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Date of Birth
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23-March-1946
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Place of Birth
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Iowa
(United States of America, United States, with Territories, Contiguous United States)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Philip Gingerich, P. D. Gingerich
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Profession
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Professor
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Philip Dean Gingerich is a professor of paleontology, geology, biology, and anthropology; and the director of the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan. His research focus is in vertebrate paleontology, especially the Paleocene-Eocene transition and early Cenozoic mammals. His primary research focus is in the origin of modern orders of mammals and he is a leading expert in the evolution of primates and whales. Gingerich was among the experts who analyzed the skeleton of Darwinius masillae.
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