Brian G. Richmond

Associate Professor

Department of Anthropology

The George Washington University

PhD, Stony Brook University, 1998

I am a Biological Anthropologist whose research involves paleontological fieldwork and analytical laboratory studies, both of which are critical to our understanding of human evolution. My research involves functional anatomy and human evolution, especially in the context of questions about the origin and evolution of human gait and the functional anatomy of the hand. Current projects include paleontological fieldwork in Koobi Fora, Kenya, the recovery and analysis of fossil footprints, analyses of early hominin anatomy, developing new approaches to reconstruct locomotor behavior from skeletal anatomy, and investigating craniofacial biomechanics in hominins and other primates.

As an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at The George Washington University, I teach undergraduate and graduate courses that cover topics in human evolution, functional anatomy, human anatomy, and analytical methods. I am a faculty member of the Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, and I serve as the Graduate Advisor for the Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program. I am also a Research Associate with the Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.

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