Evolutionary Anthropology Faculty
Heather J H Edgar
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Professor
Forensic Anthropologist, Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI); Director, Bridge Lab
Areas of Research:
Bioarchaeology, human biocultural variation, forensic anthropology; US and Mexico
Melissa Emery Thompson
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Professor and Associate Chair
Assistant Vice President for Research; Director, Comparative Human and Primate Physiology Center; Co-Director, Kibale Chimpanzee Project
Areas of Research:
Evolution of human life history, aging, primate behavioral ecology, endocrinology
Keith Hunley
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Professor
Associate Dean for Social Sciences & Interdisiplinary Departments
Areas of Research:
Human origins and prehistory; genetic and linguistic co-evolution; human population genetics, genetic ancestry, health and ethnicity in New Mexico.
Jeffrey Long
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Professor
Director, Genetics Computation Lab
- Email:
- jlo@unm.edu
- Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Research:
Molecular population genetics and evolution, complex traits, statistical genetics, human evolution
Siobhán M Mattison
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Associate Professor
Director, Human Family and Evolutionary Demography Lab
Areas of Research:
Kinship, parenting, reproduction, social inequality, human behavioral ecology, China, Vanuatu
Martin Muller
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Professor
Co-Director, Comparative Human and Primate Physiology Center; Co-Director, Kibale Chimpanzee Project
Areas of Research:
Primate behavioral ecology, reproductive ecology, behavioral and reproductive endocrinology
Sherry Nelson
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Associate Professor
Interim Department Chair; Director, Paleoecology Lab
Areas of Research:
Paleoecology of Miocene apes, hominids; stable isotopic and dental microwear analyses; Asia, Africa, Europe
Osbjorn Pearson
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Professor and Regents' Lecturer
Areas of Research:
Paleoanthropology, origin of modern humans, skeletal biology, functional morphology, quantitative methods; Africa, Europe
Ian Wallace
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Assistant Professor
Director, Human Physical Activity Lab
Areas of Research:
Human evolution, musculoskeletal biology and health, locomotor biomechanics, evolutionary medicine