David Strait

David Strait is Professor of Biological Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, researching hominin evolution through fossil analysis. His work reconstructs phylogenetic relationships and examines dietary adaptations in early humans.

Research pillars:

• Cladistic analysis of fossil specimens
• Biomechanics of hominin feeding
• Paleoclimate impacts on human origins

Fieldwork includes excavations at Drimolen (South Africa) and Arma Veirana (Italy), where he directs a summer field school investigating robust australopiths and early Homo species.