Amanda McGrosky
Postdoctoral Associate
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Postdoctoral Associate, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Contact Information
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amanda.mcgrosky@duke.edu
+1 919 684 4124
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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McGrosky, A., & Pontzer, H. (2023). The fire of evolution: energy expenditure and ecology in primates and other endotherms. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 226(5), jeb245272. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245272Full Text
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Pontzer, H., & McGrosky, A. (2022). Balancing growth, reproduction, maintenance, and activity in evolved energy economies. Current Biology : Cb, 32(12), R709–R719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.018Full Text
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Duque-Correa, M. J., Codron, D., Meloro, C., McGrosky, A., Schiffmann, C., Edwards, M. S., & Clauss, M. (2021). Mammalian intestinal allometry, phylogeny, trophic level and climate. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 288(1944), 20202888. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2888Full Text
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Hogg, R., Lacruz, R., Bromage, T. G., Dean, M. C., Ramirez-Rozzi, F., Girimurugan, S. B., … Schwartz, G. T. (2020). A comprehensive survey of Retzius periodicities in fossil hominins and great apes. Journal of Human Evolution, 149, 102896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102896Full Text
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O’Brien, K., Patterson, D. B., Biernat, M. D., Braun, D. R., Cerling, T. E., McGrosky, A., & Faith, J. T. (2020). Ungulate turnover in the Koobi Fora Formation: Spatial and temporal variation in the Early Pleistocene. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 161, 103658–103658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103658Full Text
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Schwartz, G. T., McGrosky, A., & Strait, D. S. (2020). Fracture mechanics, enamel thickness and the evolution of molar form in hominins. Biology Letters, 16(1), 20190671. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0671Full Text
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McGrosky, A., Codron, D., Müller, D. W. H., Navarrete, A., Isler, K., Hofmann, R. R., & Clauss, M. (2019). Gross intestinal morphometry and allometry in ruminants. Journal of Morphology, 280(9), 1254–1266. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21028Full Text
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McGrosky, A., Meloro, C., Navarrete, A., Heldstab, S. A., Kitchener, A. C., Isler, K., & Clauss, M. (2019). Gross intestinal morphometry and allometry in primates. American Journal of Primatology, 81(8), e23035. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23035Full Text
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McGrosky, A. (2018). Biology by the Bay. Evolutionary Anthropology, 27(2), 78–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21583Full Text
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McGrosky, A., Navarrete, A., Isler, K., Langer, P., & Clauss, M. (2016). Gross intestinal morphometry and allometry in Carnivora. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 62(4), 395–405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-1011-3Full Text
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Conference Papers
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Mcgrosky, A., Swanson, Z. S., Nzunza, R., Rimbach, R., Bethancourt, H., Ndiema, E., … Pontzer, H. (2022). Total daily energy expenditure and water turnover in a small-scale agro-pastoralist society from northern Kenya. In American Journal of Biological Anthropology (Vol. 177, pp. 120–120).Link to Item
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Heisler, B., Biernat, M., & Mcgrosky, A. (2020). Relative Faunal Abundance at the KNM-ER 5431 Site in Area 203 of the Koobi Fora Formation. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 171, pp. 119–119).Link to Item
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Kelly, M. G., Biernat, M. D., Mcgrosky, A., Braun, D. R., Roach, N. T., & Pilbeam, D. R. (2020). Sub-regional Variability in East Turkana Mammalian Communities. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 171, pp. 139–140).Link to Item
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Frazier, J., & McGrosky, A. (2019). Life history underpinnings of East Turkana faunal turnover during the early Pleistocene. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 168, pp. 77–78).Link to Item
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Allen, K. B., Anderson, L., Biernat, M., Guerrero, A., Mcgrosky, A., O’Brien, K., … Patterson, D. B. (2018). Early Pleistocene ecosystem evolution and heterogeneity at East Turkana, northern Kenya as indicated by stable carbon and oxygen isotope data from mammalian enamel. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 165, pp. 9–9).Link to Item
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Mcgrosky, A., & Schwartz, G. T. (2018). Taking another bite at the apple: a comparative analysis of incisor form and food mechanical properties in haplorrhine primates. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 165, pp. 172–172).Link to Item
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Mcgrosky, A., Kamilar, J. M., Tecot, S. E., & Schwartz, G. T. (2018). Comparative aspects of mammalian pituitary gland anatomy and its usefulness for reconstructing life history. In Integrative and Comparative Biology (Vol. 58, pp. E375–E375).Link to Item
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O’Brien, K., Mcgrosky, A., Allen, K., Anderson, L., Biernat, M., Braun, D. R., … Zerihun, D. (2018). Early Pleistocene grassland evolution at East Turkana, northern Kenya, as indicated by shifting patterns of mesic and xeric adapted mammals. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 165, pp. 191–191).Link to Item
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Seckinger, J. A., Torres, F. S., O’Brien, K. P., Anderson, L., Mcgrosky, A., Allen, K., … Braun, D. R. (2018). The paleoecological context of Homo erectus in East Turkana, northern Kenya between 2.0 and 1.4 Ma. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 165, pp. 246–247).Link to Item
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McGrosky, A., Kamilar, J. M., Tecot, S. R., & Schwartz, G. T. (2017). A 'Hypophysis' to Test: Comparative Aspects of Pituitary Gland Anatomy and its usefulness for Reconstructing Hominin Life History. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 162, pp. 283–283).Link to Item
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Mcgrosky, A., & Smaers, J. B. (2014). Growing a large, social brain: Tying together life history, behavior, and primate brain evolution. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 153, pp. 181–181).Link to Item
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