Thomas Cody Prang

Dr. Thomas Cody Prang is an Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. His research reconstructs locomotor evolution in primates and hominins through comparative morphology and digital analysis of fossil specimens.

Key research programs:

• Morphological reconstruction of human-chimpanzee last common ancestor
• Biomechanical analysis of hominin foot fossils from East Africa
• Functional adaptation in the hominoid ankle and midfoot
• 3D geometric morphometric techniques

Fieldwork includes analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossils from Ethiopia and Kenya, and Miocene hominoid material. Research integrates evolutionary quantitative methods with traditional comparative approaches to understand the origins of human bipedalism.