Caley Orr, PhD

Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology


Publications

  • Kivell TL, Deane AS, Tocheri MW, Orr CM, Schmid P, Hawks J, Berger LR, Churchill SE. The hand of Homo naledi. Nat Commun. 2015 Oct 6;6:8431. PubMed PMID: 26441219
  • Berger LR, Hawks J, de Ruiter DJ, Churchill SE, Schmid P, Delezene LK, Kivell TL, Garvin HM, Williams SA, DeSilva JM, Skinner MM, Musiba CM, Cameron N, Holliday TW, Harcourt-Smith W, Ackermann RR, Bastir M, Bogin B, Bolter D, Brophy J, Cofran ZD, Congdon KA, Deane AS, Dembo M, Drapeau M, Elliott MC, Feuerriegel EM, Garcia-Martinez D, Green DJ, Gurtov A, Irish JD, Kruger A, Laird MF, Marchi D, Meyer MR, Nalla S, Negash EW, Orr CM, Radovcic D, Schroeder L, Scott JE, Throckmorton Z, Tocheri MW, VanSickle C, Walker CS, Wei P, Zipfel B. Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. Elife. 2015 Sep 10;4. PubMed PMID: 26354291
  • Fernández PJ, Almécija S, Patel BA, Orr CM, Tocheri MW, Jungers WL. Functional aspects of metatarsal head shape in humans, apes, and Old World monkeys. J Hum Evol. 2015 Sep;86:136-46. PubMed PMID: 26276534
  • Almécija S, Orr CM, Tocheri MW, Patel BA, Jungers WL. Exploring phylogenetic and functional signals in complex morphologies: the hamate of extant anthropoids as a test-case study. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2015 Jan;298(1):212-29. PubMed PMID: 25529242
  • Goodenberger KE, Boyer DM, Orr CM, Jacobs RL, Femiani JC, Patel BA. Functional morphology of the hallucal metatarsal with implications for inferring grasping ability in extinct primates. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2015 Mar;156(3):327-48. PubMed PMID: 25378276
  • Knigge RP, Tocheri MW, Orr CM, McNulty KP. Three-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis of talar morphology in extant gorilla taxa from highland and lowland habitats. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2015 Jan;298(1):277-90. PubMed PMID: 25338937
  • Fernandez PJ, Almejica S, Patel BA, Orr CM, Tocheri MW, Jungers WL. Shape analysis of the distal metatarsal articular surface in cercopithecoids, apes, and humans. Am J Phys Anthropol 156:132
  • Hodgkins JM, Ivanova S, Spassov N, Gurova M, Miller C, Orr CM, Strait DS. Deep Cave Foraging by Late Pleistocene Hominins in Northwestern Bulgaria. Paleoanthropology Society Meeting Abstracts, San Francisco, CA, 14-15 April 2015. PaleoAnthropology 2015:A13.
  • Orr CM. In press. Locomotor hand postures, carpal kinematics during wrist extension, and associated morphology in anthropoid primates. The Anatomical Record 300:382-401.
  • Tocheri MW, Dommain R, Mcfarlin SC, Burnett SE, Case DT, Orr CM, Roach NT, Villmoare B, Eriksen AB, Kalthoff DC, Senck S, Assefa Z, Groves CP, Jungers WL. 2016. The evolutionary origin and population history of the grauer gorilla. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 159 S61 (Yearbook of Physical Anthropology):4-18.
  • Orr CM. 2016. Functional morphology of the primate hand: recent approaches using biomedical imaging, computer modeling, and engineering methods. In Kivell TL, Lemelin P, Richmond BG, Schmitt D (eds): The Evolution of the Primate Hand: Anatomical, Developmental, Functional and Paleontological Evidence. Springer. pp 227-257.
  • Strait DS, Orr CM, Hodgkins J, Spassov N, Gurova M, Miller C, Tzankov T. The human fossil record of Bulgaria and the formulation of biogeographic hypotheses. In: Harvati K., Roskandic M. (Eds.), Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia. Springer: New York. pp 69-77.
  • Caley Orr on Studying Fossils (Faculty Matters). CU Medicine Today, Spring 2016.
  • Orr CM, Atkinson R. 2016. Carpal kinematics and morphological correlates of ulnar deviation mobility in anthropoids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S62:245.
  • Fernandez PJ, Wiedemann WT, Orr CM, Patel BA, Tocheri MW, Jungers WL. 2016. Shape analysis of the proximal phalangeal articular surface of the pedal phalanges in extant anthropoids and fossil hominins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S62:142.
  • Patel BA, Varghese B, Perez AC, Lewis AL, Jashashvili T, Tocheri M, Almecija S, Jungers WL, Orr CM. A New (Semi-) Automated Method to Quantify Primate Phalangeal Curvature from 3D Virtual Models: New Estimates for Fossil Hominin Phalanges. Paleoanthropology Society Meeting Abstracts, San Francisco, CA, 14-15 April 2015. PaleoAnthropology 2015:A23-A24.
  • Kivell TL, Deane AS, Tocheri MW, Orr CM, Schmid P, Hawks J, Berger LR, Churchill SE. 2016. Functional interpretation of the hand of Homo naledi. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S62:192.
  • Wuthrich C, Orr CM, Patel BA, Nengo IO. 2016. Taxonomic affinities of catarrhine capitates from Songhor, early Miocene, Kenya. 2016. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S62:339.
  • Meyer DE, Hodgkins J, Orr C, Negrino F, Czechowski M. 2016. Using photogrammetry to complement and visualize the Paleolithic excavation of the Arma Veirana Cave in Italy. Abstracts of the Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting. tDAR id: 405173.
  • Orr CM. Kinematics of the anthropoid os centrale and the functional consequences of scaphoid-centrale fusion in the African apes and hominins Journal of Human Evolution 114:102-117.
  • Orr CM. Locomotor hand postures, carpal kinematics during wrist extension, and associated morphology in anthropoid primates. The Anatomical Record 300:382-401.
  • Sheahan K, Patel BA, Orr CM. Fifth metacarpal morphology and its relation to locomotor behavior in anthropoid primates. Centennial meetings of the American Medical Women’s Association Poster and Oral Presentation Abstracts, Chicago, Illinois. pp 55-56.
  • Bowland LA, Scott JE, Patel BA, Tocheri MW, Orr CM. A geometric morphometric analysis of pollical metacarpal shaft morphology in Gorilla, Pan, and Homo. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S64:127.
  • Williams AA, Patel BA, Tocheri MW, Orr CM. Sexual dimorphism in the bones of the thenar and hypothenar aspects of the hand. The FASEB Journal Abstract 393.5.
  • Sollaccio DR, Navo P, Ghiassi A, Orr CM, Patel BA, Lewton KL. Evaluation of Articular Surface Similarity of Hemi-Hamate Grafts and Proximal Middle Phalanx Morphology: A 3D Geometric Morphometric Approach. J Hand Surg Am. 2019 Feb;44(2):121-128. PubMed PMID: 30017649
  • Fernández PJ, Mongle CS, Leakey L, Proctor DJ, Orr CM, Patel BA, Sergio Almécija S, Tocheri MW, Jungers WL. Evolution and function of the hominin forefoot. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 115:8746-8751.
  • Hirniak JN, Smith EI, Johnsen R, Ren M, Hodgkins J, Orr C, Negrino F, Riel-Salvatore J, Fitch S, Miller CE, Zerboni A, Mariani GS, Harris JA, Gravel-Miguel C, Strait D, Peresani M, Benazzi S, Marean CW. Discovery of cryptotephra at Middle-Upper Paleolithic sites Arma Veirana and Riparo Bombrini, Italy: a new link for broader geographic correlations. Journal of Quaternary Science 35:199-212.
  • Fernández PJ, Mongle CS, Leakey L, Proctor DJ, Orr CM, Patel BA, Almécija S, Tocheri MW, Jungers WL. Evolution and function of the hominin forefoot. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Aug 28;115(35):8746-8751. PubMed PMID: 30104373
  • Sollaccio DR, Navo P, Ghiassi A, Orr CM, Patel BA, Lewton KL. Evaluation of Articular Surface Similarity of Hemi-Hamate Grafts and Proximal Middle Phalanx Morphology: A 3D Geometric Morphometric Approach. J Hand Surg Am. 2019 Feb;44(2):121-128. PubMed PMID: 30017649
  • Patel BA, Jashashvili T, Bui SH, Carlson KJ, Griffin NL, Wallace IJ, Orr CM, Susman RL. Inter-ray variation in metatarsal strength properties in humans and African apes: Implications for inferring bipedal biomechanics in the Olduvai Hominid 8 foot. J Hum Evol. 2018 Aug;121:147-165. PubMed PMID: 29764690
  • Hodgkins J, Marean CW, Venter JA, Richardson L, Roberts P, Zech J, Difford M, Copeland SR, Orr CM, Keller HM, Fahey BP, Lee-Thorpe JA. 2020. An isotopic test of the seasonal migration hypothesis for large grazing ungulates inhabiting the Palaeo-Agulhas plain. Quaternary Science Reviews 235:106221.
  • Hirniak JN, Smith EI, Johnsen R, Ren M, Hodgkins J, Orr C, Negrino F, Riel-Salvatore J, Fitch S, Miller CE, Zerboni A, Mariani GS, Harris JA, Gravel-Miguel C, Strait D, Peresani M, Benazzi S, Marean CW. Discovery of cryptotephra at Middle-Upper Paleolithic sites Arma Veirana and Riparo Bombrini, Italy: a new link for broader geographic correlations. Journal of Quaternary Science 35:199-212.
  • Orr CM. Kinematics of the anthropoid os centrale and the functional consequences of scaphoid-centrale fusion in African apes and hominins. J Hum Evol. 2018 Jan;114:102-117. PubMed PMID: 29447753
  • Patel BA, Orr CM, Jashashvili T. Strength properties of extant hominoid hallucal and pollical metapodials. J Hum Evol. 2020 Jun;143:102774. PubMed PMID: 32325278
  • Hodgkins JM*, Orr CM (*co-first authors), Gravel-Miguel C, Riel-Salvatore J, Miller CE, Bondioli L, Nava A, Lugli F, Talamo S, Hajdinjak M, Cristiani E, Romandini M, Meyer D, Drohobytsky D, Kuester F, Pothier-Bouchard G, Buckley M, Mancini L, Baruffaldi F, Silvestrini S, Arrighi S, Keller HM, Griggs RB, Peresani M, Strait DS, Benazzi S, Negrino F. An infant burial from Arma Veirana in northwestern Italy provides insights into funerary practices and female personhood in early Mesolithic Europe. Scientific Reports 11:23735. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02804-z
  • Bowland LA, Scott JE, Kivell TL, Patel BA, Tocheri MW,?Orr CM.?Homo naledi?pollical metacarpal morphology shaft morphology is distinctive and intermediate between that of australopiths and other members of the genus?Homo. Journal of Human Evolution 158:103048.
  • Durand S, Dufour J, Rosas A, Becce F, Orr C. Three-dimensional comparative study of human bipartite scaphoids and the os centrale of the wrist in Neandertals and non-human anthropoid primates. Diagnostics 11:2295.
  • Anaya A, Patel BA, Orr CM, Ward CV, Almécija S. Evolutionary trends in the lateral foot of catarrhine primates: contextualizing the fourth metatarsal of Australopithecus afarensis. Journal of Human Evolution 161:103078.
  • Wennemann SE, Lewton KL, Orr CM, Almécija S, Tocheri MW, Jungers WL, Patel BA. A geometric morphometric approach to investigate primate proximal phalanx diaphysis shape. American Journal of Biological Anthropology
  • Lamira JM, Wilson CS, Leppek NC, Orr CM, De la Rosa LM, Greany TJ. A pilot study of local anesthesia training using a mixed-reality haptic fidelity model. Journal of Dental Education https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13151
  • Gravel-Miguel C, Cristiani E, Hodgkins J, Orr CM, Strait DS, Peresani M, Benazzi S, Pothier-Bouchard G, Keller HM, Meyer D, Drohobytsky D, Talamo S, Panetta D, Zupancich A, Miller CE, Negrino F, Riel-Salvatore J. The ornaments of the Arma Veirana early Mesolithic infant burial. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-022-09573-7
  • Torrese P, Zucca F, Martini S, Benazzi S, Drohobytsky D, Gravel-Miguel C, Hodgkins J, Meyer D, Miller C, Peresani M, Orr C, Strait DS, Negrino F. Ground truth validated 3D electrical resistivity imaging of the archaeological deposits at Arma Veirana cave (northern Italy). Journal of Quaternary Science 37:1112-1132. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3406
  • Wennemann SE, Lewton KL, Orr CM, Almécija S, Tocheri MW, Jungers WL, Patel BA. A geometric morphometric approach to investigate primate proximal phalanx diaphysis shape. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177:581-602. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24460
  • Negrino F, Riel-Salvatore J, Benazzi S, Gravel-Miguel C, Hodgkins J, Miller C, Orr C, Peresani M, Pothier Bouchard G, Strait D. Recenti attività di indagine nei siti paleolitici del Riparo Bombrini e dell’Arma Veirana. Ligures 18:115-123.
  • Sorrentino R, Carlson KJ, Orr CM, Pietrobelli A, Figus C, Li S, Conconi M, Sancisi N, Belvedere C, Zhu M, Fiorenza L, Hublin JJ, Jashashvili T, Novak M, Patel BA, Prang TC, Williams SA, Saers JPP, Stock JT, Ryan T, Myerson M, Leardini A, DeSilva J, Marchi D, Belcastro MG, Benazzi S. Morphological and evolutionary insights into the keystone element of the human foot's medial longitudinal arch. Commun Biol. 2023 Oct 19;6(1):1061. PubMed PMID: 37857853
  • Queeno SR, Reiser PJ, Orr CM, Capellini TD, Sterner KN, O'Neill MC. Human and African ape myosin heavy chain content and the evolution of hominin skeletal muscle. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 2023 Jul;281:111415. PubMed PMID: 36931425
  • Orr CM, Atkinson R, Ernewein J, Tocheri MW. Carpal kinematics and morphological correlates of wrist ulnar deviation mobility in nonhuman anthropoid primates. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2023 Mar 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36924247
  • Lamira JM, Wilson CS, Leppek NC, Orr CM, De la Rosa LM, Greany TJ. A pilot study of local anesthesia training using a mixed-reality haptic fidelity model. J Dent Educ. 2023 Apr;87(4):583-591. PubMed PMID: 36479700
  • Torrese P, Zucca F, Martini S, Benazzi S, Drohobytsky D, Gravel-Miguel C, Hodgkins J, Meyer D, Miller C, Peresani M, Orr C, Strait DS, Negrino F. Ground truth validated 3D electrical resistivity imaging of the archaeological deposits at Arma Veirana cave (northern Italy). Journal of Quaternary Science.