He was an American physical anthropologist and pioneer in the field of primatology, opening it to study of primates in their natural habitats. His research and influence in the comparative analysis of primate behaviors to theories of human origins established a new course of study within the field of human evolution.He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelors Degree in Anthropology in 1935, followed by a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1940.
After leaving Harvard, he took a position as associate professor of anatomy in Columbia University College of Phisicians and Surgeons, where he remained for eight years.
Then from 1947-1958 he was a professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, for a time serving as department chair. He left the University of Chicago for a professorship in University of California (Berkeley), where he remained until his retirement in 1979. In 1975 the university named him to the select position University Professor, one of just 35 such appointments granted since the position was first created in 1960. He died in Berkeley in 2000 at age 88. His published works are:
-Social Life of Early Man, Rutledge Library 2004
-"The Evolution of Man", Scientific American v239 n3 p194-208 September 1978
-Human evolution: Biosocial perspectives, edited with Elizabeth McCown, Menlo Park, California: Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co. 1978
-Ape Into Man; A Study of Human Evolution, Boston: Little, Brown. 1973.
I think that he is awesome, 'cause his work open a whole new field of study for physical anthropologists, and contributed a lot in the studies of human behavior evolution.
And well I think that's all.. See ya!
Gabriela,
ResponderEliminarOoooh!, grief, dissapointment, fiasco... Where are your creativity and imagination gone today? You’re too talented to depend on website articles, it’s your point of view what counts here..., so your closing paragraph is the best part of your post.
Please, surprise us again next time!
My mentor
Today I'll talk TO you about one of the greatest physicAL anthropologist ever: Sherwood Washburn (A.k.a. Sherry)
He was an American physical anthropologist and pioneer in the field of primatology, opening it to study of primates in their natural habitats. His research and influence in the comparative analysis of primate behaviors to theories of human origins established a new course of study within the field of human evolution.
He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelors Degree in Anthropology in 1935, followed by a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1940.
After leaving Harvard, he took a position as associate professor of anatomy in Columbia University College of Phisicians and Surgeons, where he remained for eight years. Then from 1947-1958 he was a professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, for a time serving as department chair. He left the University of Chicago for a professorship in University of California (Berkeley), where he remained until his retirement in 1979. In 1975 the university named him to the select position University Professor, one of just 35 such appointments granted since the position was first created in 1960. He died in Berkeley in 2000 at age 88. His published works are:
-Social Life of Early Man, Rutledge Library 2004
-"The Evolution of Man", Scientific American v239 n3 p194-208 September 1978
-Human evolution: Biosocial perspectives, edited with Elizabeth McCown, Menlo Park, California: Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co. 1978
-Ape Into Man; A Study of Human Evolution, Boston: Little, Brown. 1973.
I think that he is awesome, 'cause his work openS a whole new field of study for physical anthropologists, and contributTES a lot TO the studies of human behavior evolution.
And well I think that's all.. See ya!