Russell Ciochon (born March 11, 1948) is an American paleoanthropologist. He was born in

Altadena, California Altadena () ("Alta", Spanish language, Spanish for "Upper", and "dena" from Pasadena, California, Pasadena) is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in the Verdugo Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, approximately 14 ...

and received three degrees (B.A. in 1971; M.A. in 1974; and PhD. in 1986) in

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. He is currently a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

at the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...

. He is known primarily for his research into ''

Gigantopithecus ''Gigantopithecus'' ( ; ) is an extinct genus of ape from roughly 2 million to 350,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene of southern China, represented by one species, ''Gigantopithecus blacki''. Potential identifications have als ...

''.

Awards and honors

* 1971 -

Phi Beta Kappa The Phi Beta Kappa Society () is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and the most prestigious, due in part to its long history and academic selectivity. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal ...

* 1972-1976 -

U.S. National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late 1 ...

(NIGMS) Predoctoral Fellowship * 1986 - American Men and Women of Science * 1990-1993 -

Faculty Scholar Award * 1992 - Who’s Who in Science and Engineering * 1995 - Who’s Who in the World * 1999 - International Authors and Writers Who's Who * 2001 - Fellow National, The Explorer's Club, New York

Television appearances

He has appeared in the

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in term ...

: '' Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science'' on the Discovery Channel, and most recently on '' Giganto: The Real King Kong'' which aired on

The History Channel History (formerly The History Channel from January 1, 1995 to February 15, 2008, stylized as HISTORY) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney ...

. Both of those shows dealt with Gigantopithecus, one of Ciochon's specialties.

External links

Russell Ciochon's Bioanthropology Website

Russell Ciochon's Faculty Members page at the University of Iowa site

Russell Ciochon's Curriculum Vitae

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ciochon, Russell American anthropologists American paleoanthropologists 1948 births Living people University of Iowa faculty UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni Fellows of the Explorers Club People from Altadena, California