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'''H. (Harry) James Birx''' (born June 1, 1941) in Canandaigua [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canandaigua_(city),_New_York|Canandaigua, New York]] is an [[United States|American]] [[Anthropology|anthropologist]].Birx spent his childhood on the combination farm and motel operated by his parents in the small town of Bloomfield [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomfield,_New_York|Bloomfield, New York]]. Birx went on to complete his undergraduate studies at the nearby [[State University of New York at Geneseo|SUNY Geneseo]] before moving on to complete his [[Master's degree|M.A.]] in anthropology and his [[Doctorate|Ph.D.]] in [[philosophy]], both from the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York]], and is now [[professor]] of [[anthropology]] at [[Canisius College]], a Distinguished Research Scholar in the [[State University of New York at Geneseo|SUNY Geneseo]]'s Department of Anthropology and he regularly holds the course entitled "Human Culture and Evolution" over the winter semester for the Doctoral Program of the [[University of Belgrade]] in Serbia. He has been a visiting professor at the [[Friedrich Schiller University of Jena]], twice a Visiting Scholar at [[Harvard University]], and has lectured at universities around the world. He received the 2003 Professional Achievement Award from the [[State University of New York at Geneseo]]. |
'''H. (Harry) James Birx''' (born June 1, 1941) in Canandaigua [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canandaigua_(city),_New_York|Canandaigua, New York]] is an [[United States|American]] [[Anthropology|anthropologist]].Birx spent his childhood on the combination farm and motel operated by his parents in the small town of Bloomfield [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomfield,_New_York|Bloomfield, New York]]. Birx went on to complete his undergraduate studies at the nearby [[State University of New York at Geneseo|SUNY Geneseo]] before moving on to complete his [[Master's degree|M.A.]] in anthropology and his [[Doctorate|Ph.D.]] in [[philosophy]], both from the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York]], and is now [[professor]] of [[anthropology]] at [[Canisius College]], a Distinguished Research Scholar in the [[State University of New York at Geneseo|SUNY Geneseo]]'s Department of Anthropology and he regularly holds the course entitled "Human Culture and Evolution" over the winter semester for the Doctoral Program of the [[University of Belgrade]] in Serbia. He has been a visiting professor at the [[Friedrich Schiller University of Jena]], twice a Visiting Scholar at [[Harvard University]], and has lectured at universities around the world. He received the 2003 Professional Achievement Award from the [[State University of New York at Geneseo]]. |
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Birx has written eight books and edited six more, and is the editor of the five-volume ''[[Encyclopedia of Anthropology]]'' (2006). He is also the editor of the [[World Lecture Series in Anthropology]]. |
Birx has written eight books and edited six more, and is the editor of the five-volume ''[[Encyclopedia of Anthropology]]'' (2006). He is also the editor of the [[World Lecture Series in Anthropology]]. |
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H. (Harry) James Birx (born June 1, 1941) in Canandaigua [New York] is an American anthropologist.Birx spent his childhood on the combination farm and motel operated by his parents in the small town of Bloomfield [New York]. Birx went on to complete his undergraduate studies at the nearby SUNY Geneseo before moving on to complete his M.A. in anthropology and his Ph.D. in philosophy, both from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, and is now professor of anthropology at Canisius College, a Distinguished Research Scholar in the SUNY Geneseo's Department of Anthropology and he regularly holds the course entitled "Human Culture and Evolution" over the winter semester for the Doctoral Program of the University of Belgrade in Serbia. He has been a visiting professor at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, twice a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, and has lectured at universities around the world. He received the 2003 Professional Achievement Award from the State University of New York at Geneseo.
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Birx has written eight books and edited six more, and is the editor of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Anthropology (2006). He is also the editor of the World Lecture Series in Anthropology.
Books
- Craniometry of the Orchid Site Ossuary Buffalo, Persimmon Press, 1991. ISBN 0-9615462-5-5
- Interpreting Evolution Amherst, Prometheus Books, 1991. ISBN 0-87975-439-7
- Science and Society, Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg, State University St. Petersburg, Russia, 2000
- Advances in Evolution & Paleontology, University of Zaragoza, Spain, 2001. ISBN 84-8465-079-0
- Values, Society & Evolution Auburn, Legend Books, 2002. ISBN 0-9657898-5-3
Dissertation
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's Philosophy of Evolution, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1971. (author named as Birx, Harry James). 267 pages.
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