Aryeh Grossman, Ph.D.

I am a paleontologist and comparative anatomist. I currently have three paleontological field sites - Loperot in West Turkana, Kenya, the Central Highlands of Kenya, and the Hazeva and Hordos Formations, in Israel. Both are part of my on-going research focus on the interaction between environmental changes and the origins of modern mammals (including humans) in the Old World since the Early Miocene through modern times. I focus my research on transitional and under studied regions in order to identify the movements of animals between Eurasia and Africa.

I am also a member of a paleontological research project studying the Cretaceous fauna from the Arlington Archaeosaur Site. This is a much older site, but is also one that provides important information about environmental conditions and animal movements between landmasses - this time Appalachia and Larimidia.

My comparative anatomy projects include comparative anatomy of sengis, xenarthrans, carnivorans, perissodactyls and artiodactyls. These are conducted here at MWU.

Keywords: Human evolution; Mammal evolution; Paleoecology; Comparative anatomy