There are currently two faculty members in Biological Anthropology WMU:
- Robert Anemone (Moore Hall 1024, 269-387-4133)
- Janet Gardner (Moore Hall 1020, 269-387-3979)
Additional information about our research interests, including opportunities for students to take part in ongoing research in our labs and at our fieldsites, can be found by clicking on their names above.
| Undergraduate Courses | Graduate Courses |
| Race, Biology, and Culture (1500) | Human Biology (5100) |
| Introduction to Biological Anthropology (2500) | Research Methods (5300) |
| Primate Evolution (3500) | Human Evolution (5500) |
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Human Osteology (3510) |
Evolution of Human Culture (5510) |
| Faunal Analysis (3520) | Forensic Anthropology (5520) |
| Bioarchaeology (3530) | Topics in Biological Anthropology (5450) |
| Growth and Development (3540) | Seminar in Biological Anthropology (6030) |
| Primate Behavior and Ecology (4500) |
- paleoanthropology, modern human origins (Dr. Gardner)
- postcranial skeletal biology of the genus Homo (Dr. Gardner)
- functional morphology, primate locomotion and anatomy (Dr. Anemone)
- vertebrate paleontology, Eocene primates and mammals of the Western US (Dr. Anemone)
- growth and development and primate life history (Dr. Anemone)
Bob Anemone is currently
writing a textbook on the biological and social meanings of the concept of
race for Prentice Hall. His research interests are in primate and human functional
morphology and evolution, growth and development, and vertebrate paleontology.
Accompanied by field crews composed of undergraduate and graduate students
from WMU and many other institutions, Dr. Anemone has spent most summers since
1994 collecting ca. 50 million year old mammalian fossils from the Great Divide
Basin in southwestern Wyoming. He has also worked in the Miocene of northern
Kenya. His research also involves the analysis of the functional morphology
of the hindlimb of living and fossil prosimian primates, especially vertical
clingers and leapers. In addition, Bob works on dental development and life
history of living primates. His publications can be found in journals such
as the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and the Journal of Human
Evolution, as well as in several edited volumes.
Recent graduates in biological anthropology have won numerous awards and scholarships, have attended prestigious universities for MA and Ph.D. degrees, and have worked in a variety of different professional settings.
| Awards and Fellowships Received | Graduate Programs Attended |
| Fulbright Fellowship | University of Pennsylvania |
| NIH Predoctoral Fellowship | University of California at Berkeley |
| NSF Graduate Fellowship | University of New Mexico |
| University of Tennesee | |
| Professional Positions Held | Case Western University |
| Assessment of human skeletal remains (NAGPRA) | University of Oregon |
| Peace Corps in Senegal | Indiana University |
| Forensic Anthropologist in Bosnia | Kent State University |
| Autopsy Technician in Lansing | California State University at Chico |
| Death Investigator in Chicago | University of Illinois |
- Skeletal lesions in tuberculosis: an update and reappraisal
- Functional aspects of the Neanderthal pelvis in locomotion
- Stature estimation from footprints
- Children's tool making capabilities: implications for hominid intelligence models and skill acquisition theory
- Childhood health and nutrition: an exploration of enamel hypoplasia studies using the Milwaukee County Institutional Grounds cemetery
- Interpreting diet by age, status, and gender, and establishing weaning patterns using trace element analysis on human remains from Umm el Jimal, Jordan
- Age, status, and gender: mortality patterns and mortuary practices at Umm el-Jimal, Jordan
- Evidence for the endoparasite Giardia lamblia in human paleofeces from Salts Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
- A study of the correlation between alcoholism and fingerprint patterns
- Dermatoglyphics and criminal behavior
- A histological approach to taphonomy: The freeze-thaw cycle and water immersion
- Ethics in forensic anthropology: the forensic anthropologist as expert witness
- Reconsidering the auricular surface as an indicator of age at death
- The accuracy of US age estimation standards when used to age US and Bosnian skeletal samples.