biography
| name: |
Straus, William L(ouis), Jr
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pronunciation:
[strows]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1900–81)
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| biography:
| Physical anthropologist, born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He taught at Johns Hopkins (1927–66), where he made detailed anatomical and neuromuscular studies of apes and monkeys. He investigated the evolution of erect bipedal posture. |
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