Scott Williams

Position:

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Education:

B.A. 2003, Kent State University
M.A. 2006, Northern Illinois University
Ph.D. 2011, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

E-mail:

SAWilliams@nyu.edu

Phone:

212-992-9583

Fax:

212-995-4907

Research Interests:

Postcranial morphology; positional behavior; origins of orthogrady and bipedalism; evolution of the vertebral column; mammalian phylogenetics; longevity.

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Peer-Reviewed Publications and Theses:

• 2012. Williams, S.A. Evolution of the Hominoid Vertebral Column: the Long and Short of It. Lambert Academic Publishing.
• 2012. Williams, S.A. Modern or distinct axial bauplan in early hominins? Comments on Haeusler et al. (2011). Journal of Human Evolution 63, 552-556.
• 2012. Williams, S.A. Variation in anthropoid vertebral formulae: implications for homology and homoplasy in hominoid evolution. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 318, 134-147.
• 2012. Williams, S.A. Placement of the diaphragmatic vertebra in catarrhines: implications for the evolution of dorsostability in hominoids and bipedalism in hominins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 148, 111-122.
• 2011. Williams, S.A. Evolution of the hominoid vertebral column. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
• 2010. Williams, S.A. Morphological Integration and the evolution of knuckle-walking. Journal of Human Evolution 58, 432-440.
• 2010. Polk J.D., Williams S.A., Peterson J.V., Roseman C.C., Godfrey L.R. Subchondral bone apparent density and locomotor behavior in extant primates and subfossil lemurs Hadropithecus and Pachylemur. International Journal of Primatology 31, 275-299.
• 2010. Shattuck M.R., Williams S.A. Arboreality has allowed for the evolution of increased longevity in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107, 4635-4639.
• 2009. Polk J.D., Williams S.A., Peterson J.V. Body size and joint posture in primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 140, 359-367.
• 2006. Williams, S.A. Anatomical variation in the hand and wrist of African apes: evidence for a single origin of knuckle-walking adaptations. M.A. thesis, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL.