Department of Anthropology

Kieran McNulty

612-625-0058
Anthropology 383 HHH

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • Paleoanthropology
  • Human and primate evolution
  • Geometric morphometrics
  • Cranial evolution and ontogeny
  • East Africa

Educational Background

  • Ph.D.: Anthropology, City University of New York, 2003.
  • M.Phil.: Anthropology, City University of New York, 2000.
  • M.A.: Anthropology, Hunter College, 1998.
  • B.A.: Anthropology, Dartmouth College, 1995.

Publications

  • Examining Affinities of the Taung Child by Developmental Simulation: McNulty, Kieran P, K.P. McNulty, S.R. Frost, D.S. Strait, Journal of Human Evolution, 51 274-296, 2006.
  • Neandertaler: Vorfahren oder entfernte Verwandte?: McNulty, Kieran P, K. Harvati, S.R. Frost, K.P. McNulty, Rheinisches LandesMuseum Bonn, Roots//Wurzeln der Menschheit. Katalog zur Ausstellung, 133-139, 2006.
  • A Geometric Morphometric Assessment of the Hominoid Supraorbital Region: Affinities of the Eurasian Miocene hominoids Dryopithecus, Graecopithecus, and Sivapithecus: McNulty, Kieran P, K.P. McNulty, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology, 349-373, 2005.
  • Neanderthal variation and taxonomy—a reply to Ackermann (2005) and Ahern et al. (2005): McNulty, Kieran P, K. Harvati, S.R. Frost, K.P McNulty, Journal of Human Evolution, 48 653-660, 2005.
  • A geometric morphometric assessment of hominoid crania: conservative African apes and their liberal implications: McNulty, Kieran P, Annals of Anatomy, 186 429-434, 2004.
  • Neanderthal taxonomy reconsidered: Implications of 3D primate models of intra- and interspecific differences: McNulty, Kieran P, K. Harvati, S.R. Frost, K.P. McNulty, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 101 1147-1152, 2004.
  • Myths and Conceptions of Darwin: refocusing and refuting arguments against evolution: McNulty, Kieran P, Tangled Bank Press, Darwin Day Collection One: The Single Best Idea, Ever, 277-285, 2002.

Courses Taught

  • ANTH 1001: Human Evolution
  • Human Skeletal Analysis
  • ANTH 3401/5401: The Human Fossil Record
  • ANTH 4077: Neanderthals
  • ANTH 5403: Quantitative Methods in Biological Anthropology
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