Claude Owen Lovejoy ( born February 11, 1943 , Lexington , Kentucky ) is a functional anatomy specialist from the of ( Ohio ), director of the Matthew Ferrini Institute the study of human evolution. His most famous works are devoted to the study of locomotion of Australopithecus and the origin of upright [1] [2] . The article “The origin of mankind”, published in Science in January 1981, is one of his most cited articles [1] .
| Owen Lovejoy | |
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| Claude owen lovejoy | |
| Date of Birth | February 11, 1943 (aged 76) |
| Place of Birth | Lexington , Kentucky , USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | paleoanthropology |
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| Known as | Lucy Works |
Lovejoy is best known as C. Owen Lovejoy , which he uses in publications. In the " Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution " ( The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution ) he appears under this name [1] .
Biography
Owen Lovejoy was born near Lexington , pc. Kentucky Bachelor and Ph.D. in biological anthropology received at the . Owen's father owned a small chain of hotels. The family spent the summer months on the lakes of Michigan, combining vacations with Christian charitable construction work.
Until 1968, Lovejoy taught at in Ohio. [3] During this time, he published more than 100 articles, including in such journals as Science , Nature , , Scientific American [4] .
Lovejoy's most famous work is devoted to the reconstruction of Australopithecus Lucy over 3 million years old. His research focuses on a wide range of issues from mutations in eukaryotes to suture closures of the skull. A significant part of them relates to bipedal locomotion and its evolution, which includes studies of the skeletal systems of hominids and their ancestors. Lovejoy is also an associate professor of anatomy at . [5]
Publications
- Lovejoy, C. Owen (1988), " Evolution of Human walking ", Scientific American T. 259 (5): 82–89, doi : 10.1038 / scientificamerican1188-118 , < http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ users / krigbaum / proseminar / Lovejoy_1988_SA.pdf >
- Latimer, B., & Lovejoy, CO (1989), " The Calcaneus of Australopithecus afarensis and its implications for the Evolution of Bipedality ", T. 78 (3): 369–386, PMID 2929741 , DOI 10.1002 / ajpa.1330780306
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Larry L Mai; Marcus Young Owl; M Patricia Kersting (2005), The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution , Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 310, ISBN 978-0-521-66486-8
- ↑ Lovejoy, C. Owen (23 January 1981), " The Origin of Man ", Science T. 211 (4480): 341–350, PMID 17748254 , DOI 10.1126 / science.211.4480.341
- ↑ Carol Biliczky (October 9, 2009), Discovery Channel special features KSU professor , < http://www.ohio.com/news/63808087.html >
- ↑ list of publications , Kent State University: Department of Anthropology , < http://dept.kent.edu/anthropology/love.html > Archived Nov 23, 2009 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ David Gardner (2007), Owen C. Lovejoy , Minnesota State University, Mankato , < http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/klmno/lovejoy_owen.html > Archived December 1, 2009 by Wayback Machine