Assistant Professor James B. Rossie
Ph.D. Yale University, 2003
Research Interests:
James Rossie's research focuses on the evolutionary history of primates, particularly hominoids. His current
research includes investigation of the development, homology, and phylogenetic significance of nasal and
paranasal anatomy among primates; description and phylogenetic analysis of fossil hominoids and other
catarrhines from East Africa; and development of methods for reconstructing phylogenetic history which
incorporate morphological and paleobiogeographical data. His ongoing fieldwork (in collaboration with
Andrew Hill, Yale University) in the middle and late Miocene Ngorora Formation of the Tugen Hills, Kenya,
aims to improve our knowledge of hominoid evolution during this critical but poorly sampled time period.
Selected Publications:
Rossie, J. B. (2005) Anatomy of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses in Aegyptopithecus and early Miocene
African catarrhines. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 126, 250-267.
Rossie, J. B. (2005) Ontogeny and homology of platyrrhine paranasal sinuses. Journal of
Morphology. 263, 1-40.
Rossie, J. B. & MacLatchy, L. (2006) A new pliopithecoid genus from the early Miocene of
Uganda. Journal of Human Evolution.
Rossie, J. B. & Seiffert, E. R. (2006) Continental paleobiogeography as phylogenetic
evidence. In: Lehman, S.M. and J. Fleagle (Editors) Primate Biogeography. New York: Plenum/Kluwer Press.
Rossie, J. B., Ni, X., Beard, K. C. (2006) Cranial remains of an Eocene tarsier.
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA
Rossie, J. B., Simons, E. L., Gauld, S., & D. T. Rasmussen. (2002) Paranasal sinus anatomy
of Aegyptopithecus: Implications for hominoid origins. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 8454-8456.
Seiffert, E. R., Simons, E. L., Clyde, W. C., Rossie, J. B., Attia, Y., Bown, T. M., Chatrath, P.,
Mathison, M. E. (2005) Basal anthropoids from Egypt and the antiquity of Africa's higher primate
radiation. Science. 310, 300-304.
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