Laurie Godfrey | |
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Born | Laurie Rohde Godfrey August 27, 1945 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | Research on the lemurs of Madagascar |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2008)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology Paleontology |
Institutions | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Thesis | Structure and Function in Archaeolemur and Hadropithecus (subfossil Malagasy Lemurs): The Postcranial Evidence (1977) |
Laurie R. Godfrey (born August 27, 1945)[2] is an American paleontologist and physical anthropologist.[3][4] She is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[5] Her research has focused on the evolutionary history of the present-day lemur populations of Madagascar.[6][7] An outspoken critic of creationism and advocate for the teaching of evolution in schools, she has edited three books on the subject: Scientists Confront Creationism (1983), What Darwin Began: Modern Darwinian and Non-Darwinian Perspectives on Evolution (1985), and (with A.J. Petto) Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism (2007).[1]