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Academic Profile

Academic Background: PhD in Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1992); MA in Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley; BA in Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley.

Research Interests: Human evolution, skeletal biology, paleoanthropology, with a focus on Homo erectus, dispersal patterns, and morphological variation in early hominins.

Appointments: Professor of Anthropology, New York University; Director, Center for the Study of Human Origins, NYU; Former Chair, Department of Anthropology, NYU.

Awards: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Recipient of multiple National Science Foundation grants.

Publications: Co-author, Human Biology and Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective (Waveland Press); Numerous articles in journals such as Journal of Human Evolution and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Additional Contributions: Frequent contributor to public lectures on human evolution; Advisor to the National Geographic Society.