Richard Frederick Kay

Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Anthropology

Evolutionary Anthropology

richard.kay@duke.edu

Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383

0013 Biological Sciences Building, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708

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Scholarly Works - Conferences

The Evolution of Bilophodonty and a Reduction in Molar Complexity

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2026 Link to item Cite

Turbinals of Pronycticebus: implications for olfaction in the last common ancestor of crown primates

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2026 Link to item Cite

Dental topographic analysis of a frugivorous great ape (Pan paniscus) wear series shows declining sharpness with wear

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2025 Link to item Cite

Tooth wear has a greater effect on molar pulp volume reduction than aging in Macaca fascicularis

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 2024 Link to item Cite

Expansion of primate neocortical visual areas is associated with improved visual acuity in crown haplorhines but not in Eocene stem haplorhines (Omomyoidea)

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 2024 Link to item Cite

Molar sharpness maintained with wear in the early anthropoids Apidium and Aegyptopithecus

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 2022 Link to item Cite

Ratios of Dental Surface Concavity and Convexity: Implications for Dental Topography Analyses

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2021 Link to item Cite

Shearing ratios of Aycross anaptomorphine omomyids: Support for a middle Eocene refugium habitat

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 2021 Link to item Cite

A skeleton of HomunculuspatagonicusAmeghino, 1891 from the Santa Cruz Formation (Early Miocene, Patagonia)

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2020 Link to item Cite

Junk DNE: How Surface Simplification and Scanning Resolution Affect Measures of Dental Crown Sharpness

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2019 Link to item Cite

Olfactory system anatomy in Homunculus and the ecological importance of olfactory cues among stem platyrrhines

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2019 Link to item Cite

New Early Miocene primate bearing faunal assemblage from the Alto Madre de Dios, Peru

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Dental Topography and Food Processing in Wild-Caught Costa Rican Alouatta

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Platyrrhine dynamic dental topography: implications for secondary dental morphology in brachydont, long-lived taxa

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

Are there any African Platyrrhines?

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · April 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

Quantitative Occlusal Surface Complexity Metrics and Dental Wear in Alouatta palliata

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

Environmental Variation Explains Mammalian Niche Structure in Central and South America

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

The influence of brain size on canal radius of curvature

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

Intraspecific Semicircular Canal Variance-A Missing Element in Adaptive Scenarios?

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

Environmental Variables Affecting Primate Species Richness in the Neotropics

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

Environmental stress and molar wear in three populations of mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata)

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · March 1, 2014 Link to item Cite

Dental topography of platyrrhines and prosimians: convergence and contrasts.

Conference American journal of physical anthropology · January 2014 Dental topographic analysis is the quantitative assessment of shape of three-dimensional models of tooth crowns and component features. Molar topographic curvature, relief, and complexity correlate with aspects of feeding behavior in certain living primate ... Full text Cite

Localidades fosilíferas de la Formación Santa Cruz (Mioceno Inferior) en el margen meridional del valle del río Santa Cruz, provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina

Conference X Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía y VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología · 2013 Cite

Semicircular canal morphology as a predictor of platyrrhine locomotor behavior.

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

Cochlear labyrinth volume and predicted hearing abilities in Adapis, Necrolemur, Homunculus, and Tremacebus.

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

Brain size and endocranial morphology of Antillothrix (Holocene, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola)

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2012 Link to item Cite

Dental morphology and dietary adaptation in Homunculus patagonicus.

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2012 Link to item Cite

ORIGIN OF THE GREATER ANTILLEAN PRIMATE FAUNA

Conference JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY · January 1, 2012 Link to item Cite

ENDOCAST SHAPE AND BRAIN PROPORTIONS IN PRIMATES

Conference JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY · January 1, 2012 Link to item Cite

THE PALEOENVIRONMENT AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE COASTAL MIOCENE SANTA CRUZ FORMATION (LATE EARLY MIOCENE, ARGENTINA)

Conference JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY · January 1, 2012 Link to item Cite

Semicircular canal orthogonality, not radius, best predicts mean speed of locomotor head rotation: a new hypothesis with implications for reconstructing behaviors in extinct species.

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

Dietary quality and brain size in platyrrhines: support for the "Expensive Tissue Hypothesis".

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2009 Link to item Cite

NEW INDIAN EOSIMIIDS: THE OLDEST ASIAN RECORD OF ANTHROPOIDS

Conference JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY · September 1, 2008 Link to item Cite

NEW DATA ON ENCEPHALIZATION IN MIOCENE NEW WORLD MONKEYS IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTHROPOID BRAIN EVOLUTION

Conference JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY · September 2008 Link to item Cite

Low magnification dental microwear: The problem of postmortem artifacts

Conference Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 2008 Cite

First Cranial Material of a Juvenile Monkey from the Tertiary of South America: Cranial Anatomy and Dental Eruption Sequence

Conference Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 2008 Cite

New data on encephalization in Miocene New World monkeys: implications for anthropoid brain evolution

Conference Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 2008 Cite

Comparisons of dental microwear texture attributes between facets in three primate taxa

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2008 Link to item Cite

Characterization of primate head accelerations during locomotion: A novel application of 3D motion analysis with comparative implications.

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2008 Link to item Cite

Reconstructing the paleoecology of the Santacrucian fauna (Early-Middle Miocene; Patagonia; Argentina) From form and function. Armadillo and primate examples.

Conference Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 2006 Cite

Morfología y paleobiología de vertebrados. Aplicación a los mamíferos de la Formación Santa Cruz (Mioceno temprano-medio), Patagonia, Argentina

Conference IX Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía, 18 -22 de septiembre, Córdoba, Argentina · 2006 Cite

Tooth root size and chewing muscle leverage in Homunculus, a Miocene Primate from Patagonia.

Conference Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 2006 Cite

Pitheciidae and other platyrrhine seed predators: the dual occupation of the seed predator niche during platyrrhine evolution.

Conference · 2006 Cite

Brain size, activity pattern, and visual acuity in Homunculus patagonicus, an early Miocene stem platyrrhine: the mosaic evolution of brain size and visual acuity in Anthropoidea.

Conference Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 2006 Cite

The interorbital region of Dolichocebus gaimanensis (Platyrrhini, early Miocene, Argentina) based on high resolution X-ray CT imaging—phylogenetic implications.

Conference American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 2004 Cite

Gran Barranca: the most complete South American middle Cenozoic sequence.

Conference · 2004 Cite

The terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene transition at Gran Barranca in Patagonia

Conference · 2004 Cite

Observations on the olfactory system of Tremacebus harringtoni (Platyrrhini, early Miocene, Sacanana, Argentina) based on high resolution X-ray CT scans.

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2004 Link to item Cite

The interorbital region of Dolichocebus gaimanensis (Platyrrhini, early Miocene, Argentina) based on high resolution X-ray CT imaging-phylogenetic implications.

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY · January 1, 2004 Link to item Cite