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- Professor
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Athreya, Sheela Associate Professor
Positions
- Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
I have research interests in Hominin Evolution and Systematics, Asia, Human Variation, Quantitative Methods, Craniofacial Biology, and History of Physical Anthropology.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Athreya, S. G.
(2023).
Proceedings of the 91st Business Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
181(3), 491-520.
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Athreya, S. G.
(2022).
Proceedings of the 90th Business Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. 178(2), 362-380.
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Liu, W. u., Athreya, S., Xing, S., & Wu, X.
(2022).
Hominin evolution and diversity: a comparison of earlier-Middle and later-Middle Pleistocene hominin fossil variation in China. 377(1847), 20210040.
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Wu, X., Bae, C. J., Friess, M., Xing, S., Athreya, S., & Liu, W. u.
(2022).
Evolution of cranial capacity revisited: A view from the late Middle Pleistocene cranium from Xujiayao, China. 163, 103119-103119.
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Athreya, S., & Hopkins, A.
(2021).
Conceptual issues in hominin taxonomy: Homo heidelbergensis and an ethnobiological reframing of species. 175 Suppl 72(S72), 4-26.
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Fuentes, A., Ackermann, R. R., Athreya, S., Bolnick, D., Lasisi, T., Lee, S., McLean, S., & Nelson, R.
(2019).
AAPA Statement on Race and Racism. 169(3), 400-402.
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Athreya, S.
(2019).
"But You're Not a Real Minority": The Marginalization of Asian Voices in Paleoanthropology. AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST.
121(2), 472-474.
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Athreya, S.
(2018).
Picking a Bone with Evolutionary Essentialism. Anthropology News.
59(5), e55-e60.
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Athreya, S., & Wu, X.
(2017).
A multivariate assessment of the Dali hominin cranium from China: Morphological affinities and implications for Pleistocene evolution in East Asia. 164(4), 679-701.
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Cieri, R. L., Churchill, S. E., Franciscus, R. G., Tan, J., & Hare, B
(2014).
Comment on Craniofacial Feminization, Social Tolerance, and the Origins of Behavioral Modernity. Current Anthropology.
55(4), 431-432.
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Brophy, J. K., de Ruiter, D. J., Athreya, S., & DeWitt, T. J.
(2014).
Quantitative morphological analysis of bovid teeth and implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Plovers Lake, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science.
41, 376-388.
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Bruner, E., Athreya, S., de la Cutara, J. M., & Marks, T.
(2013).
Geometric variation of the frontal squama in the genus homo: frontal bulging and the origin of modern human morphology. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
150(2), 313-323.
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Wu, X., & Athreya, S
(2013).
A description of the geological context, discrete traits, and linear morphometrics of the Middle Pleistocene hominin from Dali, Shaanxi Province, China. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
150(1), 141-157.
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Athreya, S.
(2012).
The frontal bone in the genus Homo: a survey of functional and phylogenetic sources of variation. Journal of Anthropological Sciences.
90, 59-80.
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Gruen, R., Athreya, S., Raj, R., & Patnaik, R.
(2012).
ESR response in tooth enamel to high-resolution CT scanning. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.
4(1), 25-28.
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Athreya, S., & Raj, R.
(2010).
A rare tribal (adivasi) burial from the lower Narmada River valley at Rampura, Gujarat, Western India. Anthropological Science.
118(2), 151-158.
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Athreya, S.
(2010).
THE PALAEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT OF ASIA. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
142(3), 501-502.
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Athreya, S.
(2009).
A comparative study of frontal bone morphology among Pleistocene hominin fossil groups. JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION.
57(6), 786-804.
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Glantz, M., Athreya, S., & Ritzman, T
(2009).
Is Central Asia the eastern outpost of the Neandertal range? A reassessment of the Teshik-Tash child. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
138(1), 45-61.
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Trinkaus, E
(2006).
Comment on Modern Human versus Neandertal Evolutionary Distinctiveness. Current Anthropology.
47(4), 608-609.
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Athreya, S.
(2006).
Patterning of geographic variation in Middle Pleistocene Homo frontal bone morphology. JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION.
50(6), 627-643.
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Athreya, S., & Glantz, M. M
(2003).
Impact of character correlation and variable groupings on modern human population tree resolution. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
122(2), 134-146.
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Trinkaus, E., Moldovan, O., Milota, S., Blgr, A., Sarcina, L., Athreya, S., ... van der Plicht, J.
(2003).
An early modern human from the Petera cu Oase, Romania. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
100(20), 11231-11236.
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Athreya, S. G.
(2023).
Proceedings of the 91st Business Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
181(3), 491-520.
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chapter
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Athreya, S., & Ackermann, R. R.
(2019).
Colonialism and narratives of human origins in Asia and Africa. Interrogating Human Origins.
(pp. 72-95).
Taylor & Francis.
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Athreya, S.
(2018).
East Asian fossil record. The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology.
(pp. 1-9).
Wiley.
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Athreya, S.
(2014).
Modern human emergence in South Asia: A review of the fossil and genetic evidence. Kaifu, Y., Izuho, M., Goebel, T., Sato, H., & Ono, A. (Eds.),
Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Paleolithic Asia.
(pp. 61-79).
Texas A&M University Press.
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Athreya, S.
(2012).
9780195398229. Trinkaus, E., Constantin, S., & Zilhao, J. (Eds.),
Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase: A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe.
(pp. 321-331).
Oxford University Press.
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Athreya, S.
(2010).
South Asia as a Geographic Crossroad: Patterns and Predictions of Hominin Morphology in Pleistocene India. Norton, C. J., & Braun, D. R. (Eds.),
Asian Paleoanthropology.
(pp. 129-141).
Springer Nature.
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Athreya, S.
(2007).
Was Homo heidelbergensis in South Asia? A test using the Narmada fossil from central India. Petraglia, M. D., & Allchin, B. (Eds.),
The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia: Inter-disciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistics and Genetics.
(pp. 137-170).
Springer Netherlands.
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Athreya, S., & Ackermann, R. R.
(2019).
Colonialism and narratives of human origins in Asia and Africa. Interrogating Human Origins.
(pp. 72-95).
Taylor & Francis.
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conference paper
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Glantz, M. M., Athreya, S., & Van Arsdale, A.
(2022).
The modernity that wasn't: The archaic state of contemporary human origins. 69-69.
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Athreya, S.
(2014).
An examination of modern human cranial variation using frontal bone morphometrics. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
69-70.
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Athreya, S., Manuel de la Cuetara, J., Marks, T., & Bruner, E.
(2013).
A morphometric analysis of the frontal squama in fossil and recent humans. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
70-70.
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Wu, X., Athreya, S., & Shang, H.
(2011).
Does the Dali cranium belong to Homo heidelbergensis?. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
315-315.
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Athreya, S.
(2009).
A comparative study of frontal bone morphology among Pleistocene hominin fossil groups. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
80-80.
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Athreya, S.
(2007).
South Asia as a geographic crossroad: Patterns and predictions of hominin morphology in Pleistocene India. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
66-66.
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Athreya, S.
(2004).
Assessing the relationship of Asian Middle Pleistocene Homo to other regional populations using frontal bone morphology. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
55-55.
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Glantz, M. M., Athreya, S., & Van Arsdale, A.
(2022).
The modernity that wasn't: The archaic state of contemporary human origins. 69-69.
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institutional repository document
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Ackermann, R. R., Athreya, S., Black, W., Cabana, G. S., Hare, V., Pickering, R., & Schroeder, L.
(2019).
Upholding "good science" in human origins research: A response to Chan et al (2019)
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Athreya, S., & Ackermann, R. R.
(2018).
Colonialism and narratives of human origins in Asia and Africa
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Ackermann, R. R., Athreya, S., Black, W., Cabana, G. S., Hare, V., Pickering, R., & Schroeder, L.
(2019).
Upholding "good science" in human origins research: A response to Chan et al (2019)
Research
principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- ANTH201 Intro To Anthropology Instructor
- ANTH225 Intro Biological Anthro Instructor
- ANTH285 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH370 Cultural Diversity & Ethics Instructor
- ANTH427 Human Biological Variation Instructor
- ANTH484 Anthropology Internship Instructor
- ANTH485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH489 Sptp:neanderthals Instructor
- ANTH491 Research Instructor
- ANTH601 Biological Anthropology Instructor
- ANTH648 Issues Human Evol Theory Instructor
- ANTH649 Origin Evol Genus Homo Instructor
- ANTH667 Human Variation Instructor
- ANTH685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH689 Sptp:pleistocene Peopling Eura Instructor
- ANTH691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Bible, Rachael Cloud (2016-12). An Analysis of Late Pleistocene Hominin Population Dynamics in Europe Using Ecological Niche Modeling Methods.
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Butaric, Lauren Nicole (2013-04). Ecogeographic Patterns of Maxillary Sinus Variation Among Homo sapiens: Environmental Adaptation or Architectural By-product?.
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Ford, Bonny Marie (2018-07). Genetic Variation in Central Asia: An Examination of Population History and Structure.
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Moody, Brittany Leigh Staff (2017-12). An Analysis of Morphological Differences in the Femoral Diaphyseal Midshaft Between Fossil and Modern Humans.
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Springer, Victoria Suzanne (2013-04). Late Pleistocene Neandertal-Early Modern Human Population Dynamics: The Dental Evidence.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis - (St Louis, Missouri, United States) 2003
- M.A. in Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania - (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) 1996
- B.S. in Broadcasting and Film, Boston University - (Boston, Massachusetts, United States) 1991
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Sheela
has last name
- Athreya
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Anthropology
4352 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4352
USA
Other
In the News
- 'Dragon man' claimed as new species of ancient human but doubts remain Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2282223-dragon-man-claimed-as-new-species-of-ancient-human-but-doubts-remain/#ixzz70PuUC36g News Release
- 120,000-year-old fossils in Israel link to human family tree News Release
- Anthropologist Sheela Athreya Uncovers India’s Voice in the Human Origin Story News Release
- ‘Dragon Man’ skull may help oust Neandertals as our closest ancient relative News Release
- athreya@tamu.edu