Katharine Horton
Concentration:
Biological Anthropology
Research:
Human evolution; the Paleolithic of Central Asia; Neandertal paleobiology; landscape ecology; biogeography and GIS
Bio:
Kate Horton holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Colorado State University, with a concentration in genetics, systematics, and evolution. She earned her Master of Arts in Biological Anthropology from CSU in 2014. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Anthropology with interdisciplinary concentrations in geography, ecology, and statistics.
Her research investigates the influence of paleoclimate oscillations on human presence and mobility in Central Asia during the Late Pleistocene. In collaboration with colleagues from Kazakhstan and Colorado State University, her work has integrated paleoanthropology, pedology, biogeography, and ecology. She employs archaeological site data, GIS, R, climate records, and spatial statistical modeling.
Beyond her primary research, Kate has contributed to archaeological projects in both Colorado and Kazakhstan, studied fire history in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, examined forest regeneration following disturbance events in Rocky Mountain and Routt National Parks, and participated in a livelihoods assessment with The Nature Conservancy in Colorado.
Courses:
- BIOL 111, General Biology
- BIOL 230/231, Anatomy and Physiology
- BIOL 303, Genetics
- BIOL 440, Comparative Anatomy
- BIOL 461, Principles of Evolution
- WVUe 191, First Year Experience