Justin Ledogar, Assistant Research Professor

Justin Ledogar

My primary research interests focus on feeding biomechanics and dietary adaptations in extant primates, including modern humans, as well as in fossil hominin species. I apply a range of methods in addressing the questions that interest me, including computer-assisted engineering techniques and the mechanical testing of primate foods in the wild.

See my research website here: https://justinledogar.weebly.com

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Teaching (Spring 2021):

Education:

Ph.D.State University of New York, Albany2015
Recent Publications   (search)

  1. Martin, JM; Leece, AB; Neubauer, S; Baker, SE; Mongle, CS; Boschian, G; Schwartz, GT; Smith, AL; Ledogar, JA; Strait, DS; Herries, AIR, Drimolen cranium DNH 155 documents microevolution in an early hominin species., Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 5 no. 1 (January, 2021), pp. 38-45 [doi]  [abs]
  2. Sansalone, G; Allen, K; Ledogar, JA; Ledogar, S; Mitchell, DR; Profico, A; Castiglione, S; Melchionna, M; Serio, C; Mondanaro, A; Raia, P; Wroe, S, Variation in the strength of allometry drives rates of evolution in primate brain shape., Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 287 no. 1930 (July, 2020), pp. 20200807 [doi]  [abs]
  3. Mitchell, DR; Sherratt, E; Sansalone, G; Ledogar, JA; Flavel, RJ; Wroe, S, Feeding Biomechanics Influences Craniofacial Morphology at the Subspecies Scale among Australian Pademelons (Macropodidae: Thylogale), Journal of Mammalian Evolution, vol. 27 no. 2 (June, 2020), pp. 199-209, Springer Nature America, Inc [doi]  [abs]
  4. Valenta, K; Daegling, DJ; Nevo, O; Ledogar, J; Sarkar, D; Kalbitzer, U; Bortolamiol, S; Omeja, P; Chapman, CA; Ayasse, M; Kay, R; Williams, B, Fruit Selectivity in Anthropoid Primates: Size Matters, International Journal of Primatology, vol. 41 no. 3 (June, 2020), pp. 525-537 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Neaux, D; Wroe, S; Ledogar, JA; Heins Ledogar, S; Sansalone, G, Morphological integration affects the evolution of midline cranial base, lateral basicranium, and face across primates., American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 170 no. 1 (September, 2019), pp. 37-47 [doi]  [abs]