Current Position

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University

Education

• Ph.D., 2004, Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Dissertation: Evolution of body size and sexual size dimorphism in the Order Primates: Rensch’s rule, quantitative genetics, and phylogenetic effects
  • Committee: John Kappelman, Claud Bramblett, William Jungers, Deborah Overdorff, Eric Pianka
• M.A., 1999, Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Thesis: Sex-specific patterns in the allometric scaling of articular surface area in Papio cynocephalus ssp.
• B.S. cum laude, 1995, Individual Studies: Paleoanthropology, University of Maryland College Park

Research Topics

• Sex-specific variation in life history parameters due to ecological effects in living primate populations
• Monte Carlo statistical approaches to assessing size and shape variation in the hominin fossil record
• Relative contributions of sexual selection and natural selection on sex-specific patterns of size, shape, growth, and scaling in human and primate evolution
• Phylogenetic comparative techniques as applied to the evolution of size and shape in the Hominidae

Recent Peer-Reviewed Articles

• 2008. Gordon AD, Nevell L, and Wood B. The Homo floresiensis cranium (LB1): Size, scaling, and early Homo affinities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 105:4650-4655. [pdf] [supporting information] [NPR story]
  
  
• 2008. Gordon AD, Green DJ, and Richmond BG. Strong postcranial size dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis: results from two new multivariate resampling methods for multivariate data sets with missing data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 135:311-328. [pdf]
  
  
• 2008. Green DJ and Gordon AD. Metacarpal proportions in Australopithecus africanus. Journal of Human Evolution. 54:705-719. [pdf]
  
  
• 2008. Griffin NL, Gordon AD, Richmond BG, and Antón SC. Cross-sectional geometric analysis of a foot bone assemblage from Mangaia, Cook Islands. HOMO-Journal of Comparative Human Biology. 59:27-40. [pdf]
  
  
• 2007. Faith JT and Gordon AD. Skeletal element abundances in archaeofaunal assemblages: Economic utility, sample size, and assessment of carcass transport strategies. Journal of Archaeological Science. 34:872-882. [pdf]
  
  
• 2007. Green DJ, Gordon AD, and Richmond BG. Limb size proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus. Journal of Human Evolution. 52:187-200 [pdf]
  
  
• 2006. Skinner MM, Gordon AD, and Collard NJ. Mandibular size and shape variation in the hominins at Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia. Journal of Human Evolution. 51:36-49 [pdf]
  
  
• 2006. Gordon AD. Scaling of size and dimorphism in primates I: Microevolution. International Journal of Primatology. 27:27-61. [pdf]
  
  
• 2006. Gordon AD. Scaling of size and dimorphism in primates II: Macroevolution. International Journal of Primatology. 27:63-105. [pdf]
  
  
• 2005. Johnson SE, Gordon AD, Stumpf RM, Overdorff DJ, and Wright P. Morphological variation in populations of Eulemur albocollaris and E. fulvus rufus. International Journal of Primatology. 26:1399-1416. [pdf]
  
  
• 2003. Kappelman J, Rasmussen DT, Sanders WJ, Feseha M, Bown T, Copeland P, Crabaugh J, Fleagle J, Glantz M, Gordon A, Jacobs B, Maga M, Muldoon K, Pan A, Pyne L, Richmond B, Ryan T, Seiffert ER, Sen S, Todd L, Wiemann MC, and Winkler A. Oligocene mammals from Ethiopia and faunal exchange between Afro-Arabia and Eurasia. Nature. 426:549-552. [pdf]
  
  

Recent Published Abstracts

• 2008. Hamm KM, Gordon AD, McCarthy RC, Lucas L, Strait DS. Metric variation in the genus Homo. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement. 46:112.
  
  
• 2007. Green DJ, Gordon AD. Metacarpal proportions in Australopithecus africanus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement. 44:119. [pdf]
  
  
• 2007. Plavcan JM, Gordon AD. Craniodental versus postcranial variables as estimators of size dimorphism in extinct taxa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement. 44:190. [pdf]
  
  
• 2007. Gordon AD, Wood B. Human Origins Database (HOD): managing published data and specimen information for fossil and comparative collections. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement. 44:117. [pdf]
  
  
• 2007. Faith JT, Domínguez-Rodrigo M, Gordon AD. Long distance carcass transport at Olduvai Gorge? PaleoAnthropology. 2007:A8. [pdf]
  
  
• 2007. Faith JT, Gordon AD. Skeletal element abundances in archaeofaunal assemblages: economic utility, sample size, and carcass transport strategies. Society for American Archaeology.
  
  
• 2007. Nevell L, Gordon A, Wood B. Homo floresiensis and Homo sapiens size-adjusted cranial shape variation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement. 44:178. [pdf]
  
  
• 2006. Gordon AD, Green DJ, and Richmond BG. Size dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis, modern humans, and the great apes: a non-template multivariate comparison. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement. 42:94. [pdf]
  
  
• 2006. Green DJ, Gordon AD, and Richmond BG. Limb joint size proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement. 42:95. [pdf]
  
  
• 2005. Gordon AD. Body size dimorphism: do not correct for size. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement. 40:111-112. [pdf]
  
  
• 2004. Gordon AD. Selective forces and size change in the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in Primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement. 38:102. [pdf]
  
  
• 2003. Gordon AD. Evaluating the effects of sexual selection on sexual size dimorphism in olive baboons (Papio anubis) and macaques (Macaca sp.) using an iterative selection model. American Journal of Primatology Supplement. 60:52-53.
  
  
• 2003. Gordon AD. Size matters - does body mass? American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 36:102. [pdf]
  
  
• 2002. Gordon AD. Increasing population sample sizes using global skeletal size variables. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 34:77. [pdf]
  
  
• 2002. Johnson S, Gordon A, and Stumpf R. Sexual dimorphism and testicle size in white-collared lemurs. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 34:90-91. [pdf]
  
  
• 2002. Ketcham R, Ryan T, Maga M, and Gordon A. Quantification of anisotropy in trabecular bone fabrics. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 34:93-94. [pdf]
  
  
• 2001. Gordon AD. Sexual size dimorphism in primates: Consideration of relative variation between sexes. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 32:72. [pdf] (received Sherwood Washburn Award)
  
  
• 2000. Gordon AD. Sex-specific estimators of body mass. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 30:163.