Ellison McNutt, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Medical Anatomy
Heritage Hall 367F, Athens Campus
Education:
- Biological Anthropology (PhD), Dartmouth College, 2019
- Biological Anthropology (MA), Boston University, 2015
- Biochemistry (BS), Iowa State University, 2013
Expertise:
- Functional morphology
- Comparative Anatomy
- Biomechanics
- Biological Anthropology
Summary of Work:
My research uses comparative functional morphology and biomechanics to investigate primate evolution. My current focus is on reconstructing and understanding the evolution of plantigrady in primates and bipedal locomotion in early hominins, in particular Australopithecus.
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