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Grand Valley State University: Allendale, MI, US

2012-08 to present | Assistant Professor (Biomedical Sciences)
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Melissa Tallman

City University of New York: New York, NY, US

2010-02 to 2012-08 | Postdoc (American Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Paleo)
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Education and qualifications (2)

CUNY Graduate Center: NY, NY, US

2002-09-01 to 2010-05-01 | Ph.D. (Anthropology)
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Melissa Tallman

George Washington University: Washington, DC, US

1998-09-01 to 2002-05-30 | B.A. (Anthropology, English)
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Funding (3)

The Haasgat hominin site (South Africa): excavation and palaeobiological integration

2014-06 to 2015-05 | Grant
Leakey Foundation (CA, CA, US)
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Melissa Tallman

III: Small: Collaborative Research: Shape Differences in the Biological Sciences

2011-09-01 to 2013-08-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (Arlington, US)
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DDI--Postcranial Variation in Plio-Pleistocene Hominins of Africa

2006-03-01 to 2007-02-28 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0550901
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Works (18)

3D models related to the publication: New remains of Neotropical bunodont litopterns and the systematics of Megadolodinae (Mammalia: Litopterna)

MorphoMuseuM
2023-08-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan David Carrillo; Catalina Suarez; Aldo Benites-Palomino; Andrés Vanegas; Andrés Link; Aldo Fernando Rincón Burbano; Javier Luque; Siobhán B. Cooke; Melissa Tallman; Guillaume Billet
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New insights on the anatomy and ontogeny of the largest extinct freshwater turtles

Heliyon
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Edwin-Alberto Cadena; Andrés Link; Siobhán B. Cooke; Laura K. Stroik; Andrés F. Vanegas; Melissa Tallman
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Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution

Nature Communications
2019-11-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Almécija; Melissa Tallman; Hesham M. Sallam; John G. Fleagle; Ashley S. Hammond; Erik R. Seiffert
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Investigating the effect of endocranial volume on cranial shape in platyrrhines and the relevance of this relationship to interpretations of the fossil record

American Journal of Physical Anthropology
2019-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Lauren Halenar‐Price; Melissa Tallman
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Evaluating causes of error in landmark-based data collection using scanners

PLOS ONE
2017-11-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Brian M. Shearer; Siobhán B. Cooke; Lauren B. Halenar; Samantha L. Reber; Jeannette E. Plummer; Eric Delson; Melissa Tallman; Kornelius Kupczik
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Novel 3-dimensional analysis to evaluate temporomandibular joint space and shape

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
2016 | Journal article
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Contributors: Ikeda, R.; Oberoi, S.; Wiley, D.F.; Woodhouse, C.; Tallman, M.; Tun, W.W.; McNeill, C.; Miller, A.J.; Hatcher, D.
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Shape ontogeny of the distal femur in the hominidae with implications for the evolution of bipedality

PLoS ONE
2016 | Journal article
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Contributors: Tallman, M.
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New endemic platyrrhine humerus from Haiti and the evolution of the Greater Antillean platyrrhines

Journal of Human Evolution
2016-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Melissa Tallman; Siobhán B. Cooke
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1.32 ± 0.11 Ma age for underwater remains constrain antiquity and longevity of the Dominican primate Antillothrix bernensis

Journal of Human Evolution
2015-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Alfred L. Rosenberger; Robyn Pickering; Helen Green; Siobhán B. Cooke; Melissa Tallman; Andrea Morrow; Renato Rímoli
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Phenetic and Functional Analyses of the Distal Ulna of A ustralopithecus afarensis and A ustralopithecus africanus

Anat. Rec.
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Melissa Tallman
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Shape analysis of the proximal humerus in orthograde and semi-orthograde primates: Correlates of suspensory behavior

Am. J. Primatol.
2014-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Julia Arias-Martorell; Melissa Tallman; Josep Maria Potau; Gaëlle Bello-Hellegouarch; Alejandro Pérez-Pérez
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Evaluation of a New Method of Fossil Retrodeformation by Algorithmic Symmetrization: Crania of Papionins (Primates, Cercopithecidae) as a Test Case

PLoS ONE
2014-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Melissa Tallman; Nina Amenta; Eric Delson; Stephen R. Frost; Deboshmita Ghosh; Zachary S. Klukkert; Andrea Morrow; Gary J. Sawyer; Kornelius Kupczik
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The femur of Orrorin tugenensis exhibits morphometric affinities with both Miocene apes and later hominins

Nat Comms
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergio Almécija; Melissa Tallman; David M. Alba; Marta Pina; Salvador Moyà-Solà; William L. Jungers
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The distal tibia of Hispanopithecus laietanus: More evidence for mosaic evolution in Miocene apes

Journal of Human Evolution
2013-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Melissa Tallman; Sergio Almécija; Samantha L. Reber; David M. Alba; Salvador Moyà-Solà
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Forelimb to Hindlimb Shape Covariance in Extant Hominoids and Fossil Hominins

Anat Rec
2012-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Melissa Tallman
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New endemic platyrrhine femur from Haiti: Description and locomotor analysis

Journal of Human Evolution
2012-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Siobhán B. Cooke; Melissa Tallman
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Morphology of the Distal Radius in Extant Hominoids and Fossil Hominins: Implications for the Evolution of Bipedalism

Anat Rec
2012-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Melissa Tallman
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Analysis of Selected Hominoid Joint Surfaces Using Laser Scanning and Geometric Morphometrics: A Preliminary Report

Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology
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Contributors: William E. H. Harcourt-Smith; Melissa Tallman; Stephen R. Frost; David F. Wiley; F. James Rohlf; Eric Delson
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