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 Dr Rachel Norris
PhD BSc (Hons, Zoology) (University of Adelaide, Australia),
Lecturer
Honours Co-Ordinator Main research area:
Interspecific
and intraspecific variation in morphology of vertebrates. Systematics and phylogenetics
of ranid frogs. Cladistics. Osteology and Craniometry. Currently holds a large
ARC Discovery Grant (with M. Henneberg and R. Eckhardt) entitled: "Implications
of morphological and molecular measures of diversity in papionine primates for
interpretation of hominid phylogeny". Current research also includes studies
on the craniometric variation in koalas; climbing adaptations in marsupials
and primates.
Other Interests:
Hominid evolution; osteology of vertebrates; comparative anatomy of vertebrate skulls. Teaching Areas: Biological Anthropology; Comparative Anatomy of Body Systems; Functional Human Anatomy; Human Biology; Anatomy and Biomechanics (Physiotherapy)
Other Roles: Convenor of the Abbie Centre for Research and Teaching, maintenance of the comparative anatomy and hominid displays;
Library Representative Recent Publications
1.
Stephan, C.N., Norris, R.M. and Henneberg, M. 2005. Does
sexual dimorphism in facial soft tissue depths justify sex distinction in craniofacial
identification? Journal of Forensic Science 50(3):1-6
2.
Coussens, A., Anson, T., Norris, R.M. and Henneberg, M. 2002.
Sexual dimorphism in the robusticity of long bones of infants and young children.
Anthropological Review 65:3-16
Other Publications of Interest
- Mahony,
M.J., Norris, R.M. and Donnellan, S.C. (1996)
Karyotypes of Southwest Pacific Ranid Frogs (Anura: Ranidae). Australian Journal
of Zoology, 44, 119-128.
- Norris,
R.M. (1999) Testing
multiple species hypothesis on frogs. Perspectives in Human Biology, 4(1):51-64
Abstracts:
- Norris,
R.M., Kuperavage,
A.J., Eckhardt, R.B., Sommer, H.J. and Henneberg, M. (2006)Morphological
and molecular measures of papionines diversity as standards for the interpretation
of hominin diversity. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2006
- Sommer,
H.J., Kuperavage, A.J., Eckhardt, R.B., Norris, R.M. and
Henneberg, M (2006) Comparison of coordinate digitizers for
cranial surfaces. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2006
- Norris,
R.M. (1997) Sexual dimorphism in the anterior skull region in a ranid
frog genus from the Solomon Islands. Journal of Morphology, 232(2), 302.
- Norris,
R.M., Henneberg, M. & Tedman, R. (1999).
Evolution of jaw suspension. The International Association for Dental Research.
Aust & NZ Division. 39th Annual Scientific Meeting. 27-29th Sept. 1999, Adelaide,
Australia.
- Johnson,
B., Norris, R.M., & Henneberg, M. (1999). The cotton-top tamarin
(Sanguinus oedipus) in captive and free-ranging environments. Poster present
at Australian Society for Human Biology, Dec 6-9th 1999, Sydney, Australia.
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