Delson, Eric

Delson, Eric

(1945–  ) physical anthropologist; born in New York City. A professor at Lehman College (1973), he made major contributions to the comparative evolution of fossil African, Asian, and European monkeys. He is a specialist in primate classification and systematics.

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