One hundred years of paleoanthropology

An American perspective

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ID8317544
AuthorsE Trinkaus (0000-0002-5175-1651, Department of Anthropology Washington University Saint Louis Missouri 63130, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume165
Issue4
Pages638-651
Publication date2018-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.23330
PMID29574840
OpenAlexW2795398260
LanguageEN
References cited156

With the exception of the terminal Pleistocene peopling of the Americas and the modestly earlier occupation of Australia, the course of human evolution (both biological and cultural) took place within the greater land masses of Africa and Eurasia. Yet, American paleoanthropologists have played an increasingly important role in our understanding of the patterns and processes of human emergence. With rare exceptions (e.g., Hrdlika and MacCurdy), Americans were consumers rather than producers of paleoanthropological knowledge until the middle of the 20th century. Since then, however, American scholars have become increasingly evident, in the field, in curating institutions, and in international collaborative research. As a result Americans, and especially American perspectives on human emergence, have become a substantial presence in the efforts to enrich the paleoanthropological record and our understanding of what it means to be "human."

Archaeology · Art · Geography · Paleoanthropology · Perspective (graphical) · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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