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Philip Gingerich
Professor
Ermine Cowles Case Collegiate Professor of Paleontology
Ph.D., Geology, Yale University, 1974
U-M affiliations
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Director, Museum of Paleontology
E. C. Case Collegiate Professor of Paleontology
Department of Geological Sciences
Department of Anthropology
Contact information
University of Michigan
Dept of Geological Sciences
1514 Museums Building
1109 Geddes Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005
Phone: (734) 764-0490
Fax: (734) 936-1380
Email: gingeric@umich.edu
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Fields of study
Fossil record and evolution of mammals
Academic background
A.B., Princeton University, 1968.
Ph.D., Yale University, 1974.
NATO postdoctoral fellow, Universite de Montpellier (France), 1975.
Professor and Curator at University of Michigan since 1974.
Director of the Museum of Paleontology from 1981-1987, 1989-present.
Gingerich home page
Graduate student
Ryan Bebej
News
Google Earth aids discovery of early African mammal fossils
A limestone countertop, a practiced eye and Google Earth all played roles in the discovery of a trove of fossils that may shed light on the origins of African wildlife.
The circuitous and serendipitous story features Professor Philip Gingerich and was recently the subject of a segment on the award-winning television series "Wild Chronicles," on public television stations (Episode 412—Looking Back). Read more: U-M News Service press release and view video
Gingerich’s fossil find on the History Channel
Professor Philip Gingerich was part of an international scientific team that recently announced discovery of a remarkably complete, well-preserved 47-million-year old fossil of an extinct early primate.
Known as Ida (pronounced “ee-da”), the fossil is thought to represent an early member of the lineage that gave rise to monkeys, apes and humans. Ida may help resolve a debate over which group of early primates gave rise to humans.
The find is described in a paper published online May 19 in the open-access journal PLoS ONE and also is the subject of a History Channel film, THE LINK, scheduled to premiere Monday, May 25 at 9 p.m., and a book, The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor (Little, Brown). Check the schedule for upcoming show times. U-M News Service press release. Image: Jørn Hurum, Jens Franzen, Philip Gingerich, Jörg Habersetzer, Wighart von Koenigswald and B. Holly Smith - PLoS ONE.
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