Andrew Du

Andrew Du is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University, within the College of Liberal Arts. His research focuses on the ecology of ancient hominins and the biases in the fossil record affecting paleoecological interpretations. He employs quantitative methods to analyze fossil assemblages and infer hominin spatiotemporal distributions.

Education:

• Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University
• B.S. in Evolutionary Anthropology, Rutgers University

Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, human evolution, paleoecology, macroecology, macroevolution, taphonomy, Plio-Pleistocene eastern Africa, and quantitative methods. Current projects include studying time-averaging effects in fossil assemblages, large mammal diversity in the Omo-Turkana Basin, and modeling hominin distributions.

Teaching & Labs: Teaches courses on human origins, evolution, and data analysis. Maintains a lab with clear cultural norms and mentorship expectations outlined in accessible documents. Active in developing graduate-level R tutorials for statistical methods.