Ian Tattersall
Ian Tattersall PhD | |
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Tattersall in September 2012, at the Calpe Conference in Gibraltar. | |
| Born | 1945 (age 79–80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | I. Tattersall |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA; 1967) Yale University (PhD; 1971) |
| Occupation | Paleoanthropologist |
| Organization | American Museum of Natural History |
| Website | http://www.amnh.org/ |
Ian Tattersall (born 1945) is a British-born American paleoanthropologist and a curator emeritus with the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, New York. In addition to human evolution, Tattersall has worked extensively with lemurs. Tattersall is currently working with the Templeton Foundation.