Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Duke University 2017
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Director of Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement (2022 - present)
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Allometry
  • Evolution
  • Functional Morphology
  • Muser Mentor
  • Paleontology
  • Physical anthropology
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Collaborative Research: Measuring Leaping Performance, Evaluating its Anatomical Correlates, and Reconsidering the Importance of Leaping in Primate Origins and Early Evolution awarded by  National Science Foundation 2021 - 2022
  • Doctoral Dissertation Research: Generation and Evaluation of Body Mass Prediction Equations Using Articular Surface Areas of the Primate Tarsus awarded by  National Science Foundation 2015 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Pampush JD, Fuselier EJ, Yapuncich GS. Using BayesModelS to provide Bayesian- and phylogenetically-informed primate body mass predictions. J Hum Evol. 2021 Dec;161:103077.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Granatosky MC. Footloose: Articular surface morphology and joint movement potential in the ankles of lorisids and cheirogaleids. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2021 Aug;175(4):876–894.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Bowie A, Belais R, Churchill SE, Walker CS. Predicting body mass of bonobos (Pan paniscus) with human-based morphometric equations. Am J Primatol. 2020 Feb;82(2):e23088.
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    • Walker CS, Cofran ZD, Grabowski M, Marchi D, Cook RW, Churchill SE, Tommy KA, Throckmorton Z, Ross AH, Hawks J, Yapuncich GS, Van Arsdale AP, Rentzeperis FI, Berger LR, DeSilva JM. Morphology of the Homo naledi femora from Lesedi. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2019 Sep;170(1):5–23.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Feng HJ, Dunn RH, Seiffert ER, Boyer DM. Vertical support use and primate origins. Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 26;9(1):12341.
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    • Boyer DM, Yapuncich GS, Dunham NT, McNamara A, Shapiro LJ, Hieronymus TL, Young JW. My branch is your branch: Talar morphology correlates with relative substrate size in platyrrhines at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador. J Hum Evol. 2019 Aug;133:23–31.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Kemp AD, Griffith DM, Gladman JT, Ehmke E, Boyer DM. A digital collection of rare and endangered lemurs and other primates from the Duke Lemur Center. Plos One. 2019;14(11):e0219411.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Churchill SE, Cameron N, Walker CS. Morphometric panel regression equations for predicting body mass in immature humans. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2018 May;166(1):179–195.
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    • Gao T, Yapuncich GS, Daubechies I, Mukherjee S, Boyer DM. Development and Assessment of Fully Automated and Globally Transitive Geometric Morphometric Methods, With Application to a Biological Comparative Dataset With High Interspecific Variation. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2018 Apr;301(4):636–658.
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    • Walker CS, Yapuncich GS, Sridhar S, Cameron N, Churchill SE. Evaluating morphometric body mass prediction equations with a juvenile human test sample: accuracy and applicability to small-bodied hominins. J Hum Evol. 2018 Feb;115:65–77.
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    • Yapuncich GS. Alternative methods for calculating percentage prediction error and their implications for predicting body mass in fossil taxa. J Hum Evol. 2018 Feb;115:140–145.
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    • Patel BA, Yapuncich GS, Tran C, Nengo IO. Catarrhine hallucal metatarsals from the early Miocene site of Songhor, Kenya. J Hum Evol. 2017 Jul;108:176–198.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Seiffert ER, Boyer DM. Quantification of the position and depth of the flexor hallucis longus groove in euarchontans, with implications for the evolution of primate positional behavior. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2017 Jun;163(2):367–406.
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    • Griffin RH, Yapuncich GS. A critical comment on the ‘multiple variance Brownian motion’ model of Smaers et al. (2016). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2017 May 1;121(1):223–228.
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    • Harrington AR, Silcox MT, Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM, Bloch JI. First virtual endocasts of adapiform primates. J Hum Evol. 2016 Oct;99:52–78.
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    • Boyer DM, Kirk EC, Silcox MT, Gunnell GF, Gilbert CC, Yapuncich GS, Allen KL, Welch E, Bloch JI, Gonzales LA, Kay RF, Seiffert ER. Internal carotid arterial canal size and scaling in Euarchonta: Re-assessing implications for arterial patency and phylogenetic relationships in early fossil primates. J Hum Evol. 2016 Aug;97:123–144.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Gladman JT, Boyer DM. Predicting euarchontan body mass: A comparison of tarsal and dental variables. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2015 Jul;157(3):472–506.
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    • Boyer DM, Yapuncich GS, Butler JE, Dunn RH, Seiffert ER. Evolution of postural diversity in primates as reflected by the size and shape of the medial tibial facet of the talus. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2015 May;157(1):134–177.
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    • Boyer DM, Puente J, Gladman JT, Glynn C, Mukherjee S, Yapuncich GS, Daubechies I. A new fully automated approach for aligning and comparing shapes. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2015 Jan;298(1):249–276.
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    • Griffin RH, Yapuncich GS. The Independent Evolution Method Is Not a Viable Phylogenetic Comparative Method. Plos One. 2015;10(12):e0144147.
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    • Boyer DM, Yapuncich GS, Chester SGB, Bloch JI, Godinot M. Erratum: Hands of Early Primates (American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2013) 152(33-78) DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22392). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2014 Mar 1;153(3):512.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM. Interspecific scaling patterns of talar articular surfaces within primates and their closest living relatives. J Anat. 2014 Feb;224(2):150–172.
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    • Boyer DM, Yapuncich GS, Chester SGB, Bloch JI, Godinot M. Hands of early primates. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2013 Dec;152 Suppl 57:33–78.
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  • Book Sections

    • Boyer DM, Yapuncich GS, Chester SGB, Bloch JI, Godinot M. Hands of Paleogene Primates. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer New York; 2016. p. 373–419.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Pampush JD, Yapuncich GS, Fuselier EJ. Applying BayesModelS to body mass prediction; comparisons with traditional approaches and recommendations for future paleontological reconstructions. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY; 2019. p. 185–185.
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    • Cook RW, Yapuncich GS, Thompson IJ, Walker CS, Churchill SE. A comparison of lateral iliac flare measurement methods and their correlation with lesser gluteal moment arms. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY; 2018. p. 53–53.
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    • Feng HJ, Yapuncich GS, Dunn RH, Seiffert ER, Boyer DM. Evolutionary and functional implications of the development of the talar posterior trochlear shelf in euprimates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY; 2018. p. 83–83.
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    • Walker CS, Yapuncich GS, Bowie A, Belais R, Churchill SE. Accuracy of human-based morphometric equations for predicting bonobo body mass. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY; 2018. p. 292–292.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM. Scaling relationships of axonic patterning in the hands and feet of primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY; 2018. p. 307–307.
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    • Lyu I, Perdomo J, Yapuncich GS, Paniagua B, Boyer DM, Styner MA. Group-wise Shape Correspondence of Variable and Complex Objects. Proc Spie Int Soc Opt Eng. 2018.
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    • Gladman JT, Yapuncich GS, Cooke SB. Combining 3DGM analyses from multiple anatomical regions improves phylogenetic interpretations of phenetic data in Platyrrhini. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY; 2017. p. 195–195.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Williams BA, Boyer DM. Phenetic Affinities of Teilhardina (Primates, Omomyidae) from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming Reveal the First Known Occurrences of Teilhardina brandti Outside the Bighorn Basin. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY; 2017. p. 416–416.
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    • Laub EC, Yapuncich GS, Glander KE, Pusey AE. Longitudinal body mass variation in wild primate populations: are individuals or populations more variable? American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2016. p. 202–202.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Granatosky MC. Congruence of articular surface curvature and dynamic range of motion in the subtalar joints of lorisids and cheirogaleids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2016. p. 340–341.
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    • Harrington AR, Silcox MT, Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM, Bloch JI. First virtual endocasts of North American adapiform primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2015. p. 159–160.
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    • Morse PE, Bloch JI, Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM, Strait SG. Dental topography and dietary ecology of the first North American euprimates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2015. p. 230–230.
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    • Neu R, Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM. Quantification of the position of the flexor fibularis groove of the euarchontan talus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2015. p. 235–235.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM. Allometric shape change in the talar articular surfaces of euarchontans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2015. p. 328–328.
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    • Butler JE, Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM. Quantification of talar medial tibial facet variation among primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2014. p. 87–87.
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    • Welch EC, Boyer DM, Yapuncich GS, Gunnell GF, Seiffert ER, Bloch JI. Re-evaluation of promontorial arterial dominance in fossil adapiforms. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2014. p. 270–270.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM. Talar articular surface curvature decreases allometrically among primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2014. p. 278–279.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM. Scaling patterns of talar articular surfaces within Euarchonta. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. WILEY-BLACKWELL; 2013. p. 297–297.
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    • Yapuncich GS, Boyer DM, Maiorino S, Bolortsetseg M. NEW DATA FOR EVALUATING FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY IN PTILODONTIDAE (ALLOTHERIA, MULTITUBERCULATA) USING DIGITAL PREPARATION. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC; 2012. p. 198–198.
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    • Yapuncich G, Boyer D, Secord R, Bloch J. THE FIRST DENTALLY ASSOCIATED SKELETON OF PLAGIOMENIDAE (MAMMALIA, ?DERMOPTERA) FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. SOC VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY; 2011. p. 218–218.
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