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I conducted a morphological field study of two primate populations ( Macaca ochreata ochreata and M. o. brunnescens of Sulawesi, Indonesia) that have been isolated from one another for approximately 9,000 years, under subtly different ecological conditions. My aims were to (1) d…

This dissertation seeks to provide greater insight into the phylogenetic relationships among African and Eurasian Middle Pleistocene humans by placing their facial morphology in a broad evolutionary and developmental context. More specifically, the research goals are to gain a c…

Quantification of various wood anatomical characteristics in annually resolved tree rings has been shown to reveal environmental information on seasonal or shorter timescales that is often not present in ring width alone. The genus Quercus is particularly important to dendroclim…