Our program in biological anthropology is concerned with modern human biological diversity and the evolutionary history that has led to that diversity. Students concentrating in biological anthropology develop a firm understanding of the evolutionary processes that lead to physical and behavioral variation in humans and non-humans, and quantitative methods used to explore and explain this variation. Students may take courses in diverse areas including evolutionary biology, genetics, ecology, ethnobiology, epidemiology, nutrition, medical anthropology, primatology and paleontology.
We do not have a program in forensic anthropology.
Biological Anthropology Themes
- Human ecology
- Human and non-human primate evolution
- Functional morphology
- Locomotor Biomechanics
- Decision-making theory
- Childbirth and reproduction
- Primate social behavior
Fulltime Biological Anthropology Faculty
David Tracer (PhD, University of Michigan, 1991)
Biological anthropology, human ecology, nutrition, fertility, growth and development, game theory, decision-making; Papau New Guinea
Anna Warrener (PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, 2011)
Human childbirth, human locomotion, biomechanics, anatomy