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BA., Metropolitan State College of Denver; M.A.,Ph.D., Tulane University; Assistant Professor of Anthropology.
Hello - my name is Catherine Gaither, but you can call me Cathy. I am a physical anthropologist which means I study human biology from an anthropological perspective. That means I study things like human evolution (the picture is of me at the site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania
- this is a famous human evolution site), human variation, forensic anthropology, evolutionary medicine, paleopathology, and primatology. Myspecialty area is paleopathology, which means I specialize in the study of health in ancient populations. This involves excavating and analyzing human skeletal and mummified remains found in archaeological contexts. I
also have a strong, and growing, interest in forensic anthropology and evolutionary medicine, the latter of which focuses on research in the fields of paleopathology and human evolution, and how the information gained from that research can be applied to our modern medical
experience. I got my PhD from Tulane University and the majority of my field research has been in Peru. I have worked at various sites along the coast and in the highlands, and continue to be actively engaged in a number of research projects, many of which invite student participation. If you're interested in learning more, I hope you'll consider taking one of my
classes.
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