MARIANNE J. COOPER, Ph.D.

2025

Cooper, M.J. & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. An evolutionary quantitative genetic analysis of the impact of cephalopelvic disproportion on cranial and pelvic co-evolution in anthropoids. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 188(1):e70109 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70109

In review

Cooper, M.J., Conaway, M., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. Form or shape? Examining the effect of size adjustment on evolutionary analyses of catarrhine appendicular morphology. In review at the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.

Cooper, M.J., Conaway, M., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. A quantitative genetics analysis of evolution in the hominoid appendicular skeleton. In review at Evolution.

In prep

Cooper, M.J. The impact of obstetrics on the evolution of variation in sacral vertebral number in primates. In prep.

Cooper, M.J., Oliver, H., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. Captivity and covariance: Exploring the impact of environmental differences in evolutionary analyses of the cranium in wild and captive Macaca fascicularis. In prep.

Cooper, M.J., O’Brien, T.D., & Potter, A. Revisiting heterozygous advantage for phenylketonuria carriers. In prep.

2025

Cooper, M. J., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. Assessing obstetric selection in the cranium and pelvis of anthropoid primates using methods from evolutionary quantitative genetics. Published Abstract. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 186 (S79), 34

2024

Cooper, M. J., Conaway, M., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. Form or shape? How data standardization affects results of quantitative genetic analyses of the primate appendicular skeleton. Published Abstract. PaleoAnthropology, 2024:1, 154.

Cooper, M. J. & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. An analysis of cranial and pelvic covariation, with implications for the evolution of cephalopelvic disproportion in non-human primates. Published Abstract. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 183 (S77), 33

2023

Cooper, M.J., Simons, E., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. A quantitative genetic analysis of selection in the non-human hominid cranium over four ontogenetic stages. Published Abstract. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 180 (S75), 37.

2022

Cooper, M.J., Conaway, M., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. An analysis of morphological evolution in catarrhine appendicular skeleton using methods from quantitative genetics. Published Abstract. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177 (S77), 36.

Pinkston, E. F. E., Cooper, M.J., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. The efficacy of a priori grouping in cold adaptation studies. Published Abstract. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177 (S77), 144.

2021

Cooper, M.J., Conaway, M., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. An analysis of morphological evolution in the hominid lower limb using methods from quantitative genetics. Published Abstract. PaleoAnthropology, 2021:1, 164.

Cooper, M.J., Simons, E., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. A geometric morphometric analysis of cranial ontogenetic integration in non-human hominids. Published Abstract. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 174 (S71), 22.

2019

Potter, A., & Cooper, M.J. Revisiting Heterozygous Advantage for Phenylketonuria Carriers. Published Abstract. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168 (S68), 194.

2025

“Vision, Evolution, and the Human Cranium,” presented on October 24 at the Integrative Human Evolution Symposium: The Evolution of Vision, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.