Farish Jenkins
Farish Alston Jenkins | |
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On safari in Tanzania. | |
| Born | 19 May 1940 |
| Died | 11 November 2012 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Awards | Romer-Simpson Medal (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Harvard University Columbia University |
| Thesis | The Postcranial Skeleton of African Cynodonts and Problems in the Evolution of Mammalian Postcranial Anatomy (1969) |
Farish Alston Jenkins (May 19, 1940 – November 11, 2012) was a professor at Harvard University who studied and taught paleontology. His discoveries included a transitional creature with characteristics of both fish and land animals, Tiktaalik roseae, and one of the earliest known frogs, Prosalirus bitis.