Andrea (Andi) Jones
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I recently completed
my Ph.D. in biological
anthropology at UC Davis. My interests lie in applying recently
developed
techniques in evolutionary biology, broadly known as the phylogenetic
comparative
method, to reconstruct and evaluate morphologic character evolution in
nonhuman primates. My dissertation investigated the evolution
of brachiating locomotion in one group of New World monkeys, the
Atelines
(Primates: Platyrrhini: 13 species of the genera Alouatta, Ateles,
Brachyteles,
and Lagothrix). I reconstructed the pattern of postcranial
character
evolution in these monkeys to test hypotheses of adaptation and
character
independence in their locomotor system. |
Photo: I am
measuring
the cranial capacity of a mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata)
skull using glass beads.
My
Curriculum Vitae
My major professor Dr.
Henry M. McHenry
My other advisors Dr.
Walter C. Hartwig and Dr.
Elizabeth Strasser
The
Anthropology Department at UC
Davis
Interesting Anthropology and
Primate
Links:
Primates!
Primates! Primates! (The Primate Gallery)
The
Smithsonian Institution Human Origins Program
The
Leakey Foundation
National
Center for Science Education
Darwin
Day!
| Email
me: webmonkey1688 at sbcglobal.net
(substitute @ for "at") Fight spam: click here! Photo: here I am with my little hominid, born August 2004: |
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