Jay Kelley
Department of Oral Biology
College of Dentistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
801 South Paulina
Chicago, IL 60091
USA

Jay Kelley is Associate Professor of Oral Biology at the College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago.  He received a BA from Occidental College, an MA from San Francisco State University – both in biology – and a Ph.D. from Yale University, in biological anthropology.  His research interests focus on the evolution and paleobiology of Miocene apes.  He has investigated issues relating to reconstruction of diet, positional behavior, sexual and social behavior, and life history.  Throughout his career he has also maintained interests in fossil hominoid taxonomy, particularly concerning the analysis of variation in sexually dimorphic species.  Most of his recent research effort has been aimed at the evolution of life history in fossil apes and early humans using the growth records preserved in teeth.  Most recently, he has extended this to consideration of the role of life history evolution in the evolution of brain size and cognition in higher primates, including humans.  He has also been active in fieldwork over most of his career, mostly in Pakistan, but including work in Kenya and Turkey as well.