1950s in anthropology

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Timeline of anthropology, 1950–1959

## Events

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1959

* Mary Leakey discovers the first Paranthropus boisei cranium

## Publications

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1956

* Nuer Religion by E. E. Evans-Pritchard

1959

* Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans, by Fredrik Barth
* The Inland Whale, by Theodora Kroeber

## Births

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Further information: Category:1950s births

## Deaths

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1956

* Marcel Griaule
* F.W. Hodge
* Rafael Karsten
* Siegfried Nadel

1959

* Edward Winslow Gifford
* Paul Radin

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