Publications

MacLatchy, L., Cote, S., Deino, A.L., Kityo, R.M., Mugume, A.T., Rossie, J.B., Sanders, W.J., Cosman, M.N., Driese, S.G., Fox, D.L., Freeman, A.J., Jansma, R.J.W., Jenkins, K.E.H., Kinyanjui, R.,N., Lukens, W.E., McNulty, K.P., Novello, A., Peppe, D.J., Strömberg, C.A.E., Uno, K.T., Winkler, A.J., Kingston, J.D. (2023). The evolution of hominoid locomotor versatility: Evidence from Moroto, a 21 Ma site in Uganda. Science 380: eabq2935. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq2835

 Peppe, D., Cote, S., Deino, A.L., Fox, D.L., Kingston, J.D., Kinyanjui, R.,N., Lukens, W.E., MacLatchy, L.M., Novello, A., Strömberg, C.A.E., Driese, S.G., Garrett, N.D., Hillis, K.R., Jacobs, B.F., Jenkins, K.E.H., Kityo, R., Lehmann, T., Manthi, F.K., Mbua, E.N., Michel, L.A., Miller, E.R., Mugume, A.T., Muteti, S.N., Nengo, I.O., Oginga, K.O., Phelps, S.R., Polissar, P., Rossie, J.B., Stevens, N.J., Uno, K.T., McNulty, K.P. (2023). Oldest evidence of significant C4 grasses and habitat heterogeneity in eastern Africa. Science 380: 173-177.

 Rossie, J. B. and Cote, S. M. (2022) Additional hominoid fossils from the early Miocene of the Lothidok Formation, Kenya. Am. J. Biol. Anthropol. 179(2):261-275 . 

Flink, T., Cote, S., Rossie, J. B., Kibii, J., Werdelin, L. (2021) The neurocranium of Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) and the evolution of the brain in some hyaenodontan carnivores. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology XXX: xxx-xxx.  Free Open Access.

Krause, D.W., Hoffman, S., Rossie, J.B., Hu, Y., Wible, J.R., Rougier, G.W., Kirk, E.C., Groenke, J.R., (2020). Craniofacial morphology of Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 20, 19-66. 

Krause, D.W., Hoffman, S., Hu, Y., Evans, A.R., Groenke, J.R., Kirk, E.C., von Koenigswald, W., Rahantarisoa, L.J., Rogers, R.R., Rossie, J.B., Rougier, G.W., Schultz, J.A., Wible, J.R., (2020) Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity. Nature. 581, 421-427.

MacLatchy, L., Rossie, J.B., Houssaye, A., Olejniczak, A.J., Smith, T.M., (2019) New hominoid fossils from Moroto II, Uganda and their bearing on the taxonomic and adaptive status of Morotopithecus bishopi.  J. Hum. Evol. 132: 227-246.

Rasmussen, D. T., Friscia, A. R., Gutierrez, M., Kappelman, J., Miller, E.R., Muteti, S., Reynoso, D., Rossie, J. B., et al.  (2019) Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA.  116: 6051-6056.

Rossie, J. B., and Hill A. (2018) A new species of Simiolus from the middle Miocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya.  J. Hum. Evol. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XyN1AlZX8IR~

Miller, E. R. and Rossie, J. B. (2018) Going Ape. Natural History. September: 7-9.

Rossie, J. B., Smith, T. D., Beard, K. C., Godinot, M., Rowe, T.  (2018) Nasolacrimal anatomy and haplorrhine origins. J. Hum. Evol. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1WAMbAlZX8IdH

Smith, T. D., Martell, M. C., Rossie, J. B., Bonar, C. J. and Deleon, V. B. (2016) Ontogeny and Microanatomy of the Nasal Turbinals in Lemuriformes. Anat. Rec. 299: 1492-1510. doi:10.1002/ar.23465

Krause, D. W., Hoffmann, S., Wible, J.R., Kirk, E.C., Schultz, J. A., von Koenigswald, W., Groenke, J.R., Rossie, J.B., O’Connor, P.M., Seiffert, E., Dumont, E.R., Holloway, W.L., Rogers, R.R., Rahantarisoa, L.J., Kemp, A.D., & Andriamialison, H.  (2014)  First cranial remains of gondwanatherian mammal reveals striking mosaicism.  Nature. 515: 512-517.

 Krause, D. W., Wible, J.R., Hoffmann, S., Groenke, J.R., O’Connor, P.M., Holloway, W. L., Rossie, J.R.  (2014)  Craniofacial morphology of Vintana sertichi (Mammaliaformes, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir.

 Rossie, J. B., Gilbert, C., and Hill A. (2013)  Early cercopithecid monkeys from the Tugen Hills, Kenya.  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA.  110: 5818-5822.

 Rossie, J. B., & MacLatchy, L.  (2013)  Dentognathic remains of an Afropithecus individual from Kalodirr, Kenya. J. Hum. Evol. 65: 199-208.

 Hill A, Nengo I. O., and Rossie J. B. (2013) A mandible of Rangwapithecus gordoni from Songhor, Kenya. J. Hum. Evol. 65: 490-500

 Smith T.D., Rossie J.B., Cooper G.M., Durham E.L., Schmeig R.M., Docherty B.A., Bonar C.J., Burrows A.M., (2012) Microanatomical variation of the nasal capsular cartilage in newborn primates. Anatomical Record 295: 950-960.

 Smith TD, Eiting TP, and Rossie JB. (2011) Distribution of olfactory and nonolfactory surface area in the nasal fossa of Microcebus murinus: Implications for microcomputed tomography and airflow studies. Anatomical Record 294: 1217-1225.

 Smith TD, Rossie JB, Cooper GM, Schmieg RM, Bonar CJ, Mooney MP, and Siegel MI. (2011) Comparative microcomputed tomography and histological study of maxillary pneumatization in four species of New World monkeys: The perinatal period. Am J Phys Anthrop 144:392-410.

Vinyard CJ, Taylor, AB, Teaford, MF, Glander KE, Ravosa MJ, Rossie J. B., Ryan TM, Williams SH (2011)  Are we looking for loads in all the right places? New research directions for studying the masticatory apparatus of New World Monkeys. Anatomical Record. 294, 2140-2157.

 Smith, T. D., Rossie, J. B., Cooper, G. M., Carmody, K. A., Schmieg, R. M., Bonar, C. J ., Mooney, M. P., and Siegel, M. I.  (2010)  The maxillary sinus in three genera of New World monkeys: Factors that constrain secondary pneumatization.  Anatomical Record 293,91-107.

 Patel B.A., Susman R.L., Rossie J.B., and Hill A. (2009) Terrestrial adaptations in the hands of Equatorius africanus revisited. J. hum. Evol. 57,763-772.

 Rossie, J. B.  (2008)  Phylogenetic significance of anthropoid paranasal sinuses.  Anatomical Record.  291, 1485-1498. Invited

 Smith TD, Rossie JB, Docherty BA, Cooper GM, Bonar CJ, Silverio AL, and Burrows AM (2008) Fate of the nasal capsular cartilages in prenatal and perinatal tamarins (Saguinus geoffroyi) and extent of secondary pneumatization of maxillary and frontal sinuses. Anatomical Record 291, 1397-1413. Invited

 Smith T. D., Rossie, J. B.  (2008)  Nasal fossa of dwarf and mouse lemurs (Primates, Cheirogaleidae). Anatomical Record.  291, 895-915.

 Rossie, J. B. & Smith, T. D. (2007) Ontogeny of the nasolacrimal duct in primates: functional and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Anatomy.  210, 195-208.

 Gilbert, C. C., Rossie, J. B. (2007) Congruence of molecules and morphology using a narrow allometric approach. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA.  104, 11910-11914.

 Smith T. D., Rossie, J. B., Bhatnagar, K. P. (2007)  Evolution of the nose and nasal skeleton in primates.  Evolutionary Anthropology. 16, 132-146.

 Smith T. D., Bhatnagar, K. P., Rossie, J. B., Docherty, B. A., Burrows, A.M., Cooper, G.M., Mooney, M.P., Siegel, M.I. (2007) Scaling of the first ethmoturbinal in nocturnal strepsirrhines: olfactory and respiratory surfaces. Anatomical Record. 290, 215-237  DOI: 10.1002/ar.20428

 Rossie, J. B. (2006) Ontogeny and homology of the paranasal sinuses in Platyrrhini (Mammalia: Primates). Journal of Morphology.  263, 1-40.

 Rossie, J. B. & MacLatchy, L. (2006) A new pliopithecoid genus from the early Miocene of Uganda. Journal of Human Evolution. 50, 568-586.

 Rossie, J. B. & Seiffert, E. R. (2006) Continental paleobiogeography as phylogenetic evidence.  In: Lehman, S.M. and J. Fleagle (Editors) Primate Biogeography. New York: Plenum/Kluwer Press.

 Rossie, J. B., Ni, X., & Beard, K. C. (2006) Cranial remains of an Eocene tarsier. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 103, 4381-4385. 

 Smith, T. D. & Rossie, J. B. (2006). Primate olfaction: Anatomy and Evolution.  In: Brewer, W. (Editor) Olfaction and the Brain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Invited

 Rossie, J. B. (2005) Anatomy of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses in Aegyptopithecus and early Miocene African catarrhines. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.  126, 250-267.

Beard, K. C., Jaeger, J-J., Chaimanee, Y., Rossie, J. B.,  Soe, A. N., Tun, S. T., Marivaux, L., Marandat, B.  (2005) Taxonomic status of purported primate frontal bones from the Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.  Journal of Human Evolution. 49, 468-481.

 MacLatchy, L. & Rossie, J. B. (2005) The Napak large hominoid: still Proconsul major. In: Lieberman, D. E., Smith, R. J., & J. Kelley (Editors) Interpreting the past: Essays on human, primate, and mammal evolution. Boston: Brill. pp.15-28. Invited

 Seiffert, E. R., Simons, E. L., Clyde, W. C., Rossie, J. B., Attia, Y., Bown, T. M., Chatrath, P., Mathison, M. E. (2005) Basal anthropoids from Egypt and the antiquity of Africa’s higher primate radiation.  Science.  310, 300-304.

Smith, T. D., Rossie, J. B., Cooper, G. M., Mooney, M. P., and Siegel, M. I. (2005) Secondary pneumatization in the maxillary sinus of callitrichid primates: insights from immunohistochemistry and bone cell distribution.  Anatomical Record. 285a, 677-689.

Kay, R. F., Campbell, V. M., Rossie, J. B., Colbert, M. W., Rowe, T. B. (2004)  Olfactory fossa of Tremacebus harringtoni (platyrrhini, early Miocene, Sacanana, Argentina): Implications for activity pattern.  Anatomical Record. 281a, 1157-1172. Invited

Rossie, J. B., Simons, E. L., Gauld, S., & D. T. Rasmussen. (2002) Paranasal sinus anatomy of Aegyptopithecus: Implications for hominoid origins. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 8454-8456.