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Farish Alston Jenkins
On safari in Tanzania.
Born19 May 1940
New York City
Died11 November 2012 (2012-11-12) (aged 72)
Boston
Alma materPrinceton University
AwardsRomer-Simpson Medal (2009)
Scientific career
InstitutionsHarvard University
Columbia University
ThesisThe Postcranial Skeleton of African Cynodonts and Problems in the Evolution of Mammalian Postcranial Anatomy (1969)

Farish Alston Jenkins (May 19, 1940 – November 11, 2012) was a professor at Harvard University who studied and taught paleontology. His discoveries included a transitional creature with characteristics of both fish and land animals — Tiktaalik roseae —and one of the earliest known frogs, Prosalirus bitis.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Shubin, N. (2012). "Farish A. Jenkins Jr (1940–2012)". Nature. 492 (7427): 42. Bibcode:2012Natur.492...42S. doi:10.1038/492042a. PMID 23222601.
  2. ^ "Farish Jenkins", The Economist, p. 98, November 17, 2012
  3. ^ Shubin, N. H.; Daeschler, E. B.; Jenkins, F. A. (2014). "Pelvic girdle and fin of Tiktaalik roseae". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111 (3): 893–899. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111..893S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1322559111. PMC 3903263. PMID 24449831.
  4. ^ Johnson, Carolyn Y. (2014-01-13). "Discovery provides insight into origin of limbs". Science. The Boston Globe. Boson, MA: Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved 2014-01-13.

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