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19 Apr 2001

7 citations


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TL;DR: A pioneering paper outlining an anthropometric approach to the study of body composition, written by the Czech anthropologist Jindr̆ich Matiegka, was published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology in 1921.
Abstract: A pioneering paper outlining an anthropometric approach to the study of body composition, written by the Czech anthropologist Jindrich Matiegka, was published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology in 1921. For a long time we have searched for information about the history of the idea and of the paper itself. In recent years, we were able to identify relevant correspondence in the archives of the Smithsonian Institution of Washington. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 13:157–158, 2001. © 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

7 citations


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TL;DR: Ellis R. Kerley (1924 to 1998) represents an important figure in the history of American forensic anthropology and is best known for pioneering the microscopic approach to the estimation of age at death from human bone.
Abstract: Ellis R. Kerley (1924 to 1998) represents an important figure in the history of American forensic anthropology. In research, he is best known for pioneering the microscopic approach to the estimation of age at death from human bone. A university professor for 22 years. Kerley also served as Scientific Director of the Army identification laboratory in Hawaii and worked on many forensic cases. He was a leader in the formation of the Physical Anthropology section of the AAFS and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and held many offices within the AAFS, including President from 1990 to 1991.

6 citations



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TL;DR: Never-before-explored events not only reveal some very interesting links between these two figures and the countries they adopted, but also enriched the history of palaeo-anthropology as a science.
Abstract: The discovery of Australopithecus africanus (Taung Child) in South Africa in 1924 and Homo erectus (Peking Man) at Zhoukoudian in China in the 1920s not only historically began the discipline of palaeo-anthropology in these two countries, but also greatly influenced the development of this field as a whole. Besides, there are remarkable parallels between the careers of two pioneering palaeo-anthropologists, who were credited with these discoveries, Raymond A. Dart FRSSAf (1893-1988) and Davidson Black FRS (18841934). Both men were involved in the discovery and interpretation of fossils that seemed to fulfil the requirements of the archaic concept of a "Missing Link". Both were concerned with the building of human origins programmes in their respective adoptive countries. Palaeo-anthropology in South Africa and China shares a common root, for both men had sat at the feet of Grafton Elliot Smith in Great Britain. From him both had absorbed an acquaintance with, and passion for, physical anthropology. Like the itinerant proteges of Linnaeus, both men were sent forth by their mentor to far-off places, one to Asia, one to Africa. These never-before-explored events not only reveal some very interesting links between these two figures and the countries they adopted, but also enriched the history of palaeo-anthropology as a science.

4 citations




Book
01 Jan 2001

1 citations


Book ChapterDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, the reception of Darwinism among Spanish anthropologists in the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century is investigated, and the conclusions and stereotypes evident in the principle works on Darwinism in Spain hold true for the case of anthropology.
Abstract: This paper investigates the reception of Darwinism, or more generally the reception of evolutionary theory, among Spanish anthropologists in the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth.1Before entering into this subject, however, one must first locate the problem in its Spanish context and demonstrate whether the conclusions and stereotypes evident in the principle works on Darwinism in Spain hold true for the case of anthropology.

1 citations