PhD Student Biological Anthropology
Matriculated September 2021
Research Interests
Genomics, Genetics, Morphology, Cold-adaptation, Hominins, Ursids, Equids, Phocids, Convergent Evolution.
About
Warrenkevin Henderson is a paleoanthropologist and genomicist working in the Sensory Morphology and Anthropological Genomics Lab (SMAGL) under the advisement of Dr. Eva Garrett and Dr. Christopher Schmitt. He is currently investigating morphological convergence in respect to cold adaptation and the possible genetic underpinnings of various morphological traits. His current project investigates if convergence is acting on nasal and rib form in archaic hominins such as Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, to include contemporary populations of H. sapiens, in the context of those same differences in Ursid, Phocid, and Equid models.
Prior to starting his Ph.D. at Boston University, Warrenkevin attended the University of Massachusetts Boston where he obtained a B.S. in Biology and Anthropology, moving on to The George Washington University where he obtained his M.S. in Human Paleobiology.
Awards & Grants
- Short-term Graduate Research in the United States Fellowship (GRUF) (awarded December 2023).
- Department of Anthropology Summer Research Grant (Summer 2022, 2023, 2024).
- Boston University Dean’s Fellowship (Fall 2021, Spring 2022).
Publications
Boyle, E.K., Mahon, V.S.E., Diogo, R., Henderson, W., Jacobson, H., Purcell, N., and Wiltz, K. Head and neck muscles. In Handbook of Muscle Variations and Anomalies in Humans: A Compendium for Medical Education, Physicians, Surgeons, Anthropologists, Anatomists and Biologists. Taylor & Francis, in press.
Harwell FS, Gagnon CM, Henderson WB. The seventh annual northeastern evolutionary primatologists (NEEP) meeting: Back in-person in Boston, MA!
Evol Anthropol. 2022 Jan;31(1):5-8. doi: 10.1002/evan.21932. Epub 2021 Dec 24. PMID: 34951715.