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Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects) by John G Fleagle; Christopher C Gilbert; Elwyn L Simons is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Elwyn Simons has held professional appointments at Yale University (1960-1977), Duke University (1977-present), and was the Director of the Duke Primate Center (1977-1991) and Scientific Director (1991-2001). He has authored nearly 300 scientific publications and is the holder of many high honors. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, as well as many other professional associations. He was elected a'Knight of the National Order'by the government of Madagascar and has been the recipient of many awards including the prestigious Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. For nearly a half century, Dr. Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. The volume aims to summarize the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and place it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective. The volume will contain the results of new research and reviews of many of the critical issues in primate and human evolution during the last half of the twentieth century and well as

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Author
John G Fleagle; Christopher C Gilbert; Elwyn L Simons
Publisher
Springer US
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780387738963
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Biology, Stem

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