Justin Ledogar, Assistant Research Professor

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

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

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1. van Heteren, AH; Wroe, S; Tsang, LR; Mitchell, DR; Ross, P; Ledogar, JA; Attard, MRG; Sustaita, D; Clausen, P; Scofield, RP; Sansalone, G, New Zealand's extinct giant raptor (Hieraaetus moorei) killed like an eagle, ate like a condor., Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 288 no. 1964 (December, 2021), pp. 20211913 [doi]  [abs]
2. Cook, RW; Vazzana, A; Sorrentino, R; Benazzi, S; Smith, AL; Strait, DS; Ledogar, JA, The cranial biomechanics and feeding performance of Homo floresiensis., Interface Focus, vol. 11 no. 5 (October, 2021), pp. 20200083, The Royal Society [doi]  [abs]
3. 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]
4. 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]
5. 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]