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'''Tim White''' (born August 24, 1950 in [[Los Angeles, California]]) is an [[United States of America|American]] [[anthropology|anthropologist]].


'''Tim White''' (born August 24, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) is an American [[Anthropology|anthropologist]].
White majored in [[biology]] and anthropology at the [[University of California, Riverside]]. He received his [[PhD]] in [[physical anthropology]] from the [[University of Michigan]], where he studied with [[Milford Wolpoff]]. In 1974, White worked with [[Richard Leakey]]'s team at [[Koobi Fora, Kenya]]. Richard Leakey was so impressed with White's work that he recommended White to his mother, [[Mary Leakey]], to help her with [[Hominidae|hominid]] fossils she had found at [[Laetoli, Tanzania]]. White eventually took a job at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] where he collaborated with [[Donald Johanson]] and [[F. Clark Howell]]. White later went on to find what was then the oldest known [[human]] ancestor: 4.4 million-year-old ''[[Ardipithecus|Ardipithecus ramidus]]''. White made yet another discovery that involved a 2.5 million-year-old '' [[Australopithecus garhi]].'' White is currently working on a ramidus [[skeleton]] that was found in 1995, and is co-director of the [[Human Evolution Research Center]] in [[Berkeley]], CA.  
 
White majored in biology and anthropology at the [[University of California, Riverside]]. He received his Ph. D in [[physical anthropology]] from the [[University of Michigan]], where he studied with [[Milford Wolpoff]]. In 1974 White worked with [[Richard Leakey]]'s team at [[Koobi Fora, Kenya]]. Richard Leakey was so impressed with White's work he recommended White to his mother, [[Mary Leakey]], to help her with [[Hominidae|hominid]] fossils she had found at [[Laetoli, Tanzania]]. White eventually took a job at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] where he collaborated with [[Donald Johanson]] and [[F. Clark Howell]]. White later went on to find what was then the oldest known human ancestor: 4.4 million-year-old [[Ardipithecus|Ardipithecus ramidus]]. White made yet another discovery that involved a 2.5 million-year-old [[Australopithecus garhi]]. White is currently working on a ramidus skeleton that was found in 1995, and is co-director of the [http://herc.berkeley.edu/index.php Human Evolution Research Center] in Berkeley, CA.  


==Awards==
==Awards==
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*David S. Ingalls Jr. Award from the [[Cleveland Museum of Natural History]]
*David S. Ingalls Jr. Award from the [[Cleveland Museum of Natural History]]
*Member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]
*Member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]
*Distinguished Alumnus of the Year (2000) at the University of California, Riverside.
*Distinguished Alumnus of the Year (2000) at the University of California, Riverside
 
 
 


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.isepp.org/Pages/03-04%20Pages/White.html Webpage on Dr.White]
*[http://herc.berkeley.edu/index.php Human Evolution Research Center] - Berkeley, California
*[http://ib.berkeley.edu/research/interests/research_profile.php?person=340 Reseach Interests: Tim D. White]
*[http://www.isepp.org/Pages/03-04%20Pages/White.html Webpage] on Dr White
*[http://ib.berkeley.edu/research/interests/research_profile.php?person=340 Research Interests: Tim D. White]


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Tim White (born August 24, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) is an American anthropologist.

White majored in biology and anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. He received his PhD in physical anthropology from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Milford Wolpoff. In 1974, White worked with Richard Leakey's team at Koobi Fora, Kenya. Richard Leakey was so impressed with White's work that he recommended White to his mother, Mary Leakey, to help her with hominid fossils she had found at Laetoli, Tanzania. White eventually took a job at the University of California, Berkeley where he collaborated with Donald Johanson and F. Clark Howell. White later went on to find what was then the oldest known human ancestor: 4.4 million-year-old Ardipithecus ramidus. White made yet another discovery that involved a 2.5 million-year-old Australopithecus garhi. White is currently working on a ramidus skeleton that was found in 1995, and is co-director of the Human Evolution Research Center in Berkeley, CA.

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