Liberal Arts and Sciences
Skeletal Biomechanics and Morphometrics Laboratory
Led by David Daegling · Anthropology
What we study
The lab studies how bones adapt to movement and environmental factors using biomechanical modeling and statistical methods. They also work with primate skeletons, including those from the Tai Monkey Project in Côte d'Ivoire.
What working here is like
- Computational
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- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Tai Monkey Project
Studies the wild primates of Tai National Park in Cote d'Ivoire, including their skeletons, as a long-term field project running since 1999.
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Recent papers, explained
- Phylogenetic Influence on Bone Material Stiffness in the Mandibles of Cercopithecid Primates
2026 · American Journal of Biological Anthropology
Compares bone stiffness in mandibles of sympatric primate species.
- Dinner with Lucy: what does Paranthropus boisei bring to the table?
2025 · Comptes Rendus Palevol
Challenges ideas about Paranthropus boisei's diet and its ancestor.
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- Daily Rest, Osteogenic Signals, and the Reconstruction of Human Activity Patterns From Skeletal Remains
2025 · International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Links daily rest patterns to bone material stiffness in skeletal remains.
- Technical note: Effects of chemical, radiational, and thermal treatment of bone tissue on material stiffness and anisotropy
2024 · American Journal of Biological Anthropology
Tests how different treatments (ethanol, formalin, gamma rays, heat) affect bone stiffness and directionality in cow bones.
- Limb and hip morphology of two African colobine monkeys and its relationship to the mechanics of leaping and bounding locomotion
2023 · American Journal of Biological Anthropology
Compares leg and hip bones of two African monkeys to see if bounding is a unique primate movement or part of leaping.
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