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David C. Evans

David C. Evans

The Evans Connection Part 1: The Minoans Discovered

Here I continue the story of an icon of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) collection: the ivory and gold female figurine–ROM 931.21.1. For further information see the ‘Minoan’ Ivory Goddess Research Project. I discuss why the Museum, or indeed anyone, believed that the figurine was genuine. In

The Evans Connection Part 2: The Minoans Created

Here I continue the story of an icon of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) collection: the ivory and gold female figurine–ROM 931.21.1. For further information see the ‘Minoan’ Ivory Goddess Research Project. I follow up on Part1: The Minoans Discovered to show how the British archeologist, Sir

Introducing Wendiceratops: A remarkable new horned dinosaur

edit: Danielle Dufault. Removing the tons of rock from above the fossil-bearing bonebed layer where the new dinosaur was found (summer 2012). Credit: David Evans Preparing the site for excavation in the summer of 2013. Credit: David Evans Wendiceratops bonebed quarry during excavations in the

Voici Wendiceratops: un nouveau dinosaure à cornes remarquable

: Danielle Dufault Extraction des tonnes de roches recouvrant le gîte fossilifère où l’on a exhumé le nouveau dinosaure (été 2012). Photo : David Evans Préparation du site pour les fouilles (été 2013). Photo : David Evans    Gisement de Wendiceratops pendant les fouilles

ROM Research: Detailing Wendiceratops

ROM Research: Detailing Wendiceratops

David Evans and Michael Ryan reveal a spectacular new species of ceratopsian,  Wendiceratops was approximately 6 metres from nose to tail and weighed more than a ton (2,000 lbs). Guest blog by Shiona M. Mackenzie. Fossils collected from a bonebed in southern Alberta during the summers of 2011 th

Damien’s Wish: A Day as a Palaeontologist

Damien’s Wish: A Day as a Palaeontologist

ntologist for a day and work alongside curators behind the scenes. The ROM facilitated this by providing a gallery tour with Dr. Hans Larsson and Dr. David Evans, after which they moved into the private collections and finally concluded in Brian Iwama ’s palaeobiology lab.   Since he was a

The Healing Power of Dinosaurs: A look at Dinosaur Day at The Hospital for Sick Children

The Healing Power of Dinosaurs: A look at Dinosaur Day at The Hospital for Sick Children

even dressed him up. We sang songs with familiar tunes but silly lyrics like “Five T-Rexes jumping on the bed”. We made up a song to welcome Dr. David Evans and his Dino named Zuul. The highlight of the day was the visit in the afternoon by Dr. David Evans, who is the ROM's James and Loui

There’s bones in them there hills: Fossil Finding in the Badlands

There’s bones in them there hills: Fossil Finding in the Badlands

thrill, the satisfaction, the excitement of finding a fossil is something not everyone gets to experience. The Royal Ontario Museums’s very own Dr. David Evans, Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology, and Michael Ryan, Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural