Carly Stark

Carly Stark

PhD Candidate

she/her/hers
310 Young Hall
Office Hours
Fall 2026: Wednesdays 9:30-11:30, Wickson Hall 2147

Education

  • Ongoing - Ph.D. Anthropology (University of California, Davis)
  • 2026 - M.A. Anthropology (University of California, Davis)
  • 2023 - B.A. Anthropology (New York University)

About

My research centers on evolutionary and functional human anatomy, with a focus on why the modern human skeleton looks and moves the way that it does. While I am curious about the entire skeleton, my area of expertise is the pelvis and lumbar spine, where I investigate patterns of integration and covariation. I also extend this work to the fossil record, examining skeletal morphology in ancient hominins, particularly Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals). 

 

Research Focus

Paleoanthropology, Functional morphology, evolutionary morphology, osteometrics, biomechanics, evolutionary obstetrics, 3D geometric morphometrics

Awards

2023 Provost's Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, UC Davis

Membership and Service

Lead Coordinator — Department of Anthropology Museum Education Outreach Program

Courses
  • ANT 001 — Human Evolutionary Biology
  • ANT 054 — Introduction to Primatology
  • ANT 152 — Human Evolution
  • ANT 151 — Primate Evolution
  • ANT 156A — Human Osteology

Tags

Evolutionary Wing