Faculty Profiles

 

Shara Bailey

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Member - Center for the Study of Human Origins
B.A., 1992, M.A., 1995, Ph.D., 2002 Arizona State University, Tempe

Research interests include Physical anthropology; paleoanthropology; dental morphology and morphometrics; Middle-Late Pleistocene hominins; Neandertals; modern human origins; Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution; Europe; Africa.

Publications

Bailey SE and Hublin J-J. 2006. Dental remains from Grotte du Renne at Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne). J Hum Evol. 50: 485-508.

Bailey SE and Hublin J-J. 2005. Who made the Early Aurignacian? A reconsideration of the Brassempouy dental remains. Bull Mém Soc Anthropol Paris, 17 115-121.

Bailey SE and Lynch J. 2005. Variation in mandibular P4 shape between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans: A new character for use in phylogenetic analyses? Am J Phys Anthropol. 126: 268-277.

Bailey SE. 2004. A morphometric analysis of maxillary molar crowns of Middle-Late Pleistocene hominins. J Hum Evol. 47: 183-198.

Bailey SE, Pilbrow VC, Wood BA. 2004. Interobserver error in independent attempts to measure cusp base areas of Pan M1s. J Anat. 205: 323-331.



Book Chapters (Edited Volumes)

Bailey SE and Hublin J-J. In press. Did Neandertals make the Châtelperronian assemblage from La Grotte du Renne (Arcy-sur-Cure, France)? In Harvati K and Harrison T (Eds.) Neanderthals Revisited: New Approaches and Perspectives. Springer, New York.

Bailey SE and Wood BA. In press. The evolution of premolar and molar crown morphology within the hominin clade. In Bailey SE and Hublin J-J (Eds.) Dental perspectives on human evolution: State of the art research in dental paleoanthropology. Springer, New York.

Bailey SE. In press. Inter and intraspecific variation in Pan tooth crown morphology: Implications for Neandertal taxonomy. In Irish JD and Nelson CG (Eds.), Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

Bailey SE. 2006. Beyond shovel-shaped incisors: Neandertal dental morphology in a comparative context. Periodicum Biologicum.

Hublin J-J and Bailey SE. 2006. Revisiting the Last Neandertals. In Conard NJ (Ed.) When Neandertals and Modern Humans Met. Kerns Verlag,Tübingen. pp 105-128.

Trinkaus E, Moldovan O, Zilhão J, Rougier H, Rodrigo R, Milota S, Gherase M, Sarcina L, Baltean I, Codrea V, Bailey SE, Franciscus RG, Ponce de León M and Zollikofer CPE. 2006. The Pestera cu Oase and early modern humans in southeastern Europe. In Conard NJ (Ed.) When Neandertals and Modern Humans Met. Kerns Verlag. Tübingen.

Bailey SE. 2005. Diagnostic dental differences between Neandertals and Upper Paleolithic modern humans: Getting to the root of the matter. Current Trends in Dental Morphology Research. In Zadzinska E (Ed.) University of Lodz Press: Lodz (Poland), pp. 201-210

Books

Bailey, S.E., Hublin, J.-J. Dental perspectives on human evolution: State of the art research in dental paleoanthropology. Springer, New York.

sbailey@nyu.edu