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Jandy B Hanna, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Please note: Jandy has left the "Evolutionary Anthropology" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:
Office Location:  Biological Sciences Building
Email Address: send me a message

Office Hours:

By appointment
Specialties:

Primate Biology
Research Interests: • Locomotion and functional morphology of the post-cranium, particularly in primates

Current projects: Climbing energetics in primates, Climbing kinematics in lorises and Cheirogaleus medius, Climbing kinematics in chamaeleons and anoles, Ground running gaits in primates

My research primarily focuses on the comparative functional morphology, biomechanics, and physiology of locomotion using various experimental methods. I believe that experimental work is an integral part of functional morphological research because it allows in vivo testing of biomechanical models and hypotheses concerning the function of a particular trait. In addition, such in vivo tests allow for a stronger application of functional morphological models to the fossil record, ultimately aiding in a greater understanding of an organism’s evolutionary history. Primates, in particular, are an interesting group to study in regard to their locomotion because they exhibit several modes of locomotion unique among mammals, such as arm swinging and bipedalism. In addition, primates are the only mammalian group that exhibits movement in an arboreal environment over several orders of magnitude in body size, and the physical demands of this locomotor ecology, particularly at large body sizes, is an interesting area of study.

Keywords:

Locomotion, functional morphology, post-cranium, primates, locomotor physiology

Curriculum Vitae
Representative Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. JB Hanna, Vertical climbing kinematics of lorises and Cheirogaleus medius, Journal of Human Evolution (Accepted, in press)
  2. D Schmitt, M Cartmill, TM Griffin, JB Hanna and P Lemelin, Ground running gaits in primates, Journal of Experimental Biology (Submitted, in review)
  3. JB Hanna, JD Polk and D Schmitt, Forelimb and hindlimb forces in walking and galloping primates, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 130 no. 4 (Accepted, in press), pp. 529-535, ISSN 0002-9483 [doi]  [abs]
  4. Schmitt, D and JB Hanna, Substrate alters forelimb to hindlimb peak force ratios in primates, Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 46 no. 3 (2004), pp. 239-254  [abs]
  5. CJ Vinyard and J Hanna, Molar scaling in strepsirrhine primates, JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION, vol. 49 no. 2 (August, 2005), pp. 241-269, Elsevier, ISSN 0047-2484 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]


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