Russell Tuttle

Russell Howard Tuttle (born August 18, 1939) is a distinguished primate morphologist,[1][2] and paleoanthropologist. He is a member of the faculty of the University of Chicago Anthropology Department.[3]

Tuttle was enlisted by Mary Leakey to analyze the 3.4 million-year-old footprints she discovered in Laetoli, Tanzania. He determined that the creatures that left these prints walked bipedally in a fashion almost identical to human beings.[4] He currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.

References

  1. ^ "Scientists Seeking Link with New Methods". Gadsden Times: p. 3. 20 July 1971. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l7sfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3dcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5430,2383827&dq=russell-tuttle&hl=en. Retrieved 21 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "Fingers Indicate Man Didn't Descent from Tree Swingers". Oxnard Press-Courier: p. 11. 18 July 1969. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VwNSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sTQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6765,3998455&dq=russell-tuttle&hl=en. Retrieved 21 March 2011. 
  3. ^ Choi, Charles Q. (9 October 2007). "Human Ancestors Walked Upright, Study Claims". LiveScience. http://www.livescience.com/1934-human-ancestors-walked-upright-study-claims.html. Retrieved 21 March 2011. 
  4. ^ "SCIENCE WATCH; The Upright Primates". New York Times: p. 4. 3 August 1982. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/03/science/science-watch-the-upright-primates.html. Retrieved 21 March 2011. 

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