Profile
Chris Kirk
Associate Professor — Ph.D., Duke University
Contact
- E-mail: eckirk@austin.utexas.edu
- Phone: (512) 471-0056
- Office: SAC 5.154
- Office Hours: Spring 2013: Wednesdays 11 a.m.-Noon
- Campus Mail Code: C3200
Biography
I am a physical anthropologist who studies primate adaptations and evolution. I completed my Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology and Anatomy at Duke University in 2003. I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and an Assistant Research Professor at the Texas Memorial Museum.
Research Interests:
I have a broad array of research interests in physical anthropology, including sensory ecology, functional morphology, and primate evolution. I am currently conducting research on (1) the relationship between visual anatomy and visual ecology, (2) the functional morphology of the inner ear, and (3) the evolution of North American Eocene primates.
One major part of my research focuses on the evolution of primate sensory systems. This research is important to physical anthropology because many of the major adaptive shifts that occurred during the course of primate evolution involved key changes in sensory anatomy and ecology. For example, primate origins involved a major reorganization of the visual system, including the evolution of larger eyes, convergent optic axes, and a broader field of binocular vision. All of these features are probably related to the need for acute and sensitive vision in the context of nocturnal visual predation. Similarly, the origin of haplorhine primates (tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans) was associated with the evolution of features supporting very high visual acuity (e.g., a retinal fovea, macula lutea, postorbital plate, small corneas relative to eye size, etc.) and a simultaneous reduction in the size and complexity of the nasal fossa. There are many other examples of major adaptive shifts in primate sensory system evolution, including the parallel evolution of trichromatic color vision in some lemurs and anthropoids, the complete loss of color vision in lorisiforms, and the loss of the vomeronasal organ in catarrhines.
A second major part of my research focuses on the evolution of primates in North America during the Eocene Epoch (about 56 to 34 million years ago). Since 2004, I have been conducting paleontological research in the Big Bend region of Texas at the Dalquest Desert Research Site. This fieldwork has yielded a large sample of Uintan vertebrates that are currently under study, including a least 3 species of fossil primates that are unique to West Texas.
Background: Eocene badlands of the Devil's Graveyard Formation, Texas
ANT 301 • Physical Anthropology-Honors
31090 •
Fall 2013
Meets
TTH 1100am-1230pm SAC 5.172
show description
This course is an introduction to the principles and the methods of physical anthropology. Physical anthropology is the study of human beings in a biological context, and seeks to explain our relationship to other primates and to the rest of the natural world. In other words, who are we? how are we unique? how, why, an when did we come to be the way we are?The study of physical anthropology requires many different types of knowledge. Throughout the course, we will examine anatomical, behavioral, and genetic similarities and differences among living primates, learn the basic mechanisms of the evolutionary process, and trace a pathway of human evolution as reconstructed from the fossil record. The main goal of the course is to obtain a clear understanding of our place in nature.
ANT 301 • Physical Anthropology
30975-31025 •
Spring 2013
Meets
MW 200pm-300pm WEL 1.316
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Physical anthropology is the study of the behavior, ecology, and evolution of primates (including humans). This course is intended to provide an introduction to the field and an overview of its sub-disciplines. We will begin with a survey of living primates. The remaining lecture material will be divided between 1) primate behavior and ecology, 2) macroevolution, and 3) primate and human evolution. Labs will generally expand on concepts presented in lectures, and will provide students with an opportunity for hands-on exploration of skeletal and fossil materials.
ANT 350C • Primate Sensory Ecology
31255 •
Fall 2012
Meets
TTH 1230pm-200pm SAC 5.172
show description
Primate Sensory Ecology is a course designed for advanced undergraduates in physical anthropology and the biological sciences. This course provides an opportunity for detailed study of primate sensory systems from an ecological and comparative phylogenetic perspective.
The core topics covered in this course are the special senses of hearing, vision, and smell, with a special emphasis on the adaptive and ecological significance of sensory adaptations in primates. For each of these senses, lectures and readings will provide a comprehensive review of the following concepts: 1) general anatomy and physiology, 2) development and genetic regulation, 3) functional morphology and mechanics, 4) neural control and regulation, 5) psychophysics, 6) biological role and behavioral ecology, 7) phylogenetic history and fossil record. Additional senses that will be covered in a less-comprehensive fashion include touch, taste, balance and equilibrium, and the Jacobson's organ.
In studying each sensory system, a strong emphasis will be placed on understanding the relationship between variant morphologies and behavioral capabilities. This dual focus on morphology and behavioral ecology will provide students with an explicit understanding of the effect that the functional design of a sensory system has on an organism's adaptive niche. All information will be presented within a comparative phylogenetic framework, so that evolutionary novelties (e.g., the haplorhine retinal fovea) can be understood in terms of the macroevolutionary processes responsible for the novel feature's appearance. This approach will further emphasize the importance of certain evolutionary changes in primate sensory systems as key innovations. Toward this end, discussions of current literature will cover a number of special topics in addition to the more basic aspects of sensory system morphology and function.
ANT 398T • Supv Teaching In Anthropology
31450 •
Fall 2012
Meets
TH 200pm-500pm SAC 4.120
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ANT 301 • Physical Anthropology-Honors
31090 •
Spring 2012
Meets
TTH 1230pm-200pm SAC 5.172
show description
This course is an introduction to the principles and the methods of physical anthropology. Physical anthropology is the study of human beings in a biological context, and seeks to explain our relationship to other primates and to the rest of the natural world. In other words, who are we? how are we unique? how, why, an when did we come to be the way we are?The study of physical anthropology requires many different types of knowledge. Throughout the course, we will examine anatomical, behavioral, and genetic similarities and differences among living primates, learn the basic mechanisms of the evolutionary process, and trace a pathway of human evolution as reconstructed from the fossil record. The main goal of the course is to obtain a clear understanding of our place in nature.
ANT 301 • Physical Anthropology
30805-30855 •
Fall 2011
Meets
MW 1100am-1200pm SAC 1.402
show description
This course is an introduction to the principles and the methods of physical anthropology. Physical anthropology is the study of human beings in a biological context, and seeks to explain our relationship to other primates and to the rest of the natural world. In other words, who are we? how are we unique? how, why, an when did we come to be the way we are?The study of physical anthropology requires many different types of knowledge. Throughout the course, we will examine anatomical, behavioral, and genetic similarities and differences among living primates, learn the basic mechanisms of the evolutionary process, and trace a pathway of human evolution as reconstructed from the fossil record. The main goal of the course is to obtain a clear understanding of our place in nature.
ANT 301 • Physical Anthropology
29830-29885 •
Fall 2010
Meets
MW 100pm-200pm JES A121A
show description
This course is an introduction to the principles and the methods of physical anthropology. Physical anthropology is the study of human beings in a biological context, and seeks to explain our relationship to other primates and to the rest of the natural world. In other words, who are we? how are we unique? how, why, an when did we come to be the way we are?The study of physical anthropology requires many different types of knowledge. Throughout the course, we will examine anatomical, behavioral, and genetic similarities and differences among living primates, learn the basic mechanisms of the evolutionary process, and trace a pathway of human evolution as reconstructed from the fossil record. The main goal of the course is to obtain a clear understanding of our place in nature.
ANT 301 • Physical Anthropology
81525 •
Summer 2010
Meets
MTWTHF 230pm-400pm EPS 2.136
show description
Physical anthropology is the study of the behavior, ecology, and evolution of primates (including humans). This course is intended to provide an introduction to the field and an overview of its subdisciplines. We will begin with a survey of living primates. The remaining lecture material will be divided between 1) primate behavior and ecology, 2) macroevolution, and 3) primate and human evolution.
ANT 301 • Physical Anthropology
30015-30065 •
Spring 2010
Meets
MW 200pm-300pm JES A121A
show description
This course is an introduction to the principles and the methods of physical anthropology. Physical anthropology is the study of human beings in a biological context, and seeks to explain our relationship to other primates and to the rest of the natural world. In other words, who are we? how are we unique? how, why, an when did we come to be the way we are?The study of physical anthropology requires many different types of knowledge. Throughout the course, we will examine anatomical, behavioral, and genetic similarities and differences among living primates, learn the basic mechanisms of the evolutionary process, and trace a pathway of human evolution as reconstructed from the fossil record. The main goal of the course is to obtain a clear understanding of our place in nature.
ANT 301 • Physical Anthropology
29565-29615 •
Spring 2009
Meets
MW 200pm-300pm JES A121A
show description
This course is an introduction to the principles and the methods of physical anthropology. Physical anthropology is the study of human beings in a biological context, and seeks to explain our relationship to other primates and to the rest of the natural world. In other words, who are we? how are we unique? how, why, an when did we come to be the way we are?The study of physical anthropology requires many different types of knowledge. Throughout the course, we will examine anatomical, behavioral, and genetic similarities and differences among living primates, learn the basic mechanisms of the evolutionary process, and trace a pathway of human evolution as reconstructed from the fossil record. The main goal of the course is to obtain a clear understanding of our place in nature.
Publications
Publications
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2011 Kirk, E. C. & Williams, B. A. New adapiform primate of Old World affinities from the Devil’s Graveyard Formation of Texas. Journal of Human Evolution. 61: 156-168.
2010 Williams, B. A., Kay, R. F., & Kirk, E. C. New perspectives on anthropoid origins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107: 4797–4804.
2010 Williams, B. A., Kay, R. F., Kirk, E. C., & Ross C. F. Darwinius masillae is a strepsirrhine – a reply to Franzen et al. (2009). Journal of Human Evolution. 59: 567-573.
2009 Menegaz, R. A., & Kirk, E. C. Septa and processes: convergent evolution of the orbit in haplorhine primates and strigiform birds. Journal of Human Evolution 57: 672-687.
2009 Kirk, E. C. & Gosselin-Ildari, A. Cochlear labyrinth volume and hearing abilities in primates. Anatomical Record 292: 765-776.
2009 Veilleux, C. C., & Kirk, E. C. Visual acuity in the cathemeral strepsirrhine Eulemur macaco flavifrons. American Journal of Primatology 71: 1-10.
2008 Isler, K., Kirk, E. C., Miller, J. M. A., Albrecht, G. A., Gelvin, B. R., & Martin, R. D. Endocranial volumes of primate species: Scaling analyses using a comprehensive and reliable dataset. Journal of Human Evolution 55: 967-978.
2008 Williams, B. A., & Kirk, E. C. New Uintan primates from Texas and their implications for North American patterns of species richness during the Eocene. Journal of Human Evolution 55: 927-941.
2008 Kirk, E. C., Lemelin, P., Hamrick, M. W., Boyer, D. M., & Bloch, J. I. Intrinsic hand proportions of primates and other euarchontan mammals: implications for the locomotor behavior of plesiadapiforms. Journal of Human Evolution 55: 278-299.
2007 Ross, C. F. & Kirk, E. C. Evolution of eye size and shape in primates. Journal of Human Evolution 52: 294-313.
2006 Kirk, E. C. Effects of activity pattern on eye size and orbital aperture size in primates. Journal of Human Evolution 51: 159-170.
2006 Kirk, E. C. Visual influences on primate encephalization. Journal of Human Evolution 51: 76-90.
2006 Kirk, E. C. Eye morphology in cathemeral lemurids and other mammals. Folia Primatologica 77: 27-49.
2005 Smith, D. W., Kirk, E. C., & Buss, E. The function(s) of the medial olivocochlear efferent system in hearing. In: D. Pressnitzer, A. De Cheveigné, S. McAdams, & L. Collet (eds.) Auditory Signal Processing: Physiology, Psychoacoustics, and Models. Springer-Verlag, New York. p. 75-83.
2004 Kirk, E. C. Comparative morphology of the eye in primates. Anatomical Record 281A: 1095-1103.
2004 Kirk, E. C., & Kay, R. F. The evolution of high visual acuity in the Anthropoidea. In: C. F. Ross & R. F. Kay (eds.) Anthropoid Origins: New Visions. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. p. 539-602.
2003 Kirk, E. C., Cartmill, M., Kay, R. F., & Lemelin, P. Comment on “Grasping primate origins”. Science 300: 5620.
2003 Kirk, E. C., & Smith, D. W. Protection from acoustic trauma is not a primary function of the medial olivocochlear efferent system. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 4: 445-465.
2001 Kirk, E. C., & Simons, E. L. Diets of fossil primates from the Fayum Depression of Egypt: a quantitative analysis of molar shearing. Journal of Human Evolution 40: 203-229.
2000 Kay, R. F., & Kirk, E. C. Osteological evidence for the evolution of activity pattern and visual acuity in primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 113: 235-262.
Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Addison Kemp
Addie came to UT in 2011 after completing a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Helsinki. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 2009 with a BA in Biology. She's intersted in a wide range of topics, including primate origins, evo-devo of the primate limbs, and functional morphology of the ear and autopodia.
Former Graduate Students
Carrie Veilleux, Ph.D. (2012)
Dissertation Title: Effects of Light Environments on the Evolution of Primate Visual Systems
View Carrie's Home Page
Laura Alport, Ph.D. (2009)
Dissertation Title: Fungiform Papillae and the Evolution of the Primate Gustatory System
Magda Muchlinski, Ph.D. (2008)
Dissertation Title: Ecological and Morphological Correlates of Infraorbital Foramen Size and its Paleoecological Implications
Magda is currently an Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Kentucky.
View Magda's Home Page
Info for Prospective Students
Interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology at UT Austin?
All of the physical anthropology faculty here at UT mentor graduate students. The strongest applicants to our graduate program typically have:
- High GRE scores
- A high undergraduate GPA
- Strong letters of recommendation based on personal knowledge of the applicant
- Research interests that are complementary to those of their chosen advisor
- A personal statement that describes a clear research agenda and professional goals
- Some prior research experience
Students accepted for graduate study in Anthropology at UT are typically offered a minimum of five years of funding in the form of TAships. [My advice: never accept an offer of admission from a graduate program in anthropology that does not provide funding in some form.] Students take 2 years of graduate coursework, although they are welcome to take or audit relevant courses after they have finished their course requirements. We typically expect a student to have completed his or her MA by the end of 2 to 2.5 years. Opinions about the appropriate format of Masters theses vary from one advisor to the next. My personal philosophy is that an MA thesis should lead to a peer-reviewed publication - I have my students to write their MA theses in the format of a journal article so that they're ready to submit as soon as the thesis is approved. Once students have completed their MA and advanced to Ph.D. candidacy, they are encouraged to complete their Ph.D. theses within 2-4 years. The amount of time required to complete a Ph.D. thesis is strongly influenced by (1) the amount of time required to secure funding for the thesis project and (2) the amount of time required to collect data (including fieldwork).
One important piece of information for all prospective graduate students to keep in mind is that NSF offers generous Graduate Research Fellowships. These fellowships offer more money than most TAships, free you from teaching responsibilities for 3 years, greatly increase your chances of being accepted to graduate school, and are very prestigious. The bottom line: if you are applying for graduate school in physical anthropology, you should also be applying for an NSF GRF.
According to the National Science Foundation, the average time to complete a Ph.D. in 2006 and 2008 across all graduate programs varied by area as follows:
6.9 years in Engineering and Life Sciences
7.8 years in Social Sciences
9.0 years in Humanities
For more information, see:
Physical Anthropology Program Page
Graduate Admissions Information Page
College of Liberal Arts Tips for Prospective Grad Students
Other Physical Anthropology Faculty
Eocene Fieldwork
Since 2004, I have been collecting vertebrate fossils at the Dalquest Desert Research Site (DDRS). Located in the Big Bend region of southwest Texas, the DDRS is a 1200 ha. scientific field station owned and managed by Midwestern State University. The DDRS includes extensive exposures of the Eocene Devil´s Graveyard Formation, and collecting trips have yielded one of the best-preserved late Uintan faunas known from North America. The Uintan fauna from the DDRS includes a diverse array of mammalian taxa, such as rhinos, tapirs, brontotheres, artiodactyls, carnivores, creodonts, mesonychids, condylarths, rodents, and insectivores. Several genera of fossil primates are also known from the DDRS, including the adapiforms Mescalerolemur and Mahgarita and the omomyiforms Diablomomys and Mytonius.
More recently, I have expanded my area of study to include other exposures of the Devil's Graveyard Formation and sediments of similar age in Big Bend National Park. Taken as a whole, West Texas vertebrate faunas collected in and around Big Bend National Park, the Devil's Graveyard, and the Sierra Vieja provide a record of North American vertebrate evolution spanning the the entire Eocene (Wasatchian - Chadronian).
Research collaborators include Chris Campisano (ASU), who is revising the sedimentary stratigraphy of the Devil´s Graveyard Formation and working to provide Ar-Ar radiometric dates for key fossil localities. Michelle Stocker (UT) is conducting research on the herpetofauna from the DDRS, and is currently describing several new species of crocodylians and amphisbaenians.
More information on Eocene primates:
Big Bend Photos:
Sunrise in the Big Bend
Breakfast on a cold morning
Morning hike to the outcrop
Adam Gordon (SUNY Albany) prospecting
Sam Wilson (UT Austin) prospecting
Rachel Dunn excavates a rhino skull
Teeth of the Eocene rhino Amynodon
Michelle Stocker (UT Austin) quarrying.
Chris Kirk (left) and Gabby Yearwood (right) with a crocodile cranium
Kathleen Muldoon (Dartmouth) examines a rodent jaw
Primate mandible
Field Crew 2010 (from left, Rob Burroughs, Matt Chimera, Krista Church, Elissa Ludeman, Jaime Mata-Miguez, Parham Daghighi, Gabrielle Russo)
Field Crew 2011 (from left, Laura Stroik, Kari Allen, Katie Criswell, Gabrielle Russo, Rachel Simon, Lauren Gonzales, Elissa Ludeman, Andrew Barr, Rob Burroughs, Travis Wicks, Adam Gordon)
Field Crew 2013 (from left, Chris Campisano, Lillian Spencer, Matt Brown, Addie Kemp, Sarah Wilson, Beth Townsend, Margaret Lewis)
Relaxing after a long day
Courses Offered
Undergraduate Courses
ANT 301 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Physical anthropology is the study of the behavior, ecology, and evolution of primates (including humans). ANT 301 provides an introduction to the field physical anthropology and an overview of its subdisciplines. We typically begin with a survey of living primates. The remaining lecture material is divided between 1) primate behavior and ecology, 2) macroevolution, and 3) primate and human evolution. Students in ANT 301 attend labs that (a) expand on concepts presented in lectures and (b) provide an opportunity for hands-on exploration of skeletal and fossil materials.
NOTE: ANT 301 is a required prerequisite for most upper division physical anthropology courses.
ANT 348K - Primate Sensory Ecology
Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with their environment. Sensory ecology is the study of how organisms acquire and respond to information about their environment.
Primate Sensory Ecology is a course designed for advanced undergraduates in physical anthropology and the biological sciences. This course provides an opportunity for detailed study of primate sensory systems from an ecological and comparative perspective.
The core topics covered in this course are the special senses of vision, hearing, and smell, with a particular emphasis on the adaptive and ecological significance of primate sensory adaptations. For each of these senses, lectures and readings will review all or some of the following concepts: 1) general and comparative anatomy and physiology, 2) evolutionary history, 3) development, 4) neural pathways and central processing, 5) psychophysics, and 6) behavioral ecology.
In studying each sensory system, the relationship between morphological variation and behavioral capabilities is highlighted. This dual focus on morphology and behavioral ecology provides students with an explicit understanding of the effect that the functional anatomy of a sensory system has on an organism's niche. All information is presented within a comparative phylogenetic framework, so that evolutionary novelties can be understood in terms of the macro-evolutionary processes responsible for the novel feature's appearance.
ANT 348K - Evolutionary Anatomy of the Head and Neck
Evolutionary Anatomy of the Head and Neck is a course designed for upper division undergraduates in physical anthropology, paleontology, and the biological sciences. The objective of this course is to provide a detailed overview of the comparative and functional anatomy of the head, with particular attention to the teeth and cranium. The taxonomic focus of this course is foremost on humans, followed by other primates, other mammals, and other vertebrates. In addition to learning the gross anatomy of the head, an emphasis is placed on understanding the functional and phylogenetic significance of macroevolutionary transformations of cephalic structures through time. The format of the course includes lecture, discussions, and in-class laboratory components.
Links to Other Web Pages
Chris Kirk - Commentary on the Web / Popular Media:
2013
Texas Ten teaching award: http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2013/03/the-texas-10-miguel-ferguson-chris-kirk-and-ruth-buskirk/
Alcalde feature "A University of the First Class": http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2013/04/a-university-of-the-first-class-chris-kirk/
Mammal Eye Shape and the Nocturnal Bottleneck - Academic Minute Podcast:
Leuckart's Law and Eye Size in Mammals - UT Knowledge Matters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqqB2FMe2us&list=PL2ED4EA0945375B9A&index=47
2012
Mammal Eye Shape and the Nocturnal Bottleneck - Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121031161025.htm
Eye Size and Running Speed in Mammals - Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502112606.htm
Eye Size and Running Speed in Mammals - Discovery News: http://news.discovery.com/animals/eye-size-running-120504.html
Tarsier Ultrasound: http://news.discovery.com/animals/tarsier-ultrasound-120207.html
Orbit Size and Latitude: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bright-sized-skull-study&WT.mc_id=SA_sharetool_StumbleUpon
Scleral Rings - Dinosaur Tracking: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/02/the-debate-over-dinosaur-sight/
2011
Mescalerolemur horneri - Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516121537.htm
Mescalerolemur horneri - Wired Science: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/05/mescalerolemur-it-came-from-the-devils-graveyard/
UT Life and Letters: http://sites.la.utexas.edu/lifeandletters/2011/11/15/dig-this/
UT Hot Science Cool Talk - Evolution of Human Vision: http://mediasite.esi.utexas.edu/UTMediasite/Viewer/?peid=2dbdb0ead524480e87c6e214b6bc63511d
Commander Ben Interview: http://commanderben.com/category/dr-chris-kirk/
2010
Darwinius Critique - Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100302131719.htm
Darwinius Critique - Wired Science: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/new-study-confirms-that-ida-is-not-our-great-great-great-great-etc-grandmother/
Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship: http://www.insideourcampus.com/2010/05/chris-kirk-surprised-with-friar-centennial-teaching-fellowship/
2008
Diablomomys dalquesti: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111401.htm
Physical Anthropology Links:
American Association of Physical Anthropology: http://www.physanth.org/
American Society of Primatologists: http://www.asp.org/
AAPA Job Listings: http://www.physanth.org/job-postings
Primate Lit Database: http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/
Primate Info Net: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/
Vertebrate Paleontology Links:
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: http://www.vertpaleo.org/
UT Jackson School of Geosciences Vertebrate Paleontology Program: http://www.geo.utexas.edu/grad/programs/paleontology.html
Bridger Basin Project: http://www.rockymountainpaleontology.com/bridger/
American Association of Anatomists: http://www.anatomy.org/
eSkeletons Primate Comparative Anatomy: http://www.eskeletons.org/
eLucy Digital Atlas of A. afarensis AL-288: http://www.elucy.org/
Digimorph CT Scan Archive: http://www.digimorph.org/
Woods Hole Computerized Scanning and Imaging Facility: http://csi.whoi.edu/
Animal Diversity Web: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
Mammalian Crania Photo Archive: http://macro.dokkyomed.ac.jp/mammal/en/mammal.html
Comparative Mammalian Brain Images: http://brainmuseum.org/
Mouse Lemur Brain Atlas: http://atlasserv.caltech.edu/Lemur/Start_lemur.html
Promenade Round the Cochlea: http://www.neuroreille.com/promenade/english/start_gb.htm
Heffner Lab Behavioral Audiograms: http://psychology.utoledo.edu/showpage.asp?name=mammal_hearing
Field Schools:
Primate Behavior & Tropical Ecology Field Schools
Madagascar: Stony Brook / Centre Val Bio - http://icte.bio.sunysb.edu/pages/study_abroad.html
Kenya: Rutgers - http://primate.rutgers.edu/overview.html
Costa Rica: La Suerte - http://www.lasuerte.org/lasuerte.html
Nicaragua: Ometepe - http://www.lasuerte.org/ometepe.html
Costa Rica: DANTA - http://danta.info/index.php
Panama: Bocas Del Toro - http://www.itec-edu.org/
Belize and Ghana: University of Calgary - http://anth.ucalgary.ca/home/field-schools
Lemur Conservation Foundation (Florida) - http://www.lemurreserve.org/vasey.html
Human Evolution Field Schools
Ethiopia: Hadar (ASU) - http://shesc.asu.edu/study-abroad-field-schools/field-school/hadar
South Africa (ASU) - http://shesc.asu.edu/safrica
Kenya: Koobi Fora (Rutgers) - http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~kffs/
Kenya: Turkana Basin (Stony Brook) - http://www.turkanabasin.org/fieldschool/
Archaeology Field Schools
UT - Belize - http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~marl/pfbap.htm
Museum Collections Databases:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Vert Paleo: http://collections.carnegiemnh.org/vp/specimen/
Texas Memorial Museum Vert Paleo: http://www.npl.utexas.edu/vpl/databases/index.php
National Museum of Natural History Paleontology: http://paleobiology.si.edu/collections/paleoCollections.html
National Museum of Natural History Mammalogy: http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/mammals_databases.html
Field Museum of Natural History Mammalogy: http://emuweb.fieldmuseum.org/mammals/Query.php
American Museum of Natural History Mammalogy: http://entheros.amnh.org/db/emuwebamnh/logon.php
American Museum of Natural History Paleontology: http://research.amnh.org/paleontology/search.php
Science News / Blogs:
Laelaps: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/blog/laelaps/
Primate Diaries: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/
Andrew Barr's Paleoecology Blog: http://www.ancienteco.com/
Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Science 2.0: http://www.science20.com
Research Funding For UT Austin Students:
Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Awards: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/student-affairs/Programs/scholarships-hidden/Undergraduate-Research-Awards.php
Liberal Arts Research/Conference Travel Graduate Fellowships: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/student-affairs/Programs/scholarships-hidden/Liberal-Arts-ResearchConference-Travel-Graduate-Fellowships.php
Phys Anthro Graduate Programs
Physical Anthropology Graduate Programs By State:
(Number of faculty, areas of specialization, and degrees offered vary by program)
ARIZONA
Arizona State University: http://shesc.asu.edu/
---See also ASU Institute for Human Origins: http://iho.asu.edu/
University of Arizona: http://anthropology.arizona.edu/
CALIFORNIA
University of California Davis: http://anthropology.ucdavis.edu/
---See also faculty affiliates of California National Primate Research Center: http://www.cnprc.ucdavis.edu/
University of Southern California: http://www.usc.edu/dept/elab/anth/index.html
---See also USC Jane Goodall Research Center: http://college.usc.edu/labs/janegoodall/home/index.cfm
University of California Los Angeles: http://www.anthro.ucla.edu/
CONNECTICUT
Yale University: http://www.yale.edu/anthro/anthropology/Dept_news/Dept_news.html
COLORADO
University of Colorado: http://www.colorado.edu/Anthropology/
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
George Washington University: http://www.gwu.edu/~anth/
---See also GWU Hominid Paleobiology: http://cashp.gwu.edu/
GEORGIA
Emory University: http://www.anthropology.emory.edu/
---See also faculty affiliates of Yerkes National Primate Research Center:http://www.yerkes.emory.edu/
ILLINOIS
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign: http://www.anthro.illinois.edu/
SIU Carbondale: http://www.anthro.siuc.edu/
MASSACHUSSETTS
Harvard University: http://www.heb.fas.harvard.edu/
MICHIGAN
University of Michigan: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/anthro/
---See also University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology: http://www.paleontology.lsa.umich.edu/
MISSOURI
Washington University - St. Louis: http://artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/
NEW JERSEY
Rutgers: http://anthro.rutgers.edu/
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico State University: http://www.nmsu.edu/~anthro/
University of New Mexico: http://www.unm.edu/~anthro/index.html
NEW YORK
Stony Brook University: http://www.anat.stonybrook.edu/IDPAS/
---See also Stony Brook Anatomy Dept: http://www.anat.stonybrook.edu/
NYCEP: http://www.nycep.org/
New York University: http://anthropology.as.nyu.edu/page/home
---See also NYU Center for Human Origins: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/anthro/programs/csho/
CUNY: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/anthropology/physical.html
NORTH CAROLINA
Duke University: http://www.evolutionaryanthropology.duke.edu/
---See also Duke Lemur Center: http://lemur.duke.edu/
---See also Duke Division of Fossil Primates: http://www.fossils.duke.edu/
OHIO
Ohio State University: http://anthropology.osu.edu/
University of Cincinnati: http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/collegedepts/anthro/about.aspx
Kent State University: http://www.kent.edu/CAS/Anthropology/
OREGON
University of Oregon: http://www.uoregon.edu/~anthro/
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania State University: http://www.anthro.psu.edu/
University of Pennsylvania: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/anthropology/
TEXAS
University of Texas at Austin: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/anthropology/
Texas A&M: http://anthropology.tamu.edu/
Texas State University: http://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/
---See also Texas State U. Forensic Anthropology Center: http://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/facts/
UT San Antonio: http://colfa.utsa.edu/ant/
TENNESSEE
University of Tennessee: http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/
---See also U. of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center: http://web.utk.edu/%7Efac/
WISCONSIN
University of Wisconsin Madison: http://www.anthropology.wisc.edu/index.php
---See also faculty affiliates of the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/
Related graduate programs in evolutionary morphology:
NEOUCOM - Anatomy and Neurobiology: http://www.neoucom.edu/audience/about/departments/anatneuro
University of Missouri School of Medicine - Integrative Anatomy: http://anatomy.missouri.edu/
Ohio University - Paleontology: http://www.ohio.edu/paleo/faculty.htm
---See also OUCOM Biomedical Sciences: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms/
Graduate Programs in Canada:
University of Alberta: http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/anthropology/
University of Calgary: http://anth.ucalgary.ca/
University of Toronto: http://anthropology.utoronto.ca/
Université de Montréal: http://www.anthro.umontreal.ca/
