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Richard F Kay, Professor & Chairman, Biological Anthropology & Anatomy and Internal Scientific Advisory Committee

Contact Info:

Biological Sciences Building

919-684-2143

richard.kay@duke.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., Yale University, 1973
• M. Philosophy, Yale University, 1971

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Kay, R.F., Fleagle, J.G., Mitchell, T.R.T., Colbert, M.W., Bown, T.M.,Powers, D.W.,. "The anatomy of Dolichocebus gaimanensis, a primitive platyrrhine monkey from Argentina.."  2007, in press
2. Kay R.F., Simons E.L., Ross J.. "The basicranial anatomy of African Eocene/Oligocene anthropoids. Are there any clues for platyrrhine origins?."  Ed. Fleage J.G., Gingerich P.D. 2007, in press
3. Perry J.M.G., Kay R.F., Colbert M.W.. "Tooth root size and chewing muscle leverage in Homunculus, a Miocene Primate from Patagonia."  2007: 110A.
4. Ross, C.F. and R.F. Kay. Anthropoid Origins: New Visions (Advances in Primatology). Kluwer/Plenum, 2004. 747 pp.
5. R.F. Kay. Review of The Primate Fossil Record. ed. W. Hartwig. American Journal of Human Biology 15.6 (2003): 839-840.
6. Fleagle, J.G., R.F. Kay, and M.R.L. Anthony. "Fossil New World monkeys." Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics (1997): 473-495.
7. R.F. Kay, Vizcaino, S. F., Bargo M.S., Perry J.M.G., Prevosti F., Fernicola J.C.. "Two new fossil vertebrate localities in the Santa Cruz Formation (late early Miocene, Argentina), ~51 degrees South latitude."  2007 in press
8. Vizcaino S.F., Bargo M.S., Kay R.F.. "Reconstructing the paleoecology of the Santacrucian fauna (Early-Middle Miocene; Patagonia; Argentina) From form and function. Armadillo and primate examples.."  2007: 135A.
9. Teaford, M., Ungar, P.,Kay, R.F.. "Molar shape and molar microwear in the Koobi Fora monkeys: ecomorphological implications." Koobi Fora Research Project, Volume VI, Monkeys. Ed. Jablonski, N.,M.G. Leakey California Academy of Sciences: San Francisco, 2006
10. Plavcan, J.M., R.F. Kay, W.L. Jungers, and C. van Schaik. Reconstructing Behavior in the Primate Fossil Record. Advances in Primatology. New York: Kulwer/Plenum Publishers, 2001. 350 pp.
11. R.F. Kay. Review of Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates. ed. M. A. Norconk, A. L. Rosenberger, and P. A. Garber. International Journal of Primatology (2000).
12. Meldrum, D.J. and R.F. Kay. "Nuciruptor rubricae, a new pitheciin seed predator from the Miocene of Colombia." Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 102 (1997): 407-427.
13. Goin F.J., Sanchez Villagra M.R., Abello A., Kay R.F.. "A new generalized paucituberculatan marsupial from the Oligocene of Bolivia, and the origin of ‘shrew-like’ opossums.."  2007, in press
14. Fleagle, J. G., R.F. Kay. "A new humerus of Homunculus from the Santa Cruz Formation, (early-middle Miocene, Patagonia).."  2007: 62A.
15. Ross, C.F. and R.F. Kay. "Evolving perspectives on Anthropoidea." Anthropoid Origins: New Visions. Ed. C.F. Ross and R.F. Kay Kulwer/Plenum: New York, 2004: 3-41.
16. Kay, R.F., R.H. Madden, R.L. Cifelli, and J.J. Flynn. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. 592 pp.
17. Kay R.F., Kirk E.C., Malinzak M., Colbert M.W.. "Brain size, activity pattern, and visual acuity in Homunculus patagonicus, an early miocene stem platyrrhine: the mosaic evolution of brain size and visual acuity in Anthropoidea.."  2007: 83A-84A.
18. Tafforeau, P. Boistel, R. Boller, E. Bravin, A. Brunet ,M. Chaimanee, Y. Cloetens, P. Feist, M. Hoszowska J. Jaeger, J.-J. Kay, R. F. Lazzari, V. Marivaux, L. Nel, A. Nemoz, C. Thibault, X. Vignaud, P. Zabler, S.. "Applications of X-ray Synchrotron microtomography for non-destructive 3D studies of paleontological specimens.."  2006 in press
19. Ross, C.F. and R. Kay, F. "Anthropoid Origins: Retrospective and Prospective." Anthropoid Origins: New Visions. Ed. C.F. Ross and R.F. Kay Kluwer/Plenum Publishing: New York, 2004: 699-737.
20. R.F. Kay. "A new pitheciin primate from the middle Miocene of Argentina." Am. J. Primatol. 45 (1998): 317-336.
21. Vizcaino, S.F., Bargo, M.S., Kay, R.F.,Milne. "The armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae) of the Santa Cruz formation (early-middle Miocene)."  2006: 255-269.
22. Kirk, E.C. and R.F. Kay. "The Evolution of High Visual Acuity in the Anthropoidea." Anthropoid Origins: New Visions. Ed. C.F. Ross and R.F. Kay Kluwer/Plenum Publishing: New York, 2004: 539-602.
23. Kay, R.F., B.A. Williams, and F. Anaya. "The adaptations of Branisella boliviana, the earliest South American Monkey." Reconstructing Behavior in the Primate Fossil Record. Ed. Plavcan, J. M. Kay, R. F. Jungers, W. L. van Schaik, C. Kulwer/Plenum Publishers: New York, 2002: 339-370.
24. Forasiepi, A.M., Sanchez Villagra, M.R., Goin, F., Madden, R., M., Takai, M., Shigahara, N.,Kay, R.F.,. "A New Hathliacynidae (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) from the middle Miocene of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia."  2006: 670-684.
25. Kay, R.F., B.A. Williams, C. Ross, M. Takai, and N. Shigehara. "Anthropoid origins: a phylogenetic analysis, in Anthropoid Origins: New Visions."  Ed. C.F. Ross and R.F. Kay Kluwer/Plenum: New York, 2004: 91-135.
26. Kay, R.F. and R.H. Madden. "Mammals and rainfall: paleoecology of the middle Miocene at La Venta (Colombia, South America)." J. Hum. Evol. 32 (1997): 161-199.
27. Kay, R.F., R.H. Madden, C. Van Schaik, and D. Higdon. "Primate species richness is determined by plant productivity: implications for conservation." . Procedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 94 (1997): 13023-13027.
28. Kay, R.F., B.J. MacFadden, R.H. Madden, H. Sandeman, and F. Anaya. "Revised age of the Salla beds, Bolivia, and its bearing on the age of the Deseadan South American Land Mammal 'Age'." J. Vert. Paleont. 18 (1998): 189-199.
29. Kay, R.F., R. Madden, M., M.G. Vucetich, A.A. Carlini, M.M. Mazzoni, G.H. Ré, M. Heizler, and H. Sandeman. "Revised age of the Casamayoran South American land Mammals 'Age'-- climatic and biotic implications." Proc. Natn. Acad. Sci. (USA) 96.23 (1999): 13235-13240.