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Elizabeth Grace Veatch, Ph.D.
Research Associate | Human Origins Program
Elizabeth Grace Veatch, Ph.D.
Research Associate | Human Origins Program
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
I am a paleoanthropologist specializing in the evolution of human diet and the evolutionary relationship between hominins and the environment. I approach this topic through a human behavioral ecology lens where I apply optimal foraging theory to understand the decisions of Pleistocene and Holocene hominins (human ancestors) to exploit a variety of animal resources in the past, and the recursive evolutionary consequences of those actions. I use a combination of 3D and 2D methods, GIS, and geochemical analyses to infer hominin feeding behavior and ecology at the paleoanthropological cave site Liang Bua on the Indonesian island of Flores. My research has been funded ($415,000) by domestic (NSF, Leakey Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation) and international (Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) organizations and published in leading scientific journals.
Research Interests
Research Interests
Zooarchaeology
Taphonomy
Stable Isotopes
Paleoecology
Hominin Diets
Digital Imaging
Human Behavioral Ecology
Education
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (2021)
Department of Anthropology
Emory University, Atlanta GA, USA
Advisor(s): Dr. Jessica Thompson & Dr. Dietrich Stout
Dissertation Title: The zooarchaeology and taphonomy of small mammal remains at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia.
Master of Arts (M.A.) (2014)
Department of Anthropology
The George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
Advisor: Dr. Matthew W. Tocheri
Thesis Title: A morphological analysis of the humerus and calcaneus of endemic rats from Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (2010)
Department of Anthropology
University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
Advisor: Dr. Dennis Van Gerven
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