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Sherwood L. Washburn
Sherwood L. Washburn
Born	November 26, 1911; Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died	April 16, 2000 (aged 88); Berkeley, California
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	Comparative approach to understanding human evolution, renaissance of behavioral primatology
Awards	Viking Fund Medal, Huxley Memorial Medal and Lecture, Distinguished Service Award of the American Anthropological Association
	Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology
Institutions	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	Earnest A. Hooton
Doctoral students	Irven DeVore, F. Clark Howell, Vincent M. Sarich, Jane Lancaster, Ralph Holloway
Notes
	Designated by the AAPA as the premier American physical anthropologist of the twentieth century

Sherwood Larned Washburn ((1911-11-26)November 26, 1911 – (2000-04-16)April 16, 2000), nicknamed "Sherry", was an American physical anthropologist, and "a legend in the field."^[1] He was pioneer in the field of primatology, opening it to the study of primates in their natural habitats. His research and influence in the comparative analysis of primate behaviors to theories of human origins established a new course of study within the field of human evolution. He changed the field of anthropology with the publication of his paper The New Physical Anthropology,^[2] in 1951, in which he argued, convincingly, that human variation was continuous, and could not be broken up into discontinuous races.^[1]

^ ^a ^b DeSilva, Jeremy M. (2021). "Birth and Bipedalism". First steps: how upright walking made us human (First ed.). New York: Harper Collins. p. 186. ISBN 9780062938497.
^ Washburn, Sherwood (May 1051). "The New Physical Anthropology". Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. II. 13 (7). New York City: New York Academy of Sciences: 298–304. doi:10.1111/j.2164-0947.1951.tb01033.x.

[DeSilva-1] DeSilva, Jeremy M. (2021). "Birth and Bipedalism". First steps: how upright walking made us human (First ed.). New York: Harper Collins. p. 186. ISBN 9780062938497.

[Wash-2] Washburn, Sherwood (May 1051). "The New Physical Anthropology". Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. II. 13 (7). New York City: New York Academy of Sciences: 298–304. doi:10.1111/j.2164-0947.1951.tb01033.x.

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Sherwood L. Washburn

Born	(1911-11-26)November 26, 1911 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died	April 16, 2000(2000-04-16) (aged 88) Berkeley, California
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	Comparative approach to understanding human evolution, renaissance of behavioral primatology
Awards	Viking Fund Medal, Huxley Memorial Medal and Lecture, Distinguished Service Award of the American Anthropological Association
Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology
Institutions	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	Earnest A. Hooton
Doctoral students	Irven DeVore, F. Clark Howell, Vincent M. Sarich, Jane Lancaster, Ralph Holloway

Notes
Designated by the AAPA as the premier American physical anthropologist of the twentieth century