Shara E. Bailey
Associate Chair of the Department of Anthropology
CSHO Director
Ph.D. 2002; M.A. 1995, Arizona State University; B.A. 1992, Temple University
Email: sbailey@nyu.edu
Phone: 212-998-8576
Office: 901A
Dental Anthropology Laboratory
Research Interests
- biological anthropology
- dental morphology and morphometrics
- Neanderthals
- Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution
- Africa
- paleoanthropology
- Middle-Late Pleistocene hominins
- modern human origins
- Europe
Other Affiliations
Professor, NYU Department of Anthropology
Core Faculty, MS in Human Skeletal Biology
Faculty, New York Consortium on Evolutionary Primatology
Associated Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Editorial Board, Current Anthropology
Current Projects
Evolution of the Human Dentition
Deciduous Dentition of Homo naledi
Dental Morphology of African Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
Modern Human Origins in North Africa
Taxonomic Attribution and Phylogenetic Assessments of Eurasian Late Pleistocene Hominins
Public Outreach
The Leakey Foundation Origin Stories Podcast: Neanderthals, Episode 16
StarTalk All-Stars Podcast: The Fossils in Your Mouth, with Natalia Reagan
Selected Publications
[ Academia | ResearchGate ]Bailey SE, Sorrentino R, Mancuso G, Hublin J-J, Benazzi S. 2020. Taxonomic differences in deciduous lower first molar crown outlines in Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis. J Hum Evol. 147: 102864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102864.
Bailey SE, Hublin J-J, Antón SC. 2019. Rare dental trait provides morphological evidence for archaic introgression in Asian fossil record. Proc Nat Acad Sci. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907557116.
Bailey SE, Brophy J, Moggi-Cecchi J. 2019. The deciduous dentition of H. naledi: A comparative study. J Hum Evol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102655.
Hawks, J., Elliott, M., Schmid, P., Churchill, S., de Ruiter, D., Garvin, H., Williams, S., Delezene, L., Feuerriegel, E., Kivell, T., Laird, M., Tawane, G., DeSilva, J., Bailey, S.E., Brophy, J., Meyer, M., Skinner, M., Tocheri, M., VanSickle, C., Walker, C., & Berger, L. 2017. New fossil remains of Homo naledi from Lesedi Chamber, South Africa.
Bailey, S.E., Benazzi, S., Buti, L., & Hublin, J.-J. 2016. Allometry, merism, and tooth shape of the lower deciduous M2 and permanent M1. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 159: 93-105.
Benazzi, S., Slon, G., Talamo, S., Negrino, F., Peresani, M., Bailey, S.E., Sawyer, S., Panetta, D., Vicino, G., Starnini, E., Mannino, M.A., Salvadori, P.A., Meyer, M., Pääbo, S., & Hublin, J.-J. 2015. The makers of the Protoaurignacian and implications for Neandertal extinction. Science 348(6236): 793-796.
Bailey, S.E., Benazzi, S., Souday, C., Astorino, C., Paul, K., & Hublin, J.-J. 2014. Taxonomic differences in deciduous upper second molar crown outlines of Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis, and Homo erectus. Journal of Human Evolution 72: 1-9.
Bailey, S.E. & Hublin, J.-J. 2013. What does it mean to be dentally ‘modern’? In Scott G and Irish J (Eds.) Anthropological Perspectives on Tooth Morphology: Genetics, Evolution, Variation. Cambridge University Press.
Ortiz, A., Skinner, M.M., Bailey, S.E. & Hublin, J.-J. 2012. Carabelli’s trait revisited: An examination of mesiolingual features at the enamel-dentine junction and enamel surface of Pan and Homo sapiens upper molars. Journal of Human Evolution 63(4): 1-11
Bailey, S.E., Skinner, M.M. & Hublin, J.-J. 2011. What lies beneath? An evaluation of lower molar trigonid crests based on both dentine and enamel expression. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 45: 505-518.
Bailey, S.E., Weaver, T.D. & Hublin, J.-J. 2009. Who made the Aurignacian and other early Upper Paleolithic industries? Journal of Human Evolution 57: 11-26.
Bailey, S.E., Glantz, M., Weaver, T. & Viola, B. 2008. The affinity of the dental remains from the Obi Rakhmat Grotto, Uzbekistan. Journal of Human Evolution 55: 238-248.