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Gavin Merritt teaches biological anthropology at a state university in Michigan. His courses center on human origins, ancestral lineage, and physical variation. He regularly runs laboratory sessions where undergraduates handle hominin fossil casts to evaluate structural skeletal changes. Merritt also writes about human evolution for Biology Insights. Living in Traverse City, he centers his classroom work on comparative anatomy, teaching students how fossil records reveal the traits of early hominins.

Is There a Scientific Basis for Race?Biology
When Did Humans First Arrive in Europe?Earth & Space
Hominin vs. Hominid: A Crucial Evolutionary Difference Zoology
What Is Globalization in Anthropology and Why It Matters Zoology
How Did Coconuts First Travel From Pacific Islands?Earth & Space
How Did the Mayans Adapt to Their Environment?Earth & Space
What Is the Study of Human Skeletons for Disease and Injury?Bones & Muscles
How Did the Spirit Cave Mummy Die?Earth & Space
What Is the Evidence That Supports the Autogenic Hypothesis?Biology
What Is Succession in Ape Social Groups?Zoology
Where Was Ardipithecus Ramidus Found?Earth & Space
What Is the Correct Order of Human Migration Out of Africa?Biology
Are Apes in the Stone Age? A Look at Their Tool Use Zoology
What Clues Can Be Uncovered From an Individual’s Cranium?Bones & Muscles
At What Point Did the Two Groups of Anthropoids Split and Why?Zoology
How Did the Turkana Boy Die? Theories and Evidence Zoology
Why Are Most Social Mammals Less Cooperative Than Humans?Zoology
What Did Neanderthals Eat? Evidence of a Varied Diet Zoology
How Fast Could Neanderthals Run?Biology
What Would a Neanderthal Human Hybrid Look Like?Genetics
What Is the Significance of the Olduvai Gorge in East Africa?Earth & Space
What New Information Did Scientists Learn From Cashel Man?Earth & Space
Who Were the Robust Australopithecines?Zoology
A Brief History of Hominin Evolution Biology
Astyanax mexicanus: A Model for Evolution and Health Zoology
Where Did Hepatitis B Originate From?Healthcare
What Is the Definition of a Phenon in Biology?Zoology
Demic Diffusion: How Human Migration Shaped Our World Biology
The Origins of the Ket People: Health and Genetic Perspectives Genetics
How Did Early Humans Adapt to Cold Climates?Biology