Steven E. Churchill

Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

Office: Duke University, Evolutionary Anthropology, 130 Science Drive, Room 108, Durham, NC 27708

Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383

Phone: (919) 660-7314

churchy@duke.edu

I am a human paleontologist studying morphological and behavioral adaptation in archaic and modern humans of the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Through comparative functional-morphological analysis of human fossil remains, coupled with investigation of the archeological record of...

Christine M. Drea

Earl D. McLean Professor

Office: 129 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, 08 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708-0383

Phone: (919) 660-7367

I have two broad research interests, sexual differentiation and social behavior, both focused on hyenas and primates. I am particularly interested in unusual species in which the females display a suite of masculinized characteristics, including male- like or exaggerated external genitalia...

Elaine Elizabeth Gomez Guevara

Assist Research Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology

elaine.gomez.guevara@duke.edu

Research interests: Aging and life history, sensory ecology, epigenetics, conservation, lemurs

Richard Frederick Kay

Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology

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

Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383

Phone: (919) 684-2143

richard.kay@duke.edu

I have two areas of research:1) the evolution of primates in South America; and 2) the use of primate anatomy to reconstruct the phylogenetic history and adapations of living and extinct primates, especially Anthropoidea.

1) Evolution of primates and mammalian faunal evolution,...

Charles L Nunn

Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health

Office: 106 BioSci Bldg., Durham, NC 27708

Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383

Phone: (919) 613-0465

clnunn@duke.edu

Daniel Oliver Schmitt

Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

Office: 203 Biological Sciences Buildi, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708

Phone: (919) 684-5664

daniel.schmitt@duke.edu

My primary interest is in the evolution of primate locomotion. I am studying the mechanics of movement in primates and other vertebrates in the laboratory to understand the relationship between movement and postcranial morphology, and the unique nature of primates among mammals. Current...

Blythe A. Williams

Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

Office: 0013 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383

Phone: (919) 660-7385

blythe@duke.edu

My research has focused on the evolutionary relationships (phylogenetics) and ecological adaptations of Primates from a paleontological perspective.  I’m also interested in the evolutionary history of human dance.  My current teaching includes Dance Science, Ethics in Evolutionary Anthropology,...