Russell H. Tuttle, University of Chicago
Professor
Chicago, Illinois
rhtuttle@uchicago.edu
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(773) 702-7719
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Russell (Russ) H. Tuttle (PhD, UC Berkeley 1965) is an active Professor of Anthropology, Evolutionary Biology, History of Science and Medicine and the College at the University of Chicago. For over 50 years he has mentored countless graduate, undergraduate and medical students, many of whom are l...
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Bio/Research
Russell (Russ) H. Tuttle (PhD, UC Berkeley 1965) is an active Professor of Anthropology, Evolutionary Biology, History of Science and Medicine and the College at the University of Chicago. For over 50 years he has mentored countless graduate, undergraduate and medical students, many of whom are leaders in their respective professions. He conducted pioneering functional morphological work on apes via electromyography (EMG) and meticulous dissections, leading to the conclusion (recently supported by fossils) that chimpanzees poorly represent the locomotive pattern that underpinned the evolution of human terrestrial bipedalism. He also provided a functional interpretation of the 3.66 million-year-old hominid footprint trails at Laetoli, Tanzania, which has held up well vis-à-vis challenges of other commentators. He has received several national and campus teaching awards. Other honors include: Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Distinguished Primatologist Award of the Midwest Primate Interest Group, Medallion of the Collège de France, Medal of the Fondation Singer-Polignac, 50-year Membership and Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has conducted field and laboratory studies in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Japan, and Perú, and in numerous museums in Europe, Asia and North America. He is author of numerous papers on a variety of topics, author or editor of 9 books, and past Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Primatology (20 years) and the book series Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects.
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