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Also Known As Carleton Stevens Coon
Born June 23, 1904 • Massachusetts
Died June 6, 1981 (aged 76) • Gloucester • Massachusetts
Subjects Of Study primitive culture
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American anthropologist
Sepia-toned portrait of Adolph Bandelier, Swiss-American anthropologist, standing in a suit with hands behind his back, dated 1892.
Adolph Bandelier
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Karl Ernst von Baer
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Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey
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Louis S.B. Leakey
Louis Leakey
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Alfred Cort Haddon
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Nordenskiöld, Erland
Erland Nordenskiöld
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Edward Westermarck
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Alfonso Caso y Andrade
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Robert J. Braidwood
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Franz Boas
Franz Boas
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Powell, John Wesley
John Wesley Powell
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Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead
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Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
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Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham
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Elsie Clews Parsons.
Elsie Clews Parsons
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