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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach  

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  • Considered the “father of physical anthropology,” the famous German physiologist, anatomist, and naturalist began his lustrous academic career at the University of Jenna. Perfecting his studies in literature, rhetoric, and natural history (archaeology), Blumenbach finished his remaining medical studies at the University of Gottingen. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich (1752–1840)]

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