Farish Alston Jenkins | |
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 On safari in Tanzania. | |
| Born | 19 May 1940 |
| Died | 11 November 2012 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Awards | Romer-Simpson Medal (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Harvard University Columbia University |
| Thesis | The 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]
- ^ Shubin, N. (2012). "Farish A. Jenkins Jr (1940–2012)". Nature. 492 (7427): 42. Bibcode:2012Natur.492...42S. doi:10.1038/492042a. PMID 23222601.
- ^ "Farish Jenkins", The Economist, p. 98, November 17, 2012
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.