Laura MacLatchy
Department of Anthropology
University of Michigan
210 C West Hall
550 East University Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
USA

Laura MacLatchy received a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University. She is interested in the evolution of ape and human locomotor adaptations, and has been active in the study and recovery of fossil primates, as well as in the analysis of the morphology and locomotion of living primates. Her field experience includes paleontological work in Chad, Egypt, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan and Uganda and behavioral studies in Ecuador. Anatomical research has largely focused on the relationship between joint morphology and function. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and an Associate Research Scientist in the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan.