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His research focuses primarily on understanding the adaptive basis of European Neandertal morphology, on determining the role of Neandertals in human evolution, and on the broader issue of the nature of modern human origins. He has conducted field and laboratory research in Europe (particularly central Europe) and Africa and has held visiting professorships at the Universities of Hamburg (Germany) and Zagreb (Croatia). Professor Smith teaches courses in human paleontology, human osteology, introductory biological anthropology, and the paleolithic prehistory of Europe and Africa. Photo credit: Photograph courtesy of Scott Walstrom, NIU Media Production-Imaging. To download a high-resolution version of this image, right click here and select "Save Target As ..." or "Save Link As ..." |
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He focuses on the aleoanthropological study
of late archaic and early modern humans, emphasizing biological
reflections of the nature, His work focuses principally on analyses of human fossil remains. His current research includes radiocarbon dating and bone isotope testing of Neandertal fossils at the Vindija cave site in Croatia and analyses of a 24,500-year-old skeleton of an early modern human child with distinctive Neandertal characteristics found in Portugal. Trinkaus has written several books and numerous journal articles on the Neandertals. Photo credit: Washington University To download a high-resolution version of this image, right click here and select "Save Target As ..." or "Save Link As ..." |
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Fred H. Smith is a biological
anthropologist with specific interests in human paleontology
and functional anatomy.
Fred
Smith, Northern Illinois University
Erik Trinkaus, professor
of anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University
in St. Louis, specializes in biological physical anthropology,
researching the evolution of the genus Homo as a background
to recent human diversity.
