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Richard Frederick Kay

Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
0013 Biological Sciences Building, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Ecomorphology as a Key to understanding Paleoclimates: The case of the Santa Cruz Formation (Early Miocene, Patagonia) - Conferencia · April 27, 2016 Lecture Facultidad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
A case study in primate biogeography: the Neotropics— the roots of our current understanding. · January 29, 2016 Lecture Universidad Nacional de Piura, Piura, Peru
Using faunal richness and ecomorphology to reconstruct climate change · November 23, 2013 Lecture Austin TX
Reconstructing Paleoecology of Miocene Mammals in Patagonia · November 16, 2011 Lecture Paläontologisches Institut und Museum Universität Zürich, Zürich Switzerland
Reconstructing Paleoecology of Miocene Mammals in Patagonia · November 10, 2011 Lecture Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier France
The origin of anthropoid primates and platyrrhine evolution in South America · May 5, 2009 Lecture San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina

Service to the Profession


Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2013 - 2014 Editorial Activities
Proceedings, Royal Society B · November 30, 2010 Editorial Activities
Internatoional Journal of Primatology · November 30, 2010 Editorial Activities
Member, HOMINID Grant panel : NSF Physical Anthropology · 2009 - 2015 Committee Service
Associate Editor : Ameghiniana (Argentine Paleontological Association) · 2000 - 2014 Editorial Activities