Graduate Assistants/Graduate Students

Karl Kohler

B.A. Anthropology, San Francisco State University

Academic Biography:

Q. Where is your study area located? Africa, Iberia, and the Middle East

Q. What is your focus of research? My primary interests are in the selective pressures on early human forms, and the adaptations which arose due to these pressures. I am also very interested in the origins of modern human variation.

Q. Why did you choose NIU? It came highly recommended by several of my professors and colleagues, due to how well the subfields of anthropology mesh and form a comprehensive understanding of humanity.

Q. Who is your advisor? Dr. Gebo is my advisor. I chose him because our interests meshed well.

Research Projects:

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