Size matters. And so does shape. Variation in size and shape (i.e., form) plays a central role in most evolutionary questions, and I am broadly interested in the evolution of size and shape in non-human primates, modern humans, and our fossil relatives. Among other things, my work attempts to identify the relative importance of ecological and sexual selection pressures in producing the size and shape variation found in living primates at various levels of taxonomic scale, ranging from intrapopulation comparisons within subspecies to broad comparative analyses across the Order Primates. I am particularly interested in identifying sex-specific responses to resource stress and other ecological variables in primates, including fossil hominins. In addition, I'm interested in methodological questions related to analyzing variation in incomplete datasets such as those typically associated with fossil and zooarchaeological settings, and I've developed some new techniques for comparative statistical analysis of hominin fossil data (e.g., Gordon et al. [2008] and Green et al. [2007] - click on "Publications" above). For some of my current research projects, click on "Research" above.

Contact Information:

Department of Anthropology
University at Albany - SUNY
Arts & Sciences Building, Room 237
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222

phone: 518-442-4772
email: agordon [at] albany.edu