Primary Faculty
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
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...
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Leslie J. Digby
Associate Professor of the Practice of Evolutionary Anthropology
Office: 08A Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
Phone: (919) 660-7398
My research focuses on the behavior and ecology of non-human primates, including how primates balance cooperation and competition in their breeding strategies. In addition, I examine how animals mitigate the costs of temperature extremes through behavior and the use of microhabitats. Our...
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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...
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Brian Hare
Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Office: 004 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
Phone: (919) 660-7292
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
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,...
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Justin Ledogar
Assistant Research Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Campus Box: 130 Science Drive, Rm 103B, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
I am a biological anthropologist who studies the functional morphology and evolution of the craniofacial complex and teeth in primates. My primary research interests focus on understanding the feeding biomechanics and dietary adaptations of fossil hominins and extant primate species, including...
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Charles L Nunn
Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health
Campus Box: 90383, 106 Biological Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
Herman Pontzer
Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
How did the human body evolve, and how does our species' deep past shape our health and physiology today? Through lab and field research, I investigate the physiology of humans and apes to understand how ecology, lifestyle, diet, and evolutionary history affect metabolism and health. I'm also...
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Anne Pusey
James B. Duke Professor Emerita of Evolutionary Anthropology
Office: 101 Biological Sciences Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
Phone: (919) 684-1848
I have recently retired and am not taking on new students although I am continuing some research projects. I am interested in understanding the evolution of sociality, social structure, and the patterns of competition, cooperation and social bonds in animal species, including humans. Most of my...
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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
Jenny Tung
Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Office: 08 Bio Sci, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 668-4912
Christine Elizabeth Wall
Research Professor Emerita of Evolutionary Anthropology
Office: Room 206B Biological Sciences Building, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
Phone: (919) 668-2543
The focus of my work is the functional and evolutionary anatomy of the head, with an emphasis on how the feeding apparatus works and how it influences and is influenced by other structures and functions. My research focuses primarily on the functional anatomy of extant and extinct primates, but...
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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
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,...
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