Sherry Nelson
Museum of Paleontology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
USA
currently: Dept. of Anthropology
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138

I received my B.S. from Duke University and my Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University. My research focuses on the interaction of climatic, vegetation, and faunal changes in the fossil record. My research incorporates dental microwear and carbon and oxygen stable isotopic analyses of tooth enamel and paleosols to reconstruct paleohabitats, climates, and dietary adaptations. My work focuses on the Miocene Siwaliks of Pakistan and the adaptations of the fossil ape Sivapithecus. I have also worked with fossil localities in South Africa, Spain, and Turkey as well as a modern chimpanzee site in Uganda and Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania.