People - Faculty

Sherry V. Nelson
Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Evolutionary Anthropology)
At UNM since Fall 2007

svnelson@unm.edu
505.277.0264

Anthropology Courses Taught at UNM since 2002

  • Evolution and Human Emergence (150)
  • Human Origins (357)
  • Topics in Human Behavioral Evolution (450/550)

Education

Duke University, Biology/Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, BS cum laude 1994
Harvard University, Anthropology, PhD 2002
Dissertation: “Faunal and Environmental Change Surrounding the Extinction of Sivapithecus, a Miocene Hominoid, in the Siwaliks of Pakistan”


Research

Paleoecology of Miocene apes, hominids; stable isotopic and dental microwear analyses; Asia, Africa, Europe


Selected Publications

“Isotopic Reconstructions of Habitat Change Surrounding the Extinction of Sivapithecus, a Miocene Hominoid, in the Siwalik Group of Pakistan,” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 222 (2007): 204-22

“Paleoseasonality Inferred from Equid Teeth and Intra-Tooth Isotopic Variability,” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 222 (2005): 122-44

“Habitat Requirements and the Extinction of the Miocene Ape, Sivapithecus,” pp. ?? in Interpreting the Past: Essays on Human, Primate and Mammal Evolution in Honor of David Pilbeam, American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph (Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005)

( C. Badgley, Nelson, J. Barry, A. Behrensmeyer and T. Cerling) “Testing Models of Faunal Turnover with Neogene Mammals from Pakistan,” pp. ?? in Interpreting the Past: Essays on Human, Primate and Mammal Evolution in Honor of David Pilbeam, American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph (Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005)

“The Extinction of Sivapithecus: Faunal and Environmental Changes Surrounding the Disappearance of a Miocene Hominoid in the Siwaliks of Pakistan,” American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph 1 (2003)


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