle morphotypes have been documented. Pigs are an interesting… Journal of Morphology vol. 285, n° 2, e21676
    ISSN
    0362-2525, 1097-4687
  • Segesdi Martin, Brabant Delphine, Cornette Raphaël & Houssaye Alexandra, 2024How does the shape of the wing and hindlimb bones of aquatic birds relate to their locomotor abilities?. Abstract Aquatic birds represent diverse ecologies and locomotion types. Some became flightless or lost the ability for… The Anatomical Record , , ar.25512
    ISSN
    1932-8486, 1932-8494
2023
  • Linchamps Pierre, Cornette Raphaël, Latouche Pierre & Stoetzel Emmanuelle, December 2023Diversity and evolution of Quaternary micromammal faunas from South Africa: novel approaches for reconstructing the palaeoenvironments of early hominins, Evolution morphologique et écologique des Rongeurs sud-africains : pour une meilleure connaissance de. At the end of the Pliocene and the beginning of the Pleistocene in South Africa, climate changes leading to progressive… , ,
  • Linchamps Pierre, Avery D., Cornette Raphaël, Denys Christiane, Matthews Thalassa & Stoetzel Emmanuelle, November 2023Quaternary rodents of South Africa: A companion guide for cranio-dental identification. Rodentia is the most species-rich order among mammals. The Republic of South Africa harbours a high rodent diversity whose… PLoS ONE vol. 18, n° 11, e0289812 ISBN: 1932-6203 Publisher: Public Library of Science Type: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289812
  • Linchamps Pierre, Stoetzel Emmanuelle, Hanon Raphaël, Cornette Raphael & Latouche Pierre, November 2023« Predicting Quaternary hominin climatic niches using faunal assemblages with random forest algorithms » in 1st Symposium in Artificial Intelligence and Applied Mathematics for History and Archaeology (IAMAHA).. The Quaternary period (2.58 MYA - today) has been characterized by a series of abrupt climatic fluctuations and a global trend… , ,