Robert B. Eckhardt
Ph.D., 1971, Anthropology and Human Genetics, University of Michigan
Professor of Developmental Genetics and Evolutionary Morphology
Contact Information
267K Recreation Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-9963
Fax: (814) 865-1275
eyl@psu.edu
Research Interests
Interaction of genetic and environmental influences on growth and development in human populations; musculo-skeletal structures are of primary interest. Current study techniques emphasize computer imaging and analysis of two-dimensional and three-dimensional data representing anatomical structures. Particular emphasis is placed on integration of molecular and morphological perspectives on development.
Selected Publications
Galik, K., B. Senut, M. Pickford, D. Gommery, J. Treil, A. Kuperavage, and R. B. Eckhardt. 2004. External and Internal Mophology of the BAR 1002'00 Orrorin tugenensis Femur. Science 305:1450-1453.
Reno, P. L., D. DeGusta, M. A. Serrat, R. S. Meindl, T. D. White, R. B. Eckhardt, A. J. Kuperavage, K. Galik, and C. O. Lovejoy. 2005. Plio-Pleistocene hominid limb proportions: Evolutionary reversal or estimation errors? Current Anthropology 46. 575-588.
Sommer, H. J., III, Eckhardt, R. B., and T. Y. Shiang. 2006. Superquadric modeling of cerebral shape and asymmetry. American Journal of Physical Anthropolgy 129: 189-196.
Jacob, T., Indriati, I., Soejono, R., Hsü, K., Frayer, D. W., Eckhardt, R. B., Kuperavage, A. J., Thorne, A., and Henneberg, M. 2006. Pygmoid australomelanesian Homo sapiens skeletal remains from Liang Bua, Flores: population affinities and pathological abnormalities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 103:13421-13426.