George J. Armelagos

George J. Armelagos
Born(1936-05-22)May 22, 1936
Detroit, Michigan
DiedMay 15, 2014(2014-05-15) (aged 77)
Atlanta, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BA) (1958)[1]
University of Colorado (MA) (1963)[1]
University of Colorado (PhD) (1968)[1]
OccupationAnthropologist
OrganizationEmory University
AwardsViking Fund Medal (2005)
Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology (2008)
Charles Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement to Biological Anthropology (2009)

George J. Armelagos (May 22, 1936 – May 15, 2014)[2][3] was an American anthropologist, and Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.[4] Armelagos significantly impacted the field of physical anthropology and biological anthropology. His work has provided invaluable contributions to the theoretical and methodological understanding human disease, diet and human variation within an evolutionary context. Relevant topics include epidemiology,[5] paleopathology,[6][7] paleodemography,[8] bioarchaeology,[7] evolutionary medicine,[9] and the social interpretations of race,[10][11] among others.

Armelagos is regarded as one of the founders of paleopathology and nutritional anthropology.[2][12]

  1. ^ a b c "Emory University | Department of Anthropology | George Armelagos | Education". Anthropology.emory.edu. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Fox, Margalit (June 6, 2014). "George J. Armelagos, Anthropologist Who Told Skeletons' Tales, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  3. ^ [Baker, BJ. and Armelagos, GJ. 1988. The Origin and Antiquity of Syphilis]
  4. ^ [Turner TR. 2009. Proceedings of the Seventy-Eighth Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, The Sheraton Chicago Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, April 1–4, 2009. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 140:771-787.]
  5. ^ [Hlodan O. 2008. Evolution: Applications in human health and populations. BioScience 58(6):481-482.]
  6. ^ [Cook DC, and Powell ML. 2006. The Evolution of American Paleopathology. In: Buikstra JE, and Beck LA, editors. Bioarchaeology: The contextual analysis of human remains. Burlington: Academic Press. p 281-322.]
  7. ^ a b [Buikstra JE. 2006. On to the 21st Century. In: Buikstra JE, and Beck LA, editors. Bioarchaeology: The contextual analysis of human remains. Burlington: Academic Press. p 347-358.]
  8. ^ [Frankenberg, SR. and Konigsberg, LW. 2006. A Brief History of Paleodemography from Hooten to Hazards Analysis. In: Buikstra JE, and Beck LA, editors. Bioarchaeology: The contextual analysis of human remains. Burlington: Academic Press. p 227-262.]
  9. ^ [Armelagos, GJ. 1998. Emerging Infectious Disease and the Third Epidemiological Transition. Annual Review Anthropology 27: 247-271. Palo Alto: Annual Reviews Inc.]
  10. ^ [Armelagos, GJ. and Goodman, AH. Race, Racism, and Anthropology. 1998. In Building a New Biocultural Synthesis: Political-Economic Perspectives on Human Biology. Alan H. Goodman and Thomas Leatherman, eds. Pp 359-377. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.]
  11. ^ [Brown, R. and Armelagos, GJ. 2001. Apportionment of Racial Diversity: A review. Evolutionary Anthropology 10:15-20.]
  12. ^ Goodman, Alan; Swedlund, Alan (May 6, 2014). "In Memoriam: George Armelagos, 1936-2014". Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews. 23 (3): 81–82. doi:10.1002/evan.21418. PMID 24954213. S2CID 205826641.