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Erik Trinkaus (born December 24, 1948) is an American paleoanthropologist specializing in Neandertal and early modern human biology and human evolution.[1]

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  1. 32 relations: Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Anatomy, Anthropology, Archaic humans, Art history, BBC, Biology, Biomechanics, Czech Republic, Dolní Věstonice (archaeological site), Evolution, Femur, Human, Human evolution, Hyena, Kabwe 1, Krapina Neanderthal site, Mary Tileston Hemenway, Moravia, National Academy of Sciences, Neanderthal, Northern Illinois University, Paleoanthropology, Peștera cu Oase, Peștera Muierilor, Shanidar Cave, Sima de las Palomas, Species, Sungir, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Washington University in St. Louis.

  2. American paleoanthropologists

Abrigo do Lagar Velho

Lagar Velho is a rock shelter in the Lapedo valley, a limestone canyon 13 km from the centre of Leiria, in the municipality of Leiria, in central Portugal.

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Anatomy

Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts.

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans.

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Archaic humans

Archaic humans is a broad category denoting all species of the genus Homo that are not Homo sapiens (which are known as modern humans).

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Art history

Art history is, briefly, the history of art—or the study of a specific type of objects created in the past.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Biology

Biology is the scientific study of life.

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Biomechanics

Biomechanics is the study of the structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to organs, cells and cell organelles, using the methods of mechanics.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Dolní Věstonice (archaeological site)

Dolní Věstonice (often without diacritics as Dolni Vestonice) is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological site near the village of Dolní Věstonice in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, at the base of Mount Děvín,.

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Evolution

Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Femur

The femur (femurs or femora), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh.

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Human

Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.

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Human evolution

Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family that includes all the great apes.

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Hyena

Hyenas or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek ὕαινα) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae.

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Kabwe 1

Kabwe 1, also known as the Broken Hill skull and Rhodesian Man, is a Middle Paleolithic fossil assigned by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1921 as the type specimen for Homo rhodesiensis, now mostly considered a synonym of Homo heidelbergensis.

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Krapina Neanderthal site

Krapina Neanderthal site, also known as Hušnjakovo Hill (Hušnjakovo brdo) is a Paleolithic archaeological site located near Krapina, Croatia.

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Mary Tileston Hemenway

Mary Porter Tileston Hemenway (December 20, 1820 – March 6, 1894) was an American philanthropist.

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Moravia

Moravia (Morava; Mähren) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.

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National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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Neanderthal

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of Homo sapiens) who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.

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Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois.

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Paleoanthropology

Paleoanthropology or paleo-anthropology is a branch of paleontology and anthropology which seeks to understand the early development of anatomically modern humans, a process known as hominization, through the reconstruction of evolutionary kinship lines within the family Hominidae, working from biological evidence (such as petrified skeletal remains, bone fragments, footprints) and cultural evidence (such as stone tools, artifacts, and settlement localities).

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Peștera cu Oase

Peștera cu Oase (meaning "The Cave with Bones") is a system of 12 karstic galleries and chambers located near the city Anina, in the Caraș-Severin county, southwestern Romania, where some of the oldest European early modern human (EEMH) remains, between 42,000 and 37,000 years old, have been found.

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Peștera Muierilor

Peștera Muierilor, or Peștera Muierii (Romanian for "The Women's Cave", or "The Woman's Cave"), is an elaborate cave system located in the Baia de Fier commune, Gorj County, Romania.

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Shanidar Cave

Shanidar Cave (Eşkewtî Şaneder) is an archaeological site on Bradost Mountain, within the Zagros Mountains in the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq.

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Sima de las Palomas

Sima de las Palomas ("Rock-Dove hole") is on Cabezo Gordo, located between Balsicas and San Javier in the Murcia region of Spain.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Sungir

Sungir (sometimes spelled Sunghir) is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological site in Russia and one of the earliest records of modern Homo sapiens in Eurasia.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St.

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See also

American paleoanthropologists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Trinkaus