Overview
My research has focused on the evolutionary relationships (phylogenetics) and ecological adaptations of Primates from a paleontological perspective. I’m also interested in the evolutionary history of human dance. My current teaching includes Dance Science, Ethics in Evolutionary Anthropology, and Becoming Human.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of the Practice Emerita of Evolutionary Anthropology
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2021 - Present
Evolutionary Anthropology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Shearing ratios of Aycross anaptomorphine omomyids: Support for a middle Eocene refugium habitat
Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · 2021 CiteFruit Selectivity in Anthropoid Primates: Size Matters
Journal Article International Journal of Primatology · June 1, 2020 Featured Publication Certain features of both extant and fossil anthropoid primates have been interpreted as adaptations to ripe fruit foraging and feeding particularly spatulate incisors and trichromatic color vision. Here, we approach the question of anthropoid fruit foragin ... Full text Open Access CiteCorrection: First record of the Miocene hominoid Sivapithecus from Kutch, Gujarat state, western India.
Journal Article PloS one · January 2019 [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206314.]. ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of Colorado, Boulder ·
1994
Ph.D.
University of Colorado, Boulder ·
1989
M.A.
Hamline University ·
1983
B.A.