biography
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| (1866–1955)
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| biography:
| Physical anthropologist, born in Aberdeen, NE Scotland, UK. Holding doctorates in medicine, science, and law, he became professor at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, professor of physiology at the Royal Institution, London (1918–23), and Rector of Aberdeen University (1930–3). He is best known for his work on fossilized humanoid forms. He wrote Introduction to the Study of Anthropoid Apes (1896), Concerning Man's Origin (1927), and New Theory of Human Evolution (1948). |
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