http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/BAA/news.html Evolutionary Anthropology News en-us Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:58:17 EST Duke University Faculty Database System 2000-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2 hourly http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-130-0-3145 The Primate Genomics Initiative (PGI) is a newly funded initiative in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology. The goal of the PGI is to facilitate collaborative evolutionary genomics research projects between Duke researchers using nonhuman and human primate models across diverse fields by combining research, Lisa R Jones Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:58:17 EST The Primate Genomics Initiative http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-2689 Congratulations to the Recent Evolutionary Anthropology Ph.D. Graduates: Jonathan Perry, Adam Hartstone-Rose, Meredith Bastian, and Nancy Barrickman. We wish them well in their future endeavors. Vicky K Horton Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:32:32 EDT Graduates http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-2120 Jonathan Perry, Instructor of Research Anatomy, Stony Brook University, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook, NY. Adam Hartstone-Rose, Assistant Professor of Biology, Vicky K Horton Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:35:34 EDT You can find our Recent Graduates at.... http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-1794 Congratulations to former BAA grad student and current Research Associate Dr. Todd Yokley. Todd will be joining the faculty at <a href="http://www.tu.edu/departments.php?id=44&amp;page=350">Touro University</a>, Nevada as an Assistant Professor in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Jill Rhodes Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:50:20 EDT Leaving to Las Vegas http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-1752 In a study published in the May 14 issue of PNAS, BAA's Dr. Elwyn Simons and colleagues including former BAA-er Erik Seiffert revealed surprising new results regarding brain size and sexual dimorphism in <span style="font-style: italic;">Aegyptopithecus zeuxis</span>. Jill Rhodes Tue, 15 May 2007 09:09:28 EDT Brain size and dimorphism in Aegyptopithecus http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-1652 Congratulations to BAA's Dr. Daniel Schmitt, winner of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Basic Science Instruction. Dr. Schmitt, judged by Duke Med School students to be original, Jill Rhodes Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:19:31 EDT Schmitt Gets A Golden Apple http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-1635 The exhibition that has everybody talking about anatomy and the human body - <a href="http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/bodies.html">Bodies...The Exhibition</a> - is coming to Durham. The exhibit displays over 200 whole bodies and organs that have been meticulously dissected and artistically preserved. Jill Rhodes Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:59:50 EDT Bodies...The Exhibition is Coming to Durham http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-1448 Congratulations go to BAA graduate students Randy Ford and Jonathan Perry who were both awarded Bass Advanced Instructorships for the 2007-2008 school year. Jill Rhodes Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:39:46 EST Grad Student Awards http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-1447 BAA is proud to announce the publication of the 3rd edition of Primate Anatomy: An Introduction (Elsevier, an Imprint of Academic Press, January 2007) by our own Friderun Ankel-Simons. Jill Rhodes Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:30:56 EST Primate Anatomy - 3rd Edition http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-1021 Dr. Elwyn Simons, James B. Duke Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy and head of the Division of Fossil Primates, has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Jill Rhodes Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:06:54 EST Simons elected Fellow in AAAS http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-989 In a study published in this month's issue of the <EM>Journal of Human Evolution</EM>,&nbsp;BAA professor Andrea Taylor and&nbsp;colleague Carel van Schaik (chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Zurich and adjunct professor of BAA at Duke)&nbsp;document a relationship between nutritional resources and brain size in orangutans from the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra.&nbsp; Based on a comparative analysis of crania, Steven E. Churchill Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:04:59 EST Brain size and nutrition in orangutans http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-988 For the first time since its inception in 1988, the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy will be housed in a single building on Duke's west campus. Steven E. Churchill Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:58:30 EST BAA on the move! http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-823 Dr. Ken Glander has received a $5,000 New Course Design Grant from the Center for Instructional Technology for his new course, "Food for Thought" (BAA 120). Steven E. Churchill Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:56:14 EDT "Food for Thought" wins CIT grant http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-795 Dr. Joanna Lambert will temporarily join the BAA faculty as a Visiting Associate Professor for the 2006/2007 academic year. Dr. Lambert is currently an Associate Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Zoology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Steven E. Churchill Sun, 20 Aug 2006 08:58:30 EDT Welcome Dr. Joanna Lambert! http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-794 Starting in September, Dr. Richard Kay will serve as the Program Director of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Physical Anthropology Program. The Program is a part of the Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences Division of the Social, Steven E. Churchill Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:02:14 EDT Dr. Rich Kay to lead NSF Physical Anthropology Program. http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-770 Dr. Brian Hare, currently the Director of the Hominoid Psychology Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, Germany), Steven E. Churchill Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:38:51 EDT Brian Hare to join BAA faculty in 2007 http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-692 Rob Deaner who received his PhD from Duke's Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Department has been chosen to fill an opening at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Vicky K Horton Fri, 12 May 2006 15:13:15 EDT Dr. Rob Deaner headed to Grand Valley State Univ. http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-691 Congratulations to Todd Yokley and Jandy Hanna on successfully defending their PhD theses. Jandy's doctoral dissertation was on "Climbing Energetics in Primates: Vicky K Horton Fri, 12 May 2006 15:13:30 EDT Hanna and Yokley receive PhD's from BAA in 2006 http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-22-0-0-389 Former BAA graduate student Erik Seiffert, working with Duke paleoanthropologists Elwyn Simons and Prithijit Chatrath, as well as other researchers, described two new speices of fossil primate Ryn Nasser Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:35:29 EST Duke researchers name two new species of fossil primates