IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling

Kyle is developing methods to correlate genetic matrilines of ancient turkey with actual turkey husbandry practices evidenced in the archaeological record. His research interests include early faunal domestication in the new world, agent-based modeling, complex systems theory, resiliency, and paleogenetics, all in the context of the southwest archaeology. Other interests include musical theater and downhill skiing.

A novel and powerful method to gain understanding of past peoples is through an integrated perspective of our dual nature as both a biological and cultural organisms and of the added dimension of culture that humans have inserted into the equation of biological evolution and natural survival. Our behavior, and that of our ancestors, has been shaped and influenced by both genes and environment; in many ways, it is both inherited and invented.