In 1972, Timothy White received a Bachelors Degree in Biology and Anthropology from the University of California, Riverside. In 1974, he received a Masters Degree from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in 1977. From 1974-77, he was a Paleontologist with the East Rudolf Research Project in North Kenya.
Timothy White is most famous for his excavation of protohominid footprints in Tanzania in 1978, and his co-discovery with Donald. C. Johanson of "Lucy" the earliest human ancestor known as Australopithecus afarensis in 1978-79. He worked on the Laetolil Expedition in 1978 and 1988 in North Tanzania. From 1981-1990, he worked in the Middle Awash Valley in Ethiopia. In 1985 and 1986, he worked at the Olduvai Gorge. He is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkley and a Paleontologist with the Paleoanthropological Inventory of Ethiopia. He is a Member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Written by Students in an Introduction to Anthropology Class, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota
Edited by Marcy L. Voelker, 2007