Spencer Irvine

I am a biological anthropologist interested in the functional morphology of positional behavior. I use linear and three-dimensional comparative methods to understand how animals have evolved to efficiently and effectively move through their environments. My dissertation research aims to reconstruct the leaping behavior of the crown primate ancestor and considers the implications of this for primate origins. My analyses primarily incorporate museum specimens, though I have also participated in several paleontological field work projects in the Western United States.