Monya Anderson

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- Degree
- PhD, University of Oregon, 2019
- Program
- Biological Anthropology
Specialty:
Paleoprimatology, Functional Morphology, Paleoecology, Comparative Anatomy, Plio-Pleistocene Cercopithecidae, Primate Evolution
Current Research Projects:
Niche Separation and Functional in the Large-Bodied Fossil Colobines (Ethiopia and Kenya), Principal Investigator (2015-present)
Funding: NSF DDIG (Proposal No. 1650923)
Woranso-Mille and Middle Awash Fossil Cercopithecidae, Principal Investigator: Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Collaborator: Dr. Stephen Frost
Research Assistant for Reassessment of South African Cercopithecid Biostratigraphy,
Principal Investigators: Dr. Stephen Frost and Dr. Chris Gilbert
Colloborators: Dr. Eric Delson and Kelsey Pugh
Funding: Wenner-Gren Foundation, NYCEP, PSC-CUNY faculty research award program
Courses Taught:
ANTH 201 – Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 225 – Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 226 – Introduction to Biological Anthropology Laboratory
Selected and Recent Publications:
Prep Anderson M. Functional Morphology and Taxonomic Status of the Large-Bodied Colobine Fossil L895-1 from Upper Member G, Shungura Formation, Ethiopia. (in prep)
2019 Anderson M. An assessment of the postcranial skeleton of the Paracolobus mutiwa (Primates: Colobinae) specimen KNM-WT 16827 from Lomekwi, West Turkana, Kenya. J Hum Evol (In Revision).
2018 Gilbert CC, Pugh K, Anderson M, Frost SR, Delson E. Evolution of the modern baboon (Papio hamadryas): A reassessment of the African Plio-Pleistocene record. J Hum Evol 122: 38-69.
2017 Anderson M, Frost SR, Guthrie E. Niche Separation of Large-Bodied Cercopithecidae at Koobi Fora, Upper Burgi Member. Am J Phys Anthropol. 162: 100-101.
2014 Anderson M, Frost SR, Gilbert CC, and Delson E. A reassessment of dental variation in the genus Cercopithecoides and its implications for species diversity. Am J Phys Anthropol. 153:67.
2017 Reda H, Frost SR, Simons E, Anderson M, Haile-Selassie Y. Preliminary Study of the Cercopithecidae from Leado Didoa locality, Woranso-Mille (central Afar), Ethiopia. Am J Phys Anthropol 162(S64): 328-329.