Chris Stringer
Chris Stringer | |
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Bristol University | |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Natural History Museum, London |
Thesis | A multivariate study of cranial variation in middle and upper Pleistocene human populations (1974) |
Doctoral advisor | Jonathan H. Musgrave |
Christopher Brian Stringer
Biography
Growing up in a working-class family in the
Stringer joined the permanent staff of the Natural History Museum in 1973. He is currently Research Leader in Human Origins.
Research
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Stringer is one of the leading proponents of the
He also directed the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project which ran for about 10 years from 2001. This consortium reconstructed and studied the episodic pattern of human colonisation of Britain during the Pleistocene. He is co-director of the follow-up project "Pathways to Ancient Britain".[5]
Honours
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He won the 2008 Frink Medal of the Zoological Society of London and the Rivers Memorial Medal from the Royal Anthropological Institute in 2004[6]
He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.
Stringer was appointed
Publications
Papers
- Stringer, Chris; Andrews, Peter (1988). "Genetic and Fossil Evidence for the Origin of Modern Humans". Science. 239 (4845): 1263–1268. PMID 3125610.
- Stringer, Chris (2002). "Modern human origins – progress and prospects". PMID 12028792.
- Stringer, Chris (2022). "The development of ideas about a recent African origin for Homo sapiens" (PDF). .
Books
- Stringer, Chris, ed. (1981). Aspects of human evolution: Symposium on human evolution, January 1980. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-85066-209-5.
- Stringer, Chris (1986). "The credibility of Homo habilis". In Wood, Bernard A.; Martin, Lawrence B.; Andrews, Peter (eds.). Major topics in primate and human evolution. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-521-11338-0.
- Stringer, Chris (1989). "Neandertals, their contemporaries and modern human origins". In Giacobini, Giacomo (ed.). Hominidae: Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Human Paleontology. Turin, September 28 – October 3, 1987. pp. 351–356. ISBN 88-16-28026-3.
- Andrews, Peter; Stringer, Chris (1989). Human Evolution: An Illustrated Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-38824-4.
- Mellars, Paul; Stringer, Chris, eds. (1989). The Human Revolution: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-08539-5.
- Stringer, Chris; McKie, Robin (1997). African Exodus. The Origins of Modern Humanity. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2759-9.
- Stringer, Chris; Barton, R.N.E.; Finlayson, J.C., eds. (2000). Neanderthals on the Edge: Papers from a Conference Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Forbes' Quarry Discovery, Gibraltar. Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-84217-015-1.
- "Introduction to the fiftieth anniversary edition of The Piltdown Forgery" (pp. vii–x | and "Afterword: Piltdown 2003" (pp. 188–201). In The Piltdown Forgery By J. S. Weiner (2003) Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860780-6
- Stringer, Chris; Andrews, Peter (2005). The Complete World of Human Evolution. London & New York: Thames & Hudson..ISBN 0-500-05132-1
- Stringer, Chris (2007). Homo britannicus. The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-101813-3.[9]
- Stringer, Chris (2011). The Origin of Our Species. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0805088915.
See also
References
- ^ Ryan, Hannah F. "Professor Chris Stringer". International Journal of Student Research in Archaeology. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-14-101813-3
- ^ University of Bristol Alumni – Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eiland, Murray (2020). "Out of Africa, Neanderthals, and Mitochondrial Eve". Antiqvvs. 2 (2). Interview with Chris Stringer: 39–42.
- ^ Chris Stringer's Home Page at Natural History Museum
- ^ List of recipients of Rivers Memorial medal
- ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N11.
- ^ "The Complete World of Human Evolution". The Natural History Museum. Archived from the original on 20 June 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ "Stringer wins Kistler Book Award". The Natural History Museum. 13 March 2008. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
External links
- Prof Chris Stringer's Home Page at Natural History Museum
- Natural History Museum Homo britannicus news (11 October 2006)
- AHOB Home Page
- World Land Trust Supporter news (Wednesday, 25 June 2008)
- Homo britannicus Archaeology award (13 November 2008)
- RESET Project Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Human Evolution book news (19 May 2005)