Scholars@Duke
Blythe A. Williams

Blythe A. Williams

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

Academic Honors

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

University Duke University · April 2014

News Items

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