Georg Ruge

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Georg Ruge

Georg Ruge (June 19, 1852 – January 21, 1919) was a German

primatologist who was a native of Berlin
.

In 1875, he earned his doctorate at the

phylogenetic studies on facial muscles in mammals.[1]

In 1888 Ruge became a professor of anatomy at the University of Amsterdam, and in 1897 obtained the same position at the University of Zurich. Among his better known publications are the following works:

  • Beiträge zum Wachsthum des menschlichen Unterkiefers (Contributions to the growth of the human mandible). dissertation
  • Eintheilung der Gesichtsmuskulatur (Division of the facial muscles).
  • Untersuchungen über die Gesichtsmuskulatur der Primaten, 1887—Studies of the facial muscles of primates.[2]
  • Über die Gesichtsmuskulatur der Halbaffen (On the facial muscles of
    lemurs
    ).
  • Leitfaden für Präparirübungen
  • Über die peripherischen Gebilde des N. facialis bei Wirbelthieren (On the structure of peripheral facial nerve in
    vertebrates
    ).

References

  1. ^ [1] Evolution of facial expression by Richard John Andrew and Ernst Huber
  2. ^ WorldCat Identities (publication)