Other research interests

In addition to the experimental research and paleontological fieldwork described elsewhere, we are also broadly interested in developing and implementing new methods for testing hypotheses concerning pattern and process in human evolution. This work is highly collaborative, involving researchers from several other institutions. Recent projects have included the development of new statistical methods for analyzing patterns of hominin brain size evolution, and for estimating hominin body sizes and studying their evolution.

Selected publications:

Ruff CB, Wunderlich RE, Hatala KG, Tuttle RH, Hilton CE, D’Août K, Webb DM, Hallgrímsson B, Musiba C, Baksh M. Body mass estimation from footprint size in hominins. Journal of Human Evolution 156, 102997.

Du A, Zipkin AM, Hatala KG, Renner E, Baker JL, Bianchi S, Bernal KH, Wood BA. (2018) Pattern and process in hominin brain size evolution are scale-dependent. Proceedings of the Royal Sociey B 285, 20172738.

Jungers WL, Grabowski MW, Hatala KG, Richmond BG. (2016) The evolution of body size and shape in the human career. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371, 20150247.

Grabowski MW, Hatala KG, Jungers WL, Richmond BG. (2015) Body mass estimates of hominin fossils and the evolution of human body size. Journal of Human Evolution 85, 75-93.