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Luke Daniel Fannin

Research Scientist

Appointments

Research Scientist

Schmidt Science Fellow

Education

Ph.D. Dartmouth College

B.S. Ohio State University, Columbus

Taught Courses

Publications

Fannin LD, Seyoum C, Venkataraman VV, Yeakel JD, Janis CM, Cerling TE, Dominy NJ (2025). Behavior drives morphological change during human evolution. Science 389: 488–493.  

Rosien JE, Fannin LD, Yeakel JD, Malaivijitnond S, Dominy NJ, Tan AT (2025). Food-washing monkeys recognize the law of diminishing returns. eLife 13: RP98520.

Fannin LD, Joy MS, Dominy NJ, McGraw WS, DeSilva JM (2023). Downclimbing and the evolution of ape forelimb morphologies. Royal Society Open Science 10: 230145

DeSilva JM, Fannin LD, Cheney I, Claxton A, Ilies I, Kittelberger J, Stibel JFA, Traniello J (2023). Human brains have shrunk: the questions are when and why. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1191274.

Fannin LD, Laugier EJ, van Casteren A, Greenwood SL, Dominy NJ (2022). Differentiating siliceous particulate matter in the diets of mammalian herbivores. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13: 2198–2208.

Fannin LD, Yeakel JD, Venkataraman VV, Seyoum C, Geraads D, Fashing PJ, Nguyen N, Fox-Dobbs K, Dominy NJ (2021). Carbon and strontium isotopes shed new light on the paleobiology and collapse of Theropithecus, a primate experiment in graminivory. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 572: 110393.

Contact

Luke.D.Fannin.GR@dartmouth.edu
Silsby, Room 408A
HB Hinman Box 6044

Departments

Anthropology