Matt Cartmill

Chair of the Dept. of Anthropology College of Arts & Sciences at Boston University

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With a distinguished reputation as a leading scholar in biological anthropology, Dr. Matt Cartmill joined Boston University’s Anthropology department in 2008 with the long-term goal of building a world-class biological anthropology program.

He has published more than a hundred scholarly and popular works on the evolution of people and other animals and on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology. Well known for his revolutionary analyses of the origins and early evolution of the ancestral primates, he has also made innovative contributions to scientific thinking about the origins and relationships of higher primates, prosimian anatomy, early hominin adaptations, quadrupedal locomotion, cranial evolution, and the philosophy of science. His award-winning 1993 book, A View to a Death in the Morning, is a witty and thoughtful dissection of the cultural assumptions behind the hunting hypothesis in human evolution. He is the co-author (with F. H. Smith) and illustrator of The Human Lineage, a comprehensive new (2009) survey of human evolution. The recipient of numerous awards for his research, writing, and teaching, Dr. Cartmill is a Guggenheim and AAAS Fellow, a former president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, a founding co-editor of the International Journal of Primatology, and the former editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology1096-8644).

Why Are Humans Primates?

October 29, 2012

Smithsonian Matt Cartmill, College of Arts & Sciences I’m a primate. You’re a primate. Everyone reading this blog is a primate… View article

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Evolutionary history helps explain why humans have two legs

July 24, 2012

Washington Post Matt Cartmill, College of Arts & Sciences In an impressive evolutionary brainstorm, nature has come up with many solutions to the problem of terrestrial locomotion… View article

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Babies’ crash pads

July 6, 2012

Boston Herald Matt Cartmill, College of Arts & Sciences You could call it extreme babyproofing — the latest trend in protective parenting, with a seal of approval from Posh Spice, no less: Knee pads for babies!… View article

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