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McBrearty, Sally Ann was born on May 13, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Jerome Fredrick and Margrette Mary (Conlan) Molecular and Cellular Biology.
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Sally Ann McBrearty
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Sally Ann McBrearty, American Archaeologist. Achievements include research on documenting age and context of transition from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens in East Africa clarifying nature of early human technology and adaptation. Research grantee National Science Foundation, 1992, 94, National Geographic Society, 1991, Wenner-Gren Federation, 1990, LSB Leakey Federation, 1988, 90.
Education
AB, University of California, 1972; Master of Arts, University of Illinois, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1986.
Career
Visiting assistant professor, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1987-1988; teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983; visiting lecturer, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1986-1987; postdoctoral fellow, Yale University, New Haven, 1985-1986; research associate, Yale University, New Haven, since 1988; assistant professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1987-1994; associate professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1994-1995; associate professor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, since 1994. Director Archaeology of Muguruk Site, Kenya, 1978-1981, Paleoanthropology of Simbi Site, Kenya, 1984-1990, Archaeology of Kapthurin Formation, Kenya, since 1992. Member Geology of Baynunah Formation, Abu Dhabi, since 1989.
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Member American Anthropol. Association, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Society for American Archaeology, British Institute in East Africa, Paleoanthropology Society.
