Selected Publications
Strait, D.S., Grine, F.E. and Moniz, M.A.(1997) A reappraisal of early hominid phylogeny. J. Hum. Evol. 32: 17 - 82.
Strait, D.S. and Grine, F.E. (2004) Inferring hominoid and early hominid phylogeny using craniodental data: the role of fossil taxa. J Hum Evol.47: 399-452.
Strait, D.S., Weber, G.W., Neubauer, S., Chalk, J. Richmond, B.G., Lucas, P.W., Spencer, M.A., Schrein, C., Dechow, P.C., Ross, C.F., Grosse, I., Wright, B.W., Constantino, P., Wood, B.A., Lawn B., Hylander, W.L., Wang, Q., Byron, C., Slice, D.E., Smith, A.L. (2009) The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Australopithecus africanus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106: 2124-2129.
Strait, D.S., Constantino, P., Lucas, P.W., Richmond, B.G., Spencer, M.A., Dechow, P.C., Ross, C.F., Grosse, I.R., Wright, B.W., Wood, B.A., Weber, G.W., Wang, Q., Byron, C., Slice, D.E., Chalk, J., Smith, A.L., Smith, L.C., Wood, S., Berthaume, M., Benazzi, S., Dzialo, C., Tamvada, K., Ledogar, J.A. (2013) Viewpoints: Diet and dietary adaptations in early hominins: the hard food perspective. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 151: 339-355.
Smith, A.L., Benazzi, S., Ledogar, J.A., Tamvada, K., Smith, L.C., Weber, G.W., Spencer, M.A., Lucas, P.W., Michael, S., Shekeban, A., Al2 Fadhalah, K., Almusallam, A.S., Dechow, P.C., Grosse, I.R., Ross, C.F., Madden, R., Richmond, B.G., Wright, B.W., Wang, Q., Byron, C., Slice, D.E., Wood, S., Dzialo, C., Berthaume, M., van Castern, A., Strait, D.S. (2015) The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Paranthropus boisei. Anat. Rec. 298: 145-167.
Wood, B.A. and Strait, D.S. (2004) Patterns of resource use in early Homo and Paranthropus. J Hum Evol. 46: 119-162.
Richmond, B.G. and Strait, D.S. (2000) Evidence that humans evolved from a knuckle-walking ancestor. Nature 404: 382-385.
Awards
University Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, SUNY, 2014
University President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, U. Albany, 2014
President’s Award for Distinguished Doctoral Research, SUNY Stony Brook, 1998
Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1992
Harvard College Scholarship for Academic Distinction, 1990
Westinghouse Science Talent Search Semi-Finalist, 1987