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Aleš Hrdlička was a Czech-born American physical anthropologist who led the Division of Physical Anthropology at the United States National Museum, now part of the Smithsonian, from 1904 to 1941. He founded the American Journal of Physical Anthropology in 1918 and developed major anthropological collections through field research and the collection of skeletal remains. His work belongs to the early institutional history of physical anthropology in the United States.
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Who was Aleš Hrdlička?
Aleš Hrdlička was a Czech-born American physical anthropologist. He led the Division of Physical Anthropology at the United States National Museum, now part of the Smithsonian, from 1904 to 1941.
What journal did Aleš Hrdlička found?
He founded the American Journal of Physical Anthropology in 1918. The journal became an important publication in the development of physical anthropology and biological anthropology.
What was Hrdlička's main area of study?
Hrdlička studied human physical variation, human evolution, and the biological anthropology of populations. Some of his historical theories, especially about the peopling of the Americas, are now treated critically and have been revised by later research.
Where did Aleš Hrdlička work?
He worked at the United States National Museum, which is now part of the Smithsonian Institution. His museum role gave him access to major anthropological collections and helped shape American physical anthropology in the early twentieth century.
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