Russell Howard Tuttle (born August 18, 1939) is a distinguished primate morphologist,[1][2] paleoanthropologist, and a four-field (linguistics, archaeology, sociocultural anthropology and biological anthropology) trained Anthropologist.[3] He is currently an active Professor of Anthropology, Evolutionary Biology, History of Science and Medicine at the University of Chicago.[4] Tuttle was enlisted by Mary Leakey to analyze the 3.4-million-year-old footprints she discovered in Laetoli, Tanzania. He determined that the creatures that left these prints walked bipedally in a fashion almost identical to human beings.[5] He currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.
Russell Tuttle | |
|---|---|
| Born | Russell Howard Tuttle August 18, 1939 |
| Nationality | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleoanthropology Linguistics Archaeology Sociocultural anthropology Biological anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Tuttle was named Guggenheim Fellow in 1985[6] and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Scientists Seeking Link with New Methods". Gadsden Times. 20 July 1971. p. 3.
- ^ "Fingers Indicate Man Didn't Descent from Tree Swingers". Oxnard Press-Courier. 18 July 1969. p. 11.
- ^ Harper, Kyle; Nyhart, Lynn; Radin, Joanna; Tuttle, Russell; Thomas, Julia; Lyon, Jonathan (2016). ""Bio-History in the Anthropocene: Interdisciplinary Study on the Past and Present of Human Life"". Chicago Journal of History (7): 10.
- ^ Choi, Charles Q. (9 October 2007). "Human Ancestors Walked Upright, Study Claims". LiveScience. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "SCIENCE WATCH; The Upright Primates". The New York Times. 3 August 1982. p. C4.
- ^ "Russell H. Tuttle". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ Steve Koppes (November 6, 2003). "Nine on faculty elected 2003 AAAS fellows". University of Chicago Chronicle. Vol. 78, no. 4.
External links
edit- Biography at University of Chicago Anthropology Department
- "Bio-History in the Anthropocene: Interdisciplinary Study on the Past and Present of Human Life" Kyle Harper, Lynn K. Nyhart, Jonathan Lyon, Joanna Radin, Julia A. Thomas, Russell H. Tuttle. Chicago Journal of History Vol-VII Autumn 2016.
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