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Tim D. White

Websites : Human Evolution Research Center, Tim D. White at Berkeley

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BIOGRAPHY

Tim D. White is Professor of Integrative Biology and Director of the Human Evolution Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. He also codirects the Middle Awash research project in Ethiopia and is Faculty Curator in Biological Anthropology at the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the California Academy of Sciences; a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa; and an associate fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences.

White is the author of Prehistoric Cannibalism and coauthor of Human Osteology and The Human Bone Manual.

Primary Contributions (2)

Articles

Ardipithecus

Ardipithecus, the earliest known genus of the zoological family Hominidae (the group that includes humans and excludes great apes) and the likely ancestor of Australopithecus, a group closely related to and often considered ancestral to modern human beings. Ardipithecus lived between 5.8 million…

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Publications (3)

Human Osteology (2011)

By White, Tim D., Black, Michael T., Folkens, Pieter A.

A classic in its field, Human Osteology has been used by students and professionals through nearly two decades. Now revised and updated for a third edition, the book continues to build on its foundation of detailed photographs and practical real-world application of science. New information, expanded coverage of existing chapters, and additional supportive photographs keep this book current and valuable for both classroom and field work.

Osteologists, archaeologists, anatomists, forensic...

The Human Bone Manual (2005)

By White, Tim D., Folkens, Pieter A.

Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone Manual is intended for use outisde the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the key information needed for identification purposes, including hundreds of photographs designed to show a maximum amount of anatomical information.

* Features more than 500 color photographs and illustrations in a portable format; most...

Prehistoric Cannibalism at Mancos 5MTUMR-2346 (1992)

By Timothy D. White

Cannibalism is one of the oldest and most emotionally charged topics in anthropological literature. Tim White's analysis of human bones from an Anasazi pueblo in southwestern Colorado, site 5MTUMR-2346, reveals that nearly thirty men, women, and children were butchered and cooked there around A.D. 1100. Their bones were fractured for marrow, and the remains discarded in several rooms of the pueblo. By comparing the human skeletal remains with those of animals used for food at other sites, the...

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