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Russell L. Ciochon (born March 11, 1948) is an American paleoanthropologist. He was born in
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and received three degrees (B.A. in 1971; M.A. in 1974; and PhD. in 1986) in
anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...
from the
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. He is currently a
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of
anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...
at the
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. He is known primarily for his research into ''
Gigantopithecus ''Gigantopithecus'' ( ) is an extinct genus of ape that lived in southern China from 2 million to approximately 300,000–200,000 years ago during the Early Pleistocene, Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, ''Gigantopithecus ...
''.


Awards and honors

* 1971 –
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* 1972–1976 – U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIGMS) Predoctoral Fellowship * 1986 – American Men and Women of Science * 1990–1993 –
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Faculty Scholar Award * 1992 – Who's Who in Science and Engineering * 1995 – Who's Who in the World * 1999 – International Authors and Writers Who's Who * 2001 – Fellow National, The Explorer's Club, New York


Television appearances

He has appeared in the
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: '' Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science'' on the
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, and most recently on '' Giganto: The Real King Kong'' which aired on the
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. Both of those shows dealt with ''Gigantopithecus'', one of Ciochon's specialties.


External links


Russell Ciochon's Curriculum Vitae (archived)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ciochon, Russell 21st-century American anthropologists American paleoanthropologists 1948 births Living people University of Iowa faculty UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni Fellows of the Explorers Club 20th-century American explorers People from Altadena, California