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'''K. Christopher Beard''' is an American [[paleontologist]], a world-renowned expert on the primate fossil record and a 2000 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” Award Winner. Beard's research is reshaping critical debates about the evolutionary origins of mammals, including primates, routinely questioning current thinking about their geographical origins.<ref>http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591</ref> Dr. Beard is the former Curator of the [[Carnegie Museum of Natural History]],<ref>http://www.carnegiemnh.org/vp/cv/beard.htm</ref> and Mary R. Dawson Chair of Vertebrate Paleontology, at [[University of Pittsburgh]].<ref>http://www.geology.pitt.edu/people/adjunct.html</ref> He is currently Distinguished Foundation Professor, Senior Curator at the University of Kansas. <ref>http://eeb.ku.edu/k-christopher-beard-named</ref> He was co-author with [[Dan Gebo]] about an extinct primate from China.<ref>http://www.niu.edu/pubaffairs/releases/2000/mar/primate/nature.htm</ref> Dr. Beard also authored the book The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes and Humans. <ref>http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591</ref> Beard was also part of the research teams that discovered Teilhardina, the earliest primate ever found in North America, and Eosimias, one of the earliest higher primates yet discovered.<ref>http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591</ref> He worked with NASA to scan a [[ |
'''K. Christopher Beard''' is an American [[paleontologist]], a world-renowned expert on the primate fossil record and a 2000 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” Award Winner. Beard's research is reshaping critical debates about the evolutionary origins of mammals, including primates, routinely questioning current thinking about their geographical origins.<ref>http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591</ref> Dr. Beard is the former Curator of the [[Carnegie Museum of Natural History]],<ref>http://www.carnegiemnh.org/vp/cv/beard.htm</ref> and Mary R. Dawson Chair of Vertebrate Paleontology, at [[University of Pittsburgh]].<ref>http://www.geology.pitt.edu/people/adjunct.html</ref> He is currently Distinguished Foundation Professor, Senior Curator at the University of Kansas. <ref>http://eeb.ku.edu/k-christopher-beard-named</ref> He was co-author with [[Dan Gebo]] about an extinct primate from China.<ref>http://www.niu.edu/pubaffairs/releases/2000/mar/primate/nature.htm</ref> Dr. Beard also authored the book The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes and Humans. <ref>http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591</ref> Beard was also part of the research teams that discovered Teilhardina, the earliest primate ever found in North America, and Eosimias, one of the earliest higher primates yet discovered.<ref>http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591</ref> He worked with NASA to scan a ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' skull.<ref>http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/technologies/samson_skull.html</ref> Beard received his PhD from the Functional Anatomy and Evolution Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1989.<ref>http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591</ref> |
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K. Christopher Beard is an American paleontologist, a world-renowned expert on the primate fossil record and a 2000 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” Award Winner. Beard's research is reshaping critical debates about the evolutionary origins of mammals, including primates, routinely questioning current thinking about their geographical origins.[1] Dr. Beard is the former Curator of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History,[2] and Mary R. Dawson Chair of Vertebrate Paleontology, at University of Pittsburgh.[3] He is currently Distinguished Foundation Professor, Senior Curator at the University of Kansas. [4] He was co-author with Dan Gebo about an extinct primate from China.[5] Dr. Beard also authored the book The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes and Humans. [6] Beard was also part of the research teams that discovered Teilhardina, the earliest primate ever found in North America, and Eosimias, one of the earliest higher primates yet discovered.[7] He worked with NASA to scan a Tyrannosaurus rex skull.[8] Beard received his PhD from the Functional Anatomy and Evolution Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1989.[9]
Awards
Works
- The hunt for the dawn monkey: unearthing the origins of monkeys, apes, and humans, University of California Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-520-23369-0
- "Mammalian Biogeography and Anthropoid Origins", Primate biogeography: progress and prospects, Editors Shawn M. Lehman, John G. Fleagle, Springer, 2006, ISBN 978-0-387-29871-9
- "Basal Anthropoids", The primate fossil record, Editor Walter Carl Hartwig, Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-521-66315-1
- "Early Wasatchian Mammals From the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi", Eocene biodiversity: unusual occurrences and rarely sampled habitats, Editor Gregg F. Gunnell, Springer, 2001, ISBN 9780306465284
References
- ^ http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591
- ^ http://www.carnegiemnh.org/vp/cv/beard.htm
- ^ http://www.geology.pitt.edu/people/adjunct.html
- ^ http://eeb.ku.edu/k-christopher-beard-named
- ^ http://www.niu.edu/pubaffairs/releases/2000/mar/primate/nature.htm
- ^ http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591
- ^ http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591
- ^ http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/technologies/samson_skull.html
- ^ http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=17591
External links
- "K. Christopher Beard", Scientific Commons
- Christopher Beard" Christopher Beard's Blog
- "Fossil May Represent New Branch of Primates' Family Tree", The Washington Post, Apr 5, 1996
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