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Personal Summary

I'm a physical/biological anthropologist.

Education

Where                                           When            Degree Earned

Yuba Community College             1973-1975      AA in Life Sciences

University of California, Davis      1975-1977      BS in Anthropology

University of California, Davis      1977-1979      MA in Anthropology

University of California, Davis      1979-1983      PhD in Anthropology

ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú, Missoula  2001-2006      BS in Computer Science & Mathematical Sciences

Courses Taught

FALL Semester Odd-Numbered Years

• ANTY 210: Introduction to Biological Anthropology 
• ANTY 314: Principles of Forensic Anthropology (Changing soon to ANTY 414: Forensic Anthropology & Bioarchaeology)
• ANTY 515: Theory & Methods in Biological Anthropology
• ANTY 512: Advanced Forensic Anthropology

SPRING Semester Odd-Numbered Years

• ANTY 101: Anthropology and the Human Experience
• ANTY 208: Anthropological Statistics
• ANTY 508: Applied Anthropological Statistics
• CJUS 488: Forensic Science The Crime Lab and Beyond

FALL Semester Even-Numbered Years

• ANTY 210: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
• ANTY 314: Principles of Forensic Anthropology (Changing soon to ANTY 414: Forensic Anthropology & Bioarchaeology)
• ANTY 515: Theory & Methods in Biological Anthropology
• ANTY 512: Advanced Forensic Anthropology

SPRING Semester Even-Numbered Years

• ANTY 312: Human Evolution
• ANTY 104: Ancient Migrations
• CJUS 125: Fundamentals of Forensic Science
• CJUS 488: Forensic Science The Crime Lab and Beyond

Teaching Experience

1991-present:
Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor, Anthropology, The ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú

1988-1991:
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

1980-1988:
Visiting Lecturer/Assistant Prof, Anthropology, University of California, Davis.

1985-1988
Research Associate, Anthropology, University of California, Davis.

1977-1983
Teaching Assistant & Reader, Anthropology, University of California, Davis.

Research Interests

Phylogenetic Analysis (cladistics)

Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene Hominins

Computational Anthropology

Field of Study

Physical/Biological Anthropology

Human and Primate Evolution

Phylogenetic Analysis (Cladistics), Statistics and Informatics in Anthropology

Forensic Anthropology and Skeletal Biology

Selected Publications

Tornow, Matthew A. and Skelton, Randall R. 2012. A priori assumptions about characters as a cause of incongruence between molecular and morphological hypotheses of primate interrelationships. Primates 53(1):83–96.

Prentiss, Anna Marie; Skelton, Randall R.; Eldridge, Niles; Quinn, Colin, 2011. Get Rad! The Evolution of the Skateboard Deck. Evolution, Education, & Outreach. "Online First" prepublication version available at http://www.springerlink.com/ content/1936-6426/preprint/?sort=p_OnlineDate&sortorder=desc&o=10

Skelton, Randall R., 2011.  A Survey of the Forensic Sciences.  Raleigh, NC: Lulu Press.

Skelton, Randall R., 2003. Finding a Perfect Body for Sacagawea. A Confluence of Cultures: Native Americans and the Expedition of Lewis and Clark, 2003 Symposium Proceedings, pp. 146-148. Also featured prominently on the DVD produced from the symposium.

Graber, Robert Bates, Skelton, Randall R., Rowlett, Ralph M., Kephart, Ronald, and Brown, Susan Love, 2000. Meeting Anthropology Phase to Phase. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Skelton, Randall R, 1997. How Children Score on Discriminant Functions Designed for Adults. Intermountain J. of Sci. 3(1):47-53.

Skelton, R.R., H.M. McHenry, and G.M. Drawhorn, 1986. Phylogenetic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Current Anthropology 27:21-43.

Publications

Skelton, Randall R., 2000. Physical Anthropology. Section in Microsoft Encarta 2000 encyclopedia.

Skelton, Randall R., 1998. Book review of WHAT THE BONES SAY: TASMANIAN ABORIGINES, SCIENCE AND DOMINATION. International J. of Osteoarchaeology, 8(3):224-227.

Skelton, Randall R., 1996. A Suggested Method for Using Means Data in Discriminant Functions Using Anthropometric Data. Journal of World Anthropology 1(4). .

Skelton, Randall R., 1995. The Impact of the Human Remains & Burial Site Protection Act on the Practice of Archaeology in ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú. Archaeology in ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú 36(1):33-35.

Skelton, Randall R., 1994. Book Review of Kingdon, Jonathan, 1993, Self-Made Man: Human Evolution from Eden to Extinction? John Wiley, New York. ISBN 0-471-30538-3. xiii + 368 pp. $27.95 (cloth). Am. J. Phys. Anthrop. 94:160-161.

Skelton, R.R. and McHenry, H.M., 1992. Evolutionary Relationships among Plio-Pleistocene Hominids. J. Human Evolution 23:309-349.

Skelton, Randall R., 1990. Primate Evolution Textbooks. Amer. J. Primatology 21:73-75.

Skelton, Randall R., 1990. Beneath the surface: The promise and problems of the Laetoli site. Amer. J. of Primatology 20:57-62.

Skelton, R.R. and H.M. McHenry, 1986. On the phylogenetic analysis of early hominids. Reply. Current Anthropology 27:363-365.

Skelton, R.R., H.M. McHenry, and G.M. Drawhorn, 1986. Phylogenetic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Current Anthropology 27:21-43.

McHenry, Henry M. and Randall R. Skelton, 1985. Is Australopithecus africanus ancestral to Homo? In: Hominid Evolution: Past, Present and Future. Phillip V. Tobias (ed.). Pp. 221-226. Alan R. Liss, New York.

Skelton, R.R., H.M. McHenry, and G.M. Drawhorn, 1984. Phylogenetic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Amer. J. Physical Anthropology 63(2):219.

Skelton, Randall R., 1983. Amino acid racemization dating: Its reliability for North American Archaeology. Ph.D dissertation in Anthropology, U of CA, Davis.

Skelton, R.R., 1982. A test of the applicability of amino acid racemization dating for Northern California. Amer. J. Physical Anthropology 57(2):228-229.

Affiliations

Member: American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Specialized Skills

Physical Anthropology; Phylogenetic Analysis; Forensic Anthropology