Sherwood L. Washburn (1911-2000) was professor of physical anthropology in the University of California at Berkeley. He was the recipient of the Huxley Medal in 1967 and the American Anthropological Association Distinguished Service Award in 1983.
-An important contribution, for clarification of the language by which the history of life is recounted must remain of fundamental importance as long as men wish to speak about the substrate from which they arose.---E. L. Simons, Science