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.
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