Ian Tattersall
Encyclopedia
Ian Tattersall is a paleoanthropologist and a curator at the American Museum of Natural History
. Tattersall received his PhD from Yale University
in 1971. In addition to human evolution
, he has worked extensively with lemur
s. He is working with The Templeton Foundation.
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world...
. Tattersall received his PhD from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1971. In addition to human evolution
Human evolution
Human evolution refers to the evolutionary history of the genus Homo, including the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species and as a unique category of hominids and mammals...
, he has worked extensively with lemur
Lemur
Lemurs are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar. They are named after the lemures of Roman mythology due to the ghostly vocalizations, reflective eyes, and the nocturnal habits of some species...
s. He is working with The Templeton Foundation.
Selected publications
- The Monkey in the Mirror: Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human. Harvest Books, 2003, ISBN 0-156-02706-2
- Paleoanthropology: The Last Half-Century Evolutionary Anthropology 9, no. 1 (2000): 2-16.
- Extinct Humans. I. Tattersall & J. Schwartz. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2000.
- The Human Chin Revisited: What Is It and Who Has It? Journal of Human Evolution 38 (2000): 367-409.
- Hominids and Hybrids: The Place of Neanderthals in Human Evolution. I. Tattersall & J. Schwartz, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, U.S.A. 96 (1999): 7117-7119.
- Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1998.
- The Last Neanderthal: The Rise, Success, and Mysterious Extinction of Our Closest Human Relative. New York: Macmillan, 1995 (republished by Westview Press, 1999).
- The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
- The Primates of Madagascar. New York: Columbia University Press, 1982.