 Terry
Harrison
Position: Professor of Anthropology, Associate Chair
Director of the Center for the Study of Human Origins
Education: B.Sc.
1978, University College London
Ph.D. 1982, University College
London
E-mail: terry.harrison@nyu.edu
Phone/fax: 212-998-8581
Research Sites: Laetoli,
Tanzania; Yunnan Province, China
Research
Focus: Terry Harrison is a biological anthropologist
specializing in primate and human paleontology, evolutionary
morphology, and paleoecology. His broader research interests
include the systematics and evolutionary history of hominoids
and cercopithecoids, comparative anatomy and functional morphology
of primates, paleobiology, allometry, vertebrate paleontology,
evolutionary theory, taphonomy, paleoecology and zooarchaeology.
His recent research has focused on the evolution and paleobiology
of the Miocene and Pliocene hominoids from Africa and Eurasia,
including the earliest hominins. Ongoing collaborative projects
include: Miocene fossil hominoids from China, particularly Lufengpithecus from the late Miocene of Yunnan; the vertebral column of Proconsul from the early Miocene of East Africa; the paleobiology and systematics
of fossil hominoids from the Miocene of Africa; late Miocene
cercopithecids from the Siwalik Hills of Indo-Pakistan; taxonomic
revision of Miocene East African lorisoids; the impact of global
and regional climatic change, island biogeography, and human
subsistence activities on the mammalian community of Borneo over
the past 40,000 years; and the paleontology and geology of the
Eocene locality of Mahenge in north-central Tanzania. He has
extensive paleontological fieldwork experience in Europe, East
Africa, and Asia, and he is currently directing a major field
program at the mid-Pliocene locality of Laetoli in Tanzania.
Research on new fossil hominin finds from Laetoli, as well as
analyses of the associated fauna and flora are currently underway.
He is just beginning to develop new programs of field research
at late Miocene to Pliocene localities in China and Egypt.
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- Zhang, Z. & Harrison,
T. 2008. A
new middle Miocene pliopithecid from Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Human Evolution, 54: 444-447.
- Su,
D. & Harrison,
T. 2007. The
paleoecology of the Upper Laetolil Beds at Laetoli
A reconsideration of the large mammal evidence. In R. Bobe, Z.
Alemseged, and A.K. Behrensmeyer (eds.) Hominin Environments
in the East African
Pliocene: An Assessment of the Faunal Evidence, pp 279–313.
Dordrecht: Springer.
- Harrison,
T. & Howells, W.W. 2007. Piltdown
Man. In McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and
Technology, 10th Edition,
, pp. 572-573. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Kingston,
J.D. & Harrison, T. 2007. Isotopic
dietary reconstructions of Pliocene herbivores at Laetoli: Implications
for early hominin paleoecology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology
and Palaeoecology 243: 272-306.
- Harrison,
T. 2006. Taxonomy,
phylogenetic relationships, and biogeography of Miocene hominoids
from Yunnan, China. In
Yang Decong (Editor). Collected Works for “The
40th Anniversary of Yuanmou Man Discovery and the International
Conference on Palaeoanthropological Studies”, pp.
233-249. Kunming: Yunnan Science and Technology Press.
- Harvati,
K. & Harrison T. (Eds). 2006 Neanderthals Revisited:
New Approaches and Perspectives.
Dordrecht:
Springer.
- Harvati,
K & Harrison T. 2006. Neanderthals
revisited. In: Harvati,
K. & Harrison T. (Eds). Neanderthals
Revisited: New Approaches and Perspectives, pp. 1-8. Dordrecht:
Springer.
- Harrison,
T.; Krigbaum, J.S. & Manser, J. 2006. Primate
biogeography and ecology on
the Sunda Shelf islands: A paleontological and zooarchaeological
perspective.
In Fleagle, J.G. & Lehman, S. (Editors) Primate Biogeography:Progress
and Prospects,
pp. 331-372. New York: Springer.
- Harrison,
T. 2006. Homo
floresiensis. McGraw-Hill
Yearbook of Science and Technology,
2006, pp. 153-156. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Harrison,
T. 2006. Review: The
Ape in the Tree. An Intellectual and Natural History of Proconsul.
A Walker & P Shipman. Journal of Mammalian
Evolution 13: 243-245.
- Harrison,
T. 2006. Articles on Apes, fossil; Brachiation;
Eoliths; Hominoids; Harrisson, Barbara; Napier, John R.;
Treeshres; Siwalik Hills. In Birx, H.J. (Editor). Encyclopedia
of Anthropology, Vol. 1, pp. 216-220; Vol. 1, p. 399;
Vol. 2, pp. 831-832; Vol. 3, pp. 1182-1185; Vol. 3, pp. 1145-1146;
Vol. 4, p. 1663; Vol. 5, pp. 2224-2226; Vol. 5, pp. 2089-2090.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Kingston,
J. & Harrison,
T. 2006. Reassessing
the paleoecology of the Pliocene site of Laetoli,
northern Tanzania, utilizing isotopic analysis of fossil herbivore
enamel. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 26, Suppl. to No. 3: 85A.
- Harrison,
T. 2006. Taxonomy
and paleobiology of fossil cercopithecids from the Pliocene
of Laetoli, Tanzania. J. Vertebrate
Paleontol. 26, Suppl. to No. 3: 72A-73A.
- Baez,
A.M. & Harrison, T. 2005. A
new pipine frog from an Eocene crater lake in north- central
Tanzania. Palaeontology
48: 723-737.
- Andrews,
P. & Harrison, T. 2005. The
last common ancestor of apes and humans. In Lieberman,
D.E., Smith, R.J. & Kelley, J. (Editors).
Interpreting the Past: Essays on Human, Primate, and Mammal
Evolution in Honor of David Pilbeam, pp. 103-121. Boston:
Brill Academic Publishers.
- Harrison,
T. 2005. Fossil
bird eggs from the Pliocene of Laetoli, Tanzania: Their
taxonomic and paleoecological relationships. Journal
of African Earth Sciences 41: 289-302.
- Harrison,
T. and C. P. Msuya. 2005. Fossil
struthionid eggshells from Laetoli, Tanzania: Taxonomic
and biostratigraphic significance.
Journal of African Earth Sciences 4: 303-315.
- Harrison,
T. 2005. The
zoogeographic and phylogenetic relationships of early
catarrhine primates in Asia. Anthropological Science
113: 43-51.
- Harrison,
T. 2005. Review: Evolving
Eden: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African
Large Mammal Fauna. A. Turner & M. Antón. Journal
of Mammalian Evolution 12:
521-523.
- Harrison,
T. 2005. The
evolutionary relationships of Miocene hominoids from Yuanmou. The
40th Anniversary of Yuanmou Man Discovery and International
Conference on Palaeoanthropological Studies, Abstracts: 4-5.
- Su,
D. F. & Harrison,
T. 2005. Large
mammal differences between fossil and modern communities: Implications
for the reconstruction of hominin paleoenvironments. PaleoAnthropology, PAS
2005 Abstracts: A22.
- Kingston,
J.D. & Harrison, T. 2005. Ostrich
eggshells as paleoenvironmental indicators in the Pliocene
Laetoli succession, N. Tanzania. PaleoAnthropology, PAS
2005: A37.
- Harrison,
T. & Su, D.F. 2004. Laetoli
paleoecology reconsidered: Implications for early hominin
habitats. PaleoAnthropology Selected Issue: PAS
2004 Abstracts: A33.
- Bamford,
M.K. & Harrison, T. 2004. Pliocene
vegetation and palaeoenvironment of Laetoli,
Tanzania; evidence from fossil woods. PaleoAnthropology
Selected Issue:
PAS 2004 Abstracts: A02.
- Harrison,
T. 2003. Human
origins. In McGraw-Hill Yearbook
of Science and
Technology,
2003: 185-189. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Gunnell,
G.F., Jacobs, B.F., Herendeen, P.S., Head, J.J., Kowalski,
E., Msuya, C.P., Mizambwa, F. A.,Harrison, T.,
Habersetzer, J., & Storch, G. 2003. Oldest
placental mammal from sub-Saharan Africa: Eocene
microbat from Tanzania - evidence for early evolution
of sophisticated echolocation. Paleontologica
Electronica 5 (2): 1-10.
- Harrison,
T. 2002.
Fossil
Apes. In McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia
of Science and Technology,
Vol. 7: 456-459. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Harrison
T. 2002. Primates. In McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology,
Vol. 14: 330-335. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Harrison,
T., van
der Made, J., & Ribot,
F. 2002. A
new middle Miocene pliopithecid
from Sant Quirze, northern Spain. Journal of
Human Evolution 42: 371-377.
- Harrison,
T.,
Ji, X. & Su, D. 2002. On
the systematic status of the late Miocene and
Pliocene hominoids from Yunnan Province, China. Journal
of Human Evolution 43: 207-227.
- Harrison,
T. 2002. Late
Oligocene to middle Miocene catarrhines from Afro-Arabia. In
Hartwig, W. (Editor) Primate Fossil Record, pp. 311-338.
Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
- Harrison,
T.; Msuya, C.P.; Murray, A.M., Fine Jacobs, B., Baez,
A.M., Mundil, R. & Ludwig, K.R. 2001. Paleontological
investigations at the Eocene locality of
Mahenge in north-central Tanzania, East Africa. In
Gunnell, G. (Editor) Eocene
Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats.
Topics in Geobiology, Vol. 18, pp. 39-74. New York:
Plenum Press.
- Harrison,
T. 2000. Archaeological
and ecological implications of the primate fauna from
prehistoric sites in Borneo.
Bulletin Indo–Pacific Prehistory Association 20:
133-146.
- Harrison,
T. & Gu Yumin. 1999. Taxonomy
and phylogenetic relationships of early Miocene
catarrhines from Sihong, China. Journal of Human
Evolution 37: 225-277.
- Harrison,
T. 1998.
Vertebrate
faunal remains from Madai Cave (MAD 1/28), Sabah, East Malaysia.
Bulletin Indo–Pacific Prehistory
Association. 17: 85-92.
- Harrison,
T., Mbago, M.L. & Msuya, C.P. 1997. New
archaeological sites in the Manonga
Valley, north-central Tanzania. Nyame Akuma 47:
53-60.
- Harrison,
T. 1997. (Editor) Neogene Paleontology of the
Manonga Valley, Tanzania: A Window into East
African Evolutionary History. New York: Plenum Press.
- Harrison,
T. & Mbago, M.L. 1997. Introduction:
Paleontological and geological research in the Manonga Valley,
Tanzania. In Harrison, T. (Editor) Neogene Paleontology
of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania: A Window into East African Evolutionary
History, pp. 1-32. New York: Plenum Press.
- Harrison,
T. 1997. Paleoecology
and taphonomy of fossil localities in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania.
In Harrison, T. (Editor) Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga
Valley, Tanzania: A Window into East African Evolutionary History,
pp. 79-105. New York: Plenum Press.
- Harrison,
T. 1997. The
anatomy, paleobiology and phylogenetic relationships of the
Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Manonga
Valley, Tanzania. In Harrison, T. (Editor) Neogene
Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania: A Window into
East African Evolutionary History, pp. 137-190. New
York: Plenum Press.
- Harrison,
T. & Baker, E. 1997. Paleontology
and biochronology of fossil localities in the Manonga Valley,
Tanzania. In Harrison, T. (Editor) Neogene Paleontology
of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania: A Window into East African
Evolutionary History, pp. 361-393. Topics in Geobiology,
Vol. 14. New York: Plenum Press.
- Harrison, T. 1997.
Hominid
origins: A view from the Manonga Valley. In Harrison,
T. (Editor) Neogene
Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania: A Window
into East
African Evolutionary History, pp. 395-405. New York: Plenum
Press.
- Harrison,
T. 1997. The
lost ape. Nature 389: 435.
- Harrison,
T. & Rook,
L. 1997. Enigmatic
anthropoid or misunderstood ape? The phylogenetic
status of Oreopithecus bambolii reconsidered. In
Begun, D.R., Ward,
C.V. & Rose, M.D. (Editors) Function, Phylogeny, and
Fossils: Miocene Hominid
Evolution and Adaptations, pp. 327-362. New York:
Plenum.
- Msuya,
C.P. & Harrison,
T. 1996. The
circumorbital foramina in primates: A phylogenetic
perspective. Kaupia 6: 103-109.
- Harrison,
T.; Mbago, M.L. & Msuya, C.P. 1996. Stratigraphy
and vertebrate palaeontology of late Neogene sites in the Manonga
Valley, north–central Tanzania. Kaupia 6:
291-295.
- Andrews,
P.; Harrison, T.; Martin, L.; Delson, E. & Bernor,
R. 1996. Distribution
and biochronology of European and southwest Asian Miocene catarrhines. In
Bernor, R.; Fahlbusch, V. & Mittmann, H.W. (Editors), The
Evolution of
Western
Eurasian Neogene Mammal Faunas, pp. 168-207.
New York: Columbia University
Press.
- Rook,
L.; Harrison, T. & Engesser, B. 1996. The
taxonomic status and biochronological implications
of new finds of Oreopithecus from Baccinello (Tuscany,
Italy). Journal of Human Evolution 30: 3-27.
- Harrison,
T. & Harris, E. 1996. Plio–Pleistocene
cercopithecids from Kanam East, Western
Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 30: 539-561.
- Ribot,
F.; Gibert, J. & Harrison, T. 1996. A
reinterpretation of the taxonomy of Dryopithecus from
Vallès–Penedès, Catalonia (Spain).
Journal of Human Evolution 31: 129-141.
- Harrison,
T. 1996. The
paleoecological context at Niah Cave Sarawak: Evidence from the
primate fauna.
Bulletin Indo–Pacific
Prehistory Association 14: 90-100.
- Harrison,
T. 1996. Review:
Anthropoid Origins. J. G. Fleagle & R. F.
Kay (Editors). International Journal of Primatology 17: 157-159.
- Jolly,
C. J. & Harrison, T. 1995.
Chapter 7, Fossils,
time and paleobiology; Chapter 8, The
fossil evidence for Primate Evolution; Chapter 9, Australopithecus.
In Jolly, C.J. & White, R. Physical Anthropology and
Archaeology. New
York: McGraw–Hill.
- Harrison,
T. 1994. Paleoanthropological
exploration in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. National
Geographic Research and Exploration 10: 238–241.
- Msuya,
C.P. & Harrison, T. 1994.
The
circumorbital foramina in primates: A phylogenetic perspective.
Primates 35: 231–240.
- Harrison,
T. & Verniers, J. 1993. Preliminary
study of the stratigraphy and mammalian palaeontology of Neogene
sites in the Manonga Valley, northern Tanzania. N.
Jb. Geol. Paläont.
Abh. 190: 54–74.
- Harrison,
T.;
Verniers, J.; Mbago, M.L. & Krigbaum,
J. 1993. Errata: Stratigraphy
and mammalian palaeontology of Neogene sites in the Manonga Valley,
northern Tanzania. Discovery
and Innovation 5: 269–275.
- Harrison,
T. 1993. Further
paleoanthropological research in the Manonga Valley of north–central
Tanzania. Nyame Akuma 39: 49–57.
- Harrison,
T.;
Verniers, J.; Mbago, M.L. & Krigbaum,
J. 1993. Stratigraphy
and mammalian palaeontology of Neogene sites in the Manonga Valley,
northern Tanzania. Discovery
and Innovation 5: 175–180.
- Harrison,
T. 1993. Snapshots
in time: The study of human origins in perspective. Reviews
in Anthropology 22: 31–39.
- Harrison,
T. 1993. Cladistic
concepts and the species problem in hominoid evolution. In
Kimbel, W.H. & Martin, L.B (Editors), Species,
Species Concepts and Primate Evolution, pp. 345-371. New
York: Plenum.
- Harrison,
T. 1992. A
reassessment of the taxonomic and phylogenetic affinities of
the fossil catarrhines from Fort Ternan, Kenya. Primates
33: 501–522.
- Delson,
E. et al. 1992. Comment
on the proposed conservation of the generic and specific
names of Palaeopropithecus
ingens G. Grandidier, 1899 (Mammalia, Primates). Bull.
Zool. Nom. 49: 73.
- Harrison,
T.,
Delson, E. & Guan J. 1991. A
new species of Pliopithecus from the middle Miocene
of China and its implications for early catarrhine zoogeography. Journal
of Human Evolution 21:
329–361.
- Harrison,
T. 1991. Paleoanthropological
research in the Manonga Valley, northern Tanzania. Nyame
Akuma 36: 25–31.
- Harrison,
T. 1991. Some
observations on the Miocene hominoids from Spain. Journal
of Human Evolution 20: 515–520.
- Harrison,
T. 1991. Review:
Evolutionary History of the "Robust" Australopithecines.
F. Grine (Editor). International Journal of Primatology 12:
85-88.
- Harrison,
T. 1991. The implications of Oreopithecus for
the origins of bipedalism. In Coppens, Y. & Senut,
B. (Editors). Origine(s) de la Bipédie Chez les
Hominidés. Cahiers
de Paléoanthropologie, pp. 235-244. Paris:
CNRS.
- Harrison,
T. 1990. The
implications of Oreopithecus for
the origins of bipedalism. In Coppens,
Y. & Senut, B. (Editors). Origine(s) de la Bipédie
chez les Hominidés. Museum
National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris: 7.
- Harrison,
T.S. & Harrison, T. 1990. Palynology
of the late Miocene Oreopithecus– bearing lignite
from Baccinello, Italy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology & Palaeoecology
76: 45–65.
- Harrison,
T. 1989. A
new species of Micropithecus from
the middle Miocene of Kenya. Journal
of Human Evolution 18: 537–557.
- Harrison,
T. 1989. New
postcranial remains of Victoriapithecus from
the middle Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution
18: 3–54.
- Harrison,
T. 1988. A
taxonomic revision of the small catarrhine primates from the
early Miocene of East Africa. Folia
Primatologica 50: 59–108.
- Bernor,
R.L.; Flynn, L.J.; Harrison, T.; Hussain,
S.T. & Kelley,
J. 1988. Dionysopithecus from
southern Pakistan and the biochronology and biogeography of early
Eurasian catarrhines. Journal
of Human Evolution 17: 339–358.
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