Elwyn L. Simons
Elwyn LaVerne Simons was an American paleontologist, paleozoologist, and a wildlife conservationist for primates. He was known as the father of modern primate paleontology for his discovery of some of humankind's earliest antecedents.
His paleontology field work included sites in Egypt, Madagascar, and the U.S. state of Wyoming.
Works
He authored more than 300 scholarly books and research articles, often acting as the sole author or coauthoring with his students and colleagues. He was a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.Literature cited
Category:Paleozoologists
Category:1930 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:American conservationists
Category:Duke [University faculty]
Category:Princeton University faculty
Category:Yale University faculty
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:Rice University alumni
Category:People from Lawrence, Kansas
Category:Scientists from Kansas
Category:20th-century American zoologists
Category:Members of [the American Philosophical Society]
Category:Alumni of [University College, Oxford]