Curriculum Vitae Jeffrey K McKee


Curriculum Vitae

Jeffrey Kevin McKee


Department of Anthropology
The Ohio State University
Lord Hall, 124 West 17th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1364
United States of America

(614) 292-2745 Fax: (614) 292-4155
e-mail: mckee.95@osu.edu
Home page: http://home.insight.rr.com/jkmckee


DEGREES

Ph.D., Anthropology Washington University
May 1985 St. Louis, Missouri

A.M., Anthropology Washington University
May 1982 St. Louis, Missouri

B.A. cum laude, Anthropology Miami University
May 1980 Oxford, Ohio


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Paleoanthropology Mammalian Paleontology
Evolutionary Theory Paleoecological Simulation
Mammalian Ecology Population Genetics
Craniofacial Biology Karst Geology
Human Demography Primatology


PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

2004-present Professor, Department of Anthropology, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

2000-2004 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

1999-2000 Adjunct Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

1999-2000 Lecturer, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

1996-1999 Adjunct Assistant Professor and Lecturer, Department of Anthropology,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

1986-1996 Senior Lecturer, Department of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg.

1985-1986 Research Program Analyst, Medical Computing Services, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

1984-1985 Consulting Specialist, Educational Computing Services, Washington University.

1982-1984 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Washington University.

1981-1984 Computing Applications Consultant, Social Science Computing Facilities, Washington University.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Human Gross Anatomy Comparative Anatomy Human Evolutionary Anatomy
Primate Anatomy Functional Anatomy Primate Ecology
Paleoanthropology Human Osteology Research Methods
Human Ecology Population Genetics Hominid Paleoecology

FIELD EXPERIENCE

1979, 1980 Archaeological surveys (Cultural Resource Management). Ohio, U.S.A.
1981 Archaeological surveys (Cultural Resource Management). Missouri.
1982 Excavation of human skeletal material, Pit of the Skulls.Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
1988-1996 Field Director & Co-principal Investigator, Excavations of Buxton Limeworks.
Taung, Bophuthatswana (South Africa).
1993-1996 Director & Principal Investigator, Excavations of Makapansgat Limeworks.
Northern Transvaal, South Africa.
1999-2001 Co-Principal Investigator, Excavations of Makapansgat Limeworks.
Northern Province, South Africa.
2002-2006 Principal Investigator, Excavations of Makapansgat Limeworks.
Northern Province, South Africa.

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
University of the Witwatersrand
Member, Board of the Faculty of Medicine
Member, Board of the Faculty of Science
Member, University Museums Board of Control
Member, Allied Medical Disciplines Committee
Member, Biological Sciences Committee
Member, Academic Users of the Computer Centre Committee
Deputy Chair, Dean's Advisory Committee on Computing in the Faculty of Medicine
Chair, Medical School Subcommittee, Dean's Advisory Committee on Computing in the
Faculty of Medicine
Director, Hunterian Museum

The Ohio State University
Chair, Senate Government Affairs Committee, ( 2005-2007)
Chair, Speakers Committee, Department of Anthropology (2001-2002)
Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Anthropology (2004-present)
Senator, University Senate (2002-2005, 2006-2009)
Senator, Faculty Senate of the Arts & Sciences (2003-2004)
Member, Senate Diversity Committee (2002-2005)
Member, Promotion and Tenure Review Committee (Anthropology) (2002-present)
Member, SBS College Promotion and Tenure Committee (2003-2007)
Member, Advisory Committee on College Priorities (SBS) (2002-2005)
Faculty advisor, Anthropology Insider (2002-2005)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Consultant, Taung: Management Plan and Heritage Survey (2003-2004)
Board of Directors, Sigma Xi, OSU Chapter (2003-2007) , President (2005-2006)
Board Member, Initial Director, Ohio Citizens for Science (2002-2006)
Honorary Research Associate, Dept. Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand (2000-2009)
Leader, Hominid Palaeoecology Research Programme, University of the Witwatersrand (1994-1996)
Vice-President, Executive Comm., Institute for the Study of Man in Africa, Johannesburg (1994-1996)
Collaborator, Palaeo‑Anthropology Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand (1987-1996)
Co-founder and Convener, Thomas Henry Huxley Society for Synapomorphic Symposia (1993-1995)
Scientific Consultant, Taung Heritage Site, Bophuthatswana National Parks Board (1992-1995)
South African Representative, Commission on the Palaeoecology of Early Man,
International Union for Quaternary Research (1996-1997)

Refereed manuscripts for American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, American Antiquity, HumanEcology, Journal of Human Evolution, Man, Palaeontologia Africana, South African Medical Journal, South African Journal of Science, Biological Conservation, Rutgers Univ. Press, Oxford Univ. Press, Altamira Press, W.W. Norton, Routledge Press, and Columbia University Press.

Reviewed grant proposals for the National Science Foundation, and the LSB Leakey Foundation.

External examiner: B.Sc. and Post-graduate programmes, Department of Anatomy and
Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa; M.A. programme (Anthropology), University of Manitoba, Canada.


GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED

NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant (RR-07054), 1982, with S. Molnar. ($5000)

Centro Studi e Ricerche - Ligabue, grant for Taung excavation, 1989-1991, with P.V. Tobias. ($70,000)

Foundation for Research Development, stipends, 1990-1992. (R24,000)

Denis Anderson Traveling Fellowship, 1991. (R2400)

International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), travel scholarship, 1991. (Sfr1500)

L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, grant for Taung excavation, 1992, with P.V. Tobias. ($2000)

Foundation for Research Development, Core Programme Rolling Support Grant,
1993-1995. (R30,000 per annum)

University of the Witwatersrand Research Committee Grant, 1994-1996. (R20,000 per annum)

L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, grant for Makapansgat excavation, 1999, with G.C. Conroy and K.L.
Kuykendall. ($16,000)

Ohio State University Seed Grant, for Taung fossil preparation, 2001 ($16,697)

Established PEER fund (Paleoanthropology and Evolutionary Ecology Research), 2001
(currently $10,700)

National Science Foundation grant, "Paleoecological and paleoanthropological excavations of in situ breccias at
Makapansgat, South Africa.", 2002-2006, ($183,176)


MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY ORGANIZATIONS

Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
Royal Society of South Africa

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Physical Anthropologists
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Anatomical Society of Southern Africa
Institute for the Study of Man in Africa
Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa
Southern African Association of Archaeologists
National Center for Science Education
Ohio Academy of Science


PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES

(Titles of papers presented in publications listed below)

American Association of Physical Anthropologists
54th Annual Meeting, March 1985, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
55th Annual Meeting, March 1986, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
57th Annual Meeting, March 1988, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
59th Annual Meeting, April 1990, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
63rd Annual Meeting, March 1994, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
64th Annual Meeting, March 1995, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
66th Annual Meeting, March 1997, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
68th Annual Meeting, April 1999, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Session Chair, Paleoanthropology Posters
69th Annual Meeting, April 2000, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
70^th Annual Meeting, March 2001, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
72^nd Annual Meeting, April 2003, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
75th Annual Meeting, April 2006, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
76^th Annual Meeting, April 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Anatomical Society of Southern Africa
17th Annual Congress, April 1987, Johannesburg, R.S.A.
18th Annual Congress, April 1988, Mabopane, Bophuthatswana.
19th Annual Congress, April 1989, Cape Town, R.S.A.
21st Annual Congress, April 1991, Stellenbosch, R.S.A.
22nd Annual Congress, April 1992, Sun City, Bophuthatswana.

Zoological Society of Southern Africa
Invited lecture for conference on 'Alternative Life History Styles of
Fishes and Other Organisms', June 1987, Grahamstown, R.S.A.

International Union for Quaternary Research
XII INQUA Congress, August 1991, Beijing, China.

Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa
7th Biennial Conference, September 1992, Johannesburg, R.S.A.
8th Biennial Conference, September 1994, Grahamstown, R.S.A.
Organizer and Chair for "Hominid Palaeoecology Workshop"

Wenner-Gren Foundation
"African Biogeography, Climate Change, and Early Hominid Evolution",
October, 1995, Salima, Malawi.


PUBLICATIONS

Molnar, S., J.K. McKee, I.M. Molnar, and T.R. Przybeck
1983 Tooth Wear Rates Among Contemporary Australian Aborigines. Journal of Dental Research 62(5): 562-565.

Molnar, S., J.K. McKee, and I.M. Molnar
1983 Measurements of Tooth Wear Among Australian Aborigines: I. Serial Loss of the Enamel Crown. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 61(1): 51-65.

McKee, J.K.
1984 A Genetic Model of Dental Reduction Through the Probable Mutation Effect. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 65(3): 231‑241.

McKee, J.K.
1985 Patterns of Dental Attrition and Craniofacial Shape Among Australian Aborigines. Ph.D. Dissertation, Washington University. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms.

Hildebolt, C.F., G. Bate, J.K. McKee, and G.C. Conroy.
1986 The Microstructure of Dentine in Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Studies. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 70(1): 39‑46.

Hildebolt, C.F., S. Molnar, M. Elvin‑Lewis, and J.K. McKee
1988 The Effect of Geochemical Factors on Prevalences of Dental Diseases for Prehistoric Inhabitants of the State of Missouri. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 75(1): 1‑14.

McKee, J.K.
1988 Dimensions of Growth and Evolution. The Leech 57(1): 17‑19.

McKee, J.K., and S. Molnar
1988 Measurements of Tooth Wear Among Australian Aborigines: II. Intrapopulational Variation in Patterns of Dental Attrition. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 76(1): 125‑136.

McKee, J.K., and S. Molnar
1988 Mathematical and Descriptive Classification of Variations in Dental Arch Shape in an Australian Aborigine Population. Archives of Oral Biology 33(12): 901‑906.

Hildebolt, C.F., M. Elvin‑Lewis, S. Molnar, J.K. McKee, M.D. Perkins, and K.L. Young
1989 Caries Prevalences Among Geochemical Regions of Missouri. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78(1): 79‑92.

McKee, J.K.
1989 Australopithecine Anterior Pillars: A Reassessment of the Functional Morphology and Phylogenetic Relevance. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 80(1): 1‑9.

Molnar, S., L. Richards, J.K. McKee, and I. Molnar
1989 Tooth Wear in Australian Aboriginal Populations from the River Murray Valley. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 79(2): 185‑196.

Kieser, J.A., H.T. Groeneveld, J.K. McKee, and N. Cameron
1990 Measurement Error in Human Dental Mensuration. Annals of Human Biology 17(6): 523‑528.

McKee, J.K., and R. Lunz
1990 Correlates of Enamel Hypoplasia With Human Dental Reduction. American Journal of Human Biology 2: 459‑465.

McKee, J.E., and J.K. McKee
1991 Inherent Errors in Rating Tooth Formation in CT‑scans. The Leech 60(2): 12-15.

McKee, J.K., (Guest Editor)
1991 Festschrift in Honour of Alun Ruhn Hughes on his 75th Birthday. Palaeontologia Africana 28: 1-85.

McKee, J.K.
1991 Palaeo‑ecology of the Sterkfontein Hominids: A Review and Synthesis. Palaeontologia Africana 28: 41-51.

McKee, J.K., and S.B. Helman
1991 Variability of the Hominid Juxtamastoid Eminence and Associated Basicranial Features. Journal of Human Evolution 21: 275-281.

Partridge, T.C., J.F. Bollen, P.V. Tobias, and J.K. McKee
1991 New Light on the Provenance of the Taung Skull. South African Journal of Science 87(7): 340-341.

McKee, J.K.
1992 Observations on the Carnivorous Activities of Chacma Baboons at the Buxton Limeworks, Taung District, Bophuthatswana. South African Journal of Science 88: 299-300.

McKee, J.K.
1993 The Formation and Geomorphology of Caves in Calcareous Tufas and Implications for the Study of the Taung Fossil Deposits. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 48(2): 307-322.

McKee, J.K.
1993 Taxonomic and Evolutionary Affinities of Papio izodi Fossils from Taung and Sterkfontein. Palaeontologia Africana 30: 43-49.

McKee, J.K.
1993 The Faunal Age of the Taung Hominid Deposit. Journal of Human Evolution 25(5): 363-376.

Tobias, P.V., J.C. Vogel, H.D. Oschadleus, T.C. Partridge, and J.K. McKee
1993 New Isotopic and Sedimentological Measurements of the Thabaseek Deposits (South Africa) and the Dating of the Taung Hominid. Quaternary Research 40: 360-367.

McKee, J.K.
1994 Catalogue of Fossil Sites at the Buxton Limeworks, Taung. Palaeontologia Africana 31: 73-81.

McKee, J.K., and A.W. Keyser.
1994 Cranio-dental Remains of Papio angusticeps from the Haasgat Cave Site, South Africa. International Journal of Primatology 15(6): 823-841.

McKee, J.K., and P.V. Tobias
1994 Taung Stratigraphy and Taphonomy: Preliminary Results Based on the 1988-1993 Excavations. South African Journal of Science 90(4): 233-235.

Kuykendall, K.L., C. Toich, and J.K. McKee
1995 Preliminary Analysis of the Fauna from Buffalo Cave, Northern Transvaal, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 32: 27-31.

McKee, J.K.
1995 Turnover Patterns and Species Longevity of Large Mammals from the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene of Southern Africa: A Comparison of Simulated and Empirical Data. Journal of Theoretical Biology 172: 141-147.

McKee, J.K.
1995 Further Chronological Seriations of Pliocene and Pleistocene Faunal Assemblages of Southern Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 32: 11-16.

McKee, J.K., J.F. Thackeray, and L.R. Berger
1995 Faunal Assemblage Seriation of Southern African Pliocene and Pleistocene Fossil Deposits. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 96(3): 235-250.

McKee, J.K.
1996 Faunal Turnover Patterns in the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Southern Africa. South African Journal of Science 92: 111-113.

McKee, J.K.
1996 Faunal Evidence and Sterkfontein Member 2 Foot Bones of Early Hominid. Science 271(5253): 1301-1302.

McKee, J.K.
1999 The Autocatalytic Nature of Hominid Evolution in African Plio-Pleistocene Environments. In African Biogeography, Climate Change, and Early Human Evolution, Eds. T.G. Bromage & F. Schrenk. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 57-67.

Turner, A., L.C. Bishop, C. Denys, and J.K. McKee,
1999 Appendix: A Locality-Based Listing of African Plio-Pleistocene Mammals. In African Biogeography, Climate Change, and Early Human Evolution, Eds. T.G Bromage & F. Schrenk. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 369-399.

McKee, J.K.,
2001 Faunal Turnover Rates and Mammalian Biodiversity of the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene of Eastern Africa. Paleobiology, 27(3): 500-511.

McGrew, W.C., McKee, J.K., and Tutin, C.E.G.
2003 Primates in Caves: Two New Reports of Papio spp. Journal of Human Evolution 44(4): 521-526.

McKee, J.K.
2003. Reawakening Malthus: Empirical Support for the Smail Scenario. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 122(4): 371-374.

McKee, J.K., Sciulli, P.W., Fooce, C.D., and Waite, T.A.
2004 Forecasting Biodiversity Threats Due to Human Population Growth. Biological Conservation 115(1): 161-164.

Crawford, T.C., McKee, J.K., Kuykendall, K.L., Latham, A., and Conroy, G.C.
2004 Recent paleoanthropological excavations of in situ deposits at Makapansgat, South Africa - A first report.
Collegium Antropologicum, 28, Suppl. 2, pp 43-57.
BOOKS

Poirier, F.E., and J.K. McKee
1999 Understanding Human Origins, 4th Edition. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.

McKee, J.K.
2000 The Riddled Chain: Chance, Coincidence and Chaos in Human Evolution. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

McKee, J.K.
2003 Sparing Nature: The Conflict Between Human Population Growth and Earth=s Biodiversity. Piscataway: Rutgers University Press.

McKee, J.K., Poirier, F.E., McGraw, W.S.
2005 Understanding Human Evolution, 5^th edition. Prentice Hall.

BOOK REVIEWS

McKee, J.K.
1994 Baring the Bones of a Good Story (Book review of Swartkrans, ed. C.K. Brain). New Scientist 141(1915): 43-44.

McKee, J.K.
1995 Darwinism Made Too Simple (Book review of The Ape-Man Within, L.S. De Camp). New Scientist 148(2006): 50.

McKee, J.K.
1996 Our Fossil Family Album (Book review of From Lucy to Language, D. Johanson and B. Edgar). New Scientist 152(2056): 46.

McKee, J.K.,
2001 Book Review of Extinct Humans (Tattersall & Schwartz). American Anthropologist 10(3): 852.

McKee, J.K.,
2003 Book Review of Human Paleobiology (Eckhardt). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 9(1): 169-170.

McKee, J.K.,
2003 Book Review of Dart: Scientist and Man of Grit (Wheelhouse & Smithford). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 120(1): 100-101.

McKee, J.K.,
2006 Book Review of Old World Monkeys (Whitehead & Jolly, eds). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147: 415.
GENERAL PUBLICATIONS (unrefereed)

McKee, J.K.
1991 Phillip Vallentine Tobias: A Biographical Sketch. The Leech 60(1): 4‑6.

McKee, J.K.
1993 A Resumption of Excavation and Research at the Makapansgat Limeworks. Physical Anthropology News 12(1): 2-3.

Cameron, N., Berger, L.R., and McKee, J.K.
1994 Training for Africans in Africa. Nature 372: 589.

McKee, J.K.
2001 Saving Our Environment, One (Fewer) Child at a Time. Chronicle of Higher Education 1/26/01, p. B20.

McKee, J.K.
2004 Brother, Can You Spare a Species? The Reporter (Population Connection), 36(1): 6-9.



REFEREED ABSTRACTS OF CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

McKee, J.K.
1985 Comparisons of dental arch shapes. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 66(2): 20.

McKee, J.K.
1987 The ecological transition and shifting balance of evolutionary forces in hominid evolution. Alternative Life History Styles of Fishes and Other Organisms, Abstracts. p. 55.

Helman, S.B., and J.K. McKee
1988 Morphological variations of the juxtamastoid eminence. South African Journal of Science 84(6): 521.

McKee, J.K.

1988 Australian aborigine masticatory biomechanics: implications for understanding fossils. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 75(2): 248.

McKee, J.K.
1988 Variations of maxillary stress trajectories among modern humans. South African Journal of Science 84(6): 521.

McKee, J.K.
1989 Correlates of enamel hypoplasia with human tooth size. South African Journal of Science 85(7): 473‑474.

Nockler, J.E., and J.K. McKee
1989 Validation of dental images on CT‑scans. South African Journal of Science 85(7): 473.

Tatchell, C.L., and J.K. McKee
1989 Functional significance of linear cortical bone striations in the maxilla. South African Journal of Science 85(7): 474.

McKee, J.K., and P.V. Tobias
1990 New fieldwork at the Taung hominid site: 1988‑1989. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 81(2): 266‑267.

McKee, J.K.
1991 Evolutionary affinities of Papio izodi fossils from Taung and Sterkfontein. Newsletter of the Anatomical Society of Southern Africa 24: 17.

McKee, J.K.
1991 Stratigraphic relations of fossil cercopithecidae from the Taung hominid site. Abstracts, XIII INQUA International Congress, p. 235.

McKee, J.K.
1992 The southern African origin of the genus Papio. South African Medical Journal 82: 193.

Quinney, P.S., and J.K. McKee
1992 A preliminary analysis of fossil and artefactual remains from Tobias Cave, Taung. South African Medical Journal 82: 195.

McKee, J.K.
1994 Hominid evolution in the context of gradual change among the mammals of southern Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 18: 145.

McKee, J.K.
1995 Indications of increased encephalization among baboons since the late Pliocene. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 19: 155.

Von Mayer, A., Kuykendall, K.L., and McKee, J.K.
1996 A preliminary account of the Cercopithecoides material from Haasgat. Journal of Anatomy 188: 497.

Kuykendall, K.L., McKee, J.K., and Quinney, P.S.

1997 Report on paleoanthropological, paleoecological, and archaeological fieldwork in the Makapansgat Valley, Northern Province, South Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 24: 148.

McKee, J.K.
1997 East African confirmation of constant turnover among Plio-Pleistocene large mammals. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 24: 167.

McKee, J.K.
1999 Biogeography of Pliocene and Pleistocene African large mammals and faunal dating of southern African hominids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 28: 197.

McKee, J.K.
1999 Faunal dating of southern African fossil assemblages: A reflexive test. Journal of Human Evolution 36(4): A12-A13.

McKee, J.K.
2000