Paul T. Baker | |
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| Born | February 28, 1927 Burlington, Iowa, U.S |
| Died | November 29, 2007 (aged 80) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Miami University of New Mexico Harvard University |
| Spouse | Thelma Shoher Baker |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
| Thesis | Man in the Desert: A Study of the Racial and Morphological Factors in Man's Tolerance of Heat. (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | William W. Howells |
Paul Thornell Baker (February 28, 1927 – November 29, 2007) was Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University, and was “one of the most influential biological anthropologists of his generation, contributing substantially to the transformation of the field from a largely descriptive to a hypothesis-driven science in the latter half of the 20th century. He pioneered multidisciplinary field science, firmly established a place for biological anthropology and human population biology in national and international science, and trained a host of graduate students in good science, who, in turn, continued his commitment to collaborative research.”[1]
- ^ Garruto, Ralph (2008)