Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
General Information
Degree offered: Ph.D.
Faculty working with students: 6
Students: 13
Students receiving Financial Aid: 100%
Deadline for Fall 2008 Application: December 15 (priority deadline)
Spring Application: no
Part time study available: no
Test required: GRE General
Program Description
The department's goal is to provide students with background, experience, and opportunities for the study of primate behavior, ecology, genetics, morphology, systematics, and evolution. The department offers opportunities for fieldwork in behavior, ecology, population genetics, and paleontology and a broad range of facilities for the study of functional and evolutionary morphology of primates and other mammals. Faculty conduct field research in Africa, Madagascar, South America, Central America, and Asia and on captive, free-ranging primates at the Duke University Primate Center. The Primate Center houses the world's largest collection of captive prosimian primates. The Primate Center and departmental laboratories contain extensive collections of fossils and casts for the study of human and primate evolution. Other departmental facilities include opportunities for experimental studies of bone-muscle systems, comparative anatomy and embryology, morphometrics, and computer modeling of anatomy.