Blythe A. Williams

Blythe A. Williams

Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

External address: 
0013 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Internal office address: 
Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
Phone: 
(919) 660-7385

Overview

I'm interested in the evolutionary relationships and ecological adaptations of primates, with particular focus on the initial diversification of the order Primates, the origin of the Anthropoidea, and the early hominoid radiation. I am also interested in the effects of climate change on the evolution of primates.

Degrees & Credentials

  • Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder 1994

  • M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder 1989

  • B.A., Hamline University 1983

Williams, BA, Ross, CF, Frost, SR, Waddle, DM, Gabadirwe, M, and Brook, GA. "Fossil papio cranium from !Ncumtsa (Koanaka) Hills, western Ngamiland, Botswana." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 149.1 (September 2012): 1-17. Full Text

Williams, BA. "Effects of climate change on primate evolution in the Cenozoic (Accepted)." Nature Education (2012). (Academic Article)

Kirk, EC, and Williams, BA. "New adapiform primate of Old World affinities from the Devil's Graveyard Formation of Texas." Journal of Human Evolution 61.2 (2011): 156-168. Full Text

Williams, BA, Kay, RF, and Kirk, EC. "New perspectives on anthropoid origins." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107.11 (March 8, 2010): 4797-4804. Full Text

Williams, BA, Kay, RF, Kirk, EC, and Ross, CF. "Darwinius masillae is a strepsirrhine-a reply to Franzen et al. (2009)." Journal of Human Evolution 59.5 (2010): 567-573. Full Text

Williams, BA, Kay, RF, and Kirk, EC. "New Perspectives on Anthropoid Origins." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 107 (2010): 4794-4804. (Academic Article)

Kirk, EC, and Williams, BA. "Phylogenetic relationships of late Uintan primates from the Devil's Graveyard Formation, Texas." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (2009): 165-166.

Williams, BA, and Kirk, EC. "New Uintan primates from Texas and their implications for North American patterns of species richness during the Eocene." J Hum Evol 55.6 (December 2008): 927-941. Full Text

Bajpai, S, Kay, RF, Williams, BA, Das, DP, Kapur, VV, and Tiwari, BN. "The oldest Asian record of Anthropoidea." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105.32 (2008): 11093-11098. Full Text

Williams, BA. "Comparing levels of homoplasy in the primate skeleton." J Hum Evol 52.5 (May 2007): 480-489. Full Text

Pages

Simons, EL, Ankel-Simons, F, Chatrath, PS, Kay, RS, Williams, B, Fleagle, JG, Gebo, DL, Beard, CK, Dawson, M, Tattersall, I, and Rose, KD. "Outrage at high price paid for a fossil." Nature 460.7254 (July 2009): 456-null. (Letter) Full Text

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