Biren A. Patel, PhD

I am a biological anthropologist with scholarly interests in evolutionary and functional morphology and my research programs investigate a variety of questions about human and non-human primate evolution. In particular, I am interested in better understanding the evolution of primate locomotor behavior, and more specifically the evolution of human and non-human primate hand and foot function.

• Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY — PhD — 2008 — Anthropological Sciences
• University of Chicago, Chicago, IL — BA — 1998 — Anthropology

• New fossil primates from Kashmir, India (3/10/2017)
• Newfound primate teeth take a big bite out of the evolutionary tree of life. (02/27/2017)
• Bone Collector (12/19/2016)
• More Gorilla Than Chimp (08/11/2016)
• From Dinosaurs to Dissection (07/01/2014)
• It's All in the Way We Move (03/13/2013)

• Carlson, Kristian
• Seiffert, Erik
• Powers, Christopher
• Lewton, Kristi
• McGowan, Craig
• Finley, James