CIOCHON, Russell L.

CIOCHON, Russell L. American, b. 1948. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, Archaeology/Antiquities, Earth sciences. Career: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, lecturer in anthropology, 1978-81; University of California, Berkeley, research specialist in paleontology, 1982-83, research associate at Institute of Human Origins, 1983-85; State University of New York at Stony Brook, research associate in anatomical sciences, 1985-86; University of Arizona, Tucson, visiting lecturer in anthropology, 1987; University of Iowa, Iowa City, assistant professor, 1987-90, associate professor of anthropology and pediatric dentistry, 1990-95; professor of anthropology and pediatric dentistry, 1996-; chair, department of anthropology, 1998-. Writer and subject of television documentaries; guest on radio talk shows. Publications: (with J.G. Fleagle) Primate Evolution and Human Origins, 1985, rev. ed., 1987; (with J.W. Olsen and J. James) Other Origins: The Search for the Giant Ape in Human Prehistory, 1990; (with Fleagle) The Human Evolution Source Book, 1993. EDITOR: (with A.B. Chiarelli, and contrib.) Evolutionary Biology of the New World Monkeys and Continental Drift, 1980; (with R.S. Corruccini, and contrib.) New Interpretations of Ape and Human Ancestry, 1983; Advances in Human Evolution Series, 1991-; (with Corruccini, and contrib.) Integrative Paths to the Past: Paleoanthropological Advances in Honor of F. Clark Howell, 1994; (with R. Nisbett) The Primate Anthology, 1998; (with B. Wood) Human Evolution (series), 1998-. (with N. Boaz) Dragon Bone Hill: An Ice Age Saga of Homo erectus, 2004 Contributor to books. Television scriptwriter. Contributor of articles and reviews to scientific journals and popular magazines. Address: Department of Anthropology, MH114, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, U.S.A. Online address: russell-ciochon@uiowa.edu