Dr. Conrad B. Quintyn

      P.h.D. University of Michigan

      M.A. University of Michigan

      B. A. Baylor University

      email: cquintyn@bloomu.edu

 

Interests:

Forensic Anthropology, forensic Anthropology & "Race," Human Origins in West Africa, Worldwide postcranial variation, Evolution of Human Diseases.

Relevant Publications:

 

2007
         Dauria, S and Quintyn, C.  Anthropologists Confront the CSI Effect. American Anthropological Association Newsletter 48(8): 21 (November).

 

2006
     The Morphometric Affinities of the Qafzeh and Skhul Hominans:     
         Method and Theory. Indiana: AuthorHouse.

 

2006
     C.L. Brace, Noriko Seguchi, Conrad B. Quintyn, Sherry C. Fox, A. Russell Nelson, Sortis K. Manolis, and Pan Qifeng. The questionable contribution of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age to European craniofacial form. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences , 103(1):242-247.

 

Other Publications:

2007

         The morphometric affinities of the Qafzeh and Skhul hominans: Method and theory. Bloomsbury Review 27(1):4

 

2006

     Forensic Anthropology. Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Newsletter. December, pp. 5-6.

 

2003

     The Father of Man: Meeting the True Adam.  Merrimack:

          Write to Print Press.

 

Abstracts:

2008
         Admixture and the growing list of racial categories: Clarity or confusion for law Enforcement (and the public). Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 60th Anniversary Scientific Meetings 14, p.347 (Abstract).

 

2007
         The species problem: Revisiting the idea of a temporary cessation in the naming of new species in hominin evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 42, 194 (Abstract).

 

2006

     One step away from angels: The uphill battle in reversing 20 generations of American creationist thinking.  American Anthropological Association 105th Annual Meeting, San Jose, California, November 14 to November 19. p.430 (Abstract).

 

2006

        Biological anthropology, evolution, and science: a new perspective on why the theory of evolution is not resonating with the general public. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 42, 150 (Abstract)

 

2005
     Qafzeh and Skhul: Descendants of anatomically modern humans or archaic Homo sapiens. American Anthropological Association 104 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 30 to December 4, p.461 (Abstract)

 

2002
       Human evolution: a Neanderthal skeleton in a sapiens closet. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.   Supplement 34, 47 (Abstract).

2000
       Mosaic evolution and modern human origins: the picture from the Levant. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.   Supplement 30, 256 (Abstract).

 1998
       Using canonical variates and generalized distances on the postcrania of Qafzeh, Cro-Magnon, Predmosti, Taforalt, Neolithic French, Natufians, and recent moderns to assess population affinities. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.   Supplement 28, 227 (Abstract).

 

Forensic Anthropological Cases Conducted by Dr. Conrad B. Quintyn
Bloomsburg University (2006 to present)

2006
       Analysis of animal remains. Pennsylvania State Police, Criminal Investigation Unit, Reading, PA.
    
       Analysis and report of partially decomposed human remains. Pennsylvania State Police, Frackville, PA.

       Analysis and report of cremated human remains. Pennsylvania State Police, Bloomsburg, PA.

2007     
         Analysis and report of human skeletal remains belonging to Bloomsburg University student, Garrett Jay.
         Bloomsburg Police Department, Bloomsburg, PA.

        Autopsy, analysis and report of human remains (Carbon County, Pennsylvania 1976 “Beth Doe” Unsolved Murder). Pennsylvania State Police, Hazleton, PA.

2008
         Wound analysis of mutilated remains. Pennsylvania State Police, Mt. Pocono area, PA.

          Reconstruction of cranial and postcranial skeletal remains and trauma analysis. Pennsylvania State Police, Price Township, PA.

What interested you in Anthropology?

     "I was always interested in history, peoples, and culture. Then I took my first course in Anthropology as an undergrad at Baylor University. This was a general Introduction to Anthropology course covering human cultural and biological evolution. I really enjoyed the biological evolution portion of this course.
 
     I enjoy thinking about questions, such as are humans evolving? Have humans stopped evolving? Are our brains getting bigger? Or, will the Homo sapiens suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs?
 
     I am fascinated by human origins, especially the competing hypotheses Out of Africa and Multiregional Evolution. Specifically, did a modern human species evolve solely in Africa and moved out replacing all existing hominid species in the Old World without interbreeding? Or did modern humans evolve in different regions of the Old World maintaining gene flow between populations. These hypotheses are fascinating but difficult to test.
 
     In conclusion, the holistic nature of Anthropology allows one to discuss other, more practical issues, such as "race" and intelligence, "race" and forensic anthropology, the evolution of human diseases, evolution of human behavior, etc. These are issues which are very important in modern society."