Juliet K. Brophy
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2011
M.A. University of Tennessee 2004
B.S. University of Michigan 2002
Research
Craniodental morphometric analysis, Hominin Evolution, Zooarchaeology and taphonomy
Selected Publications
Brophy, J.K., Matthews, G.J., Schnitzler. N., Bharath. K., Kurtek. S., Harel, O. 2024. Classification of Bovidae fossils from Gladysvale, South Africa using elastic shape. Journal of Archaeological Science, 166, p.105959.
Brophy, J.K., Bolter, D., Elliott, M.E., Hawks, J., Berger, L.R. 2024. An examination of Homo naledi early juveniles recovered from the Rising Star Cave System, South Africa. Annals of Human Biology. 51(1), p. 2321128
Domínguez-Rodrigo, M., Brophy, J.K., Matthews, G.J., Pizarro-Monzo, M., Baquedano, E. 2023. African bovid tribe classification using transfer learning and computer vision. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15067
Furtner, M.J., Brophy, J.K. 2023. Comparison of close-range photogrammetry to microCT scanning via surface deviation analysis of 3D digital models of hominin molars. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 103762 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103762
Delezene, L.K., Skinner, M.W., Bailey, S., Brophy, J.K., Elliott, M.E., Gurtov, A., Irish, J.D., Moggi-Cecchi, J., de Ruiter, D.J., Hawks, J., Berger, L.R. 2023. Descriptive catalog of Homo naledi dental remains from the 2013 to 2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber, site U.W. 101, within the Rising Star cave system, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 180: 103372. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103372
Brophy, J.K. and Matthews, G.J. 2022. Reference database of teeth images from the Family Bovidae. Scientific Data, 9(1):396. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01501-4.
Matthews, G. J., Bharath, K., Kurtek, S., Brophy, J.K., Thiruvathukal, G. K., Harel, O. 2021. Shape-based classification of partially observed curves with applications to anthropology. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fams.2021.759622
Brophy, J.K., Elliott, M., de Ruiter, D.J., Bolter, D., Churchill, S.E., Walker, C.S., Hawks, J. Berger, L.R. 2021. Immature craniodental hominin remains from a new passage in Rising Star Cave System, South Africa. PaleoAnthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48738/2021.iss1.64
Elliott, M. C., Brophy, J.K., Makhubela, T., Churchill, S. E., Peixotto B., Feuerriegel, E. M., Morris, H., Van Rooyen, D., Ramalepa, M., Tsikoane, M., Kruger, A., Spandler, C., Kramers, J., Roberts, E., Dirks, P. H., Hawks, J., Berger, L. R. 2021. New investigations in the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave: explorations and excavations. PaleoAnthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48738/2021.iss1.68
Brophy, J.K., Moggi-Cecchi, J., Matthews, G.J., Bailey, S.E. 2020. Comparative morphometric analyses of the deciduous teeth of Homo naledi. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24190
L’Engle Williams, F., Brophy, J. K., Matthews, G. J. 2020. Elliptical fourier analysis of crown shape in permanent mandibular molars from late Neolithic cave burials of Belgium. Anthropologie (Brno). DOI: https://doi.org.10.26720/anthro.20.07.14.1
Courses Taught
Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Human Evolution
Australopithecine Paleoecology and Taphonomy
Origins of the Genus Homo
Anthropology of Hominin Teeth