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Blythe A. Williams

Associate Professor of the Practice Emerita of Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
0013 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors


Top 5% in Teaching Evaluations, Duke University (Quality of Course/Stimulation)

University Duke University · April 2014

In the News


Published November 23, 2018
Ancient Ape Fossil Uncovered in Western India
Published November 14, 2018
Late Miocene ape maxilla (upper jaw) discovered in western India
Published November 14, 2018
Late Miocene ape maxilla (upper jaw) discovered in western India
Published November 14, 2018
Late Miocene ape maxilla discovered in western India
Published June 3, 2016
Rush Limbaugh asks why Cincinnati Zoo gorilla hadn't evolved into a human
Published May 24, 2011
Mescalerolemur: It came from the Devil's Graveyard
Published May 17, 2011
New adapiform species discovered in West Texas
Published May 16, 2011
Anthropologist discovers new fossil primate species in West Texas
Published September 29, 2010
Palaeontologists go to bat for Ida
Published June 6, 2010
Ida Fossil Fiasco
Published May 25, 2010
Were there Cretaceous anthropoids? Part 1. The problem in a nutshell
Published March 9, 2010
Evolutionary history of early primates places human origins in context
Published March 6, 2010
Ancient Primate Fossil Rolls Scientific Community
Published March 6, 2010
“Ida” not a missing link
Published March 6, 2010
Debate over Ida Rumbles On – Darwinius masillae
Published March 3, 2010
New Study Confirms That "Ida" is Not Our Great-Great-Great-Great-Etc. Grandmother
Published March 3, 2010
'Missing link' fossil was not human ancestor as claimed, anthropologists say
Published October 27, 2009
Early Human Ancestor Disproved?
Published October 23, 2008
Fossil Reveals Ancient Primates Took Refuge in Texas
Published October 23, 2008
Fossil Reveals Ancient Primates Took Refuge in Texas
Published October 20, 2008
New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered In Texas
Published October 10, 1997
Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures in African Cave