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Eva Garrett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University. She co-leads the Sensory Morphology and Genomic Anthropology Lab, focusing on primate sensory evolution, particularly olfaction and pheromone detection. Her research integrates morphology, genomics, and paleontology to explore how sensory systems evolved in humans and primates.
- Education: PhD and MA from CUNY Graduate Center; BA from University of Texas at Austin
Her work challenges the traditional view that primates reduced olfactory reliance early in evolution, showing that only apes and Old World monkeys shifted toward vision. Current projects involve creating digital models of primate crania to study vomeronasal organ correlates linked to pheromone detection genes. She collaborates with postdoctoral scholars and student researchers (UROP) on this work.
Publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches, including studies on capuchin monkey foraging, primate social organization, and fossil evidence of sensory systems. Courses taught span human evolution, primate biology, and gender studies.
Her lab emphasizes bioinformatics and ancestral trait reconstruction, contributing to debates on sensory trade-offs and evolutionary adaptation. Ongoing research explores links between agricultural transitions and human sensory evolution.
