Anthropology - Research Sponsors

SPRING 2012 SEMESTER

 
Faculty Sponsor   Course   Sect.   Crs #   Research Interests
Baab, Karen (email)               Human Evolution, Lemur Evolution, Skull Morphology, Geometric Morphometrics 
Borries, Carola               Competition and the resulting conflicts and their resolutions in primates are main focus of research
Doran-Sheehy, Diane               Behavioral ecology and sociobiology of African apes, and aspects of behavior that elucidate issues of relevance to the study of human evolution 
Grine, Frederick                Hominid fossil record, with particular reference to the problems of alpha taxonomy (species recognition and differentiation) in Pliocene and early Pleistocene and reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships among extinct taxa 
Koenig, Andreas                Evolution of group life and social behavior, alloparental care, feeding ecology and feeding competition, predator-prey interactions, reproductive strategies, seasonality, evolutionary models, community ecology, and conservation
Leakey, Louise               Human Evolution, Paleoecology, Africa
Leakey, Meave               Human Evolution, Primate Evolution, Africa
Leakey, Richard               Human Evolution, Conservation
Martin, Lawrence               Evolution of hominoid primates and development, structure and thickness of dental enamel
Rossie, James                Evolutionary history of primates, particularly hominoids. Investigation of development, homology, and phylogenetic significance of nasal and paranasal anatomy among primates; description and phylogenetic analysis of fossil hominoids and other catarrhines from East Africa; development of methods for reconstructing phylogenetic history which incorporate morphological and paleobiogeographical data 
Wright, Patricia               Research in tropical ecology, primatology, and conservation biology includes a long term study (1986 - present) of the behavioral ecology of Propithecus edwardsi, the Milne Edward's sifaka, in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

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