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An Italian pathologist and paleoanthropologist, Antonio Ascenzi was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, on May 4, 1915. He gained his medical doctor’s degree from the Sapienza University of Rome in 1940. This was followed by qualification as a professor in pathology and histology in 1951 and another in anthropology in 1960. An educator at the universities of Rome and Pisa, he lectured in the fields of pathological anatomy, physical anthropology, and human paleontology (Massenti 1991). Ascenzi was appointed to the position of full professor at Rome University in the years 1968–1985. He was a member of the Superior Council for Public Education between 1966 and 1970. In addition, he accepted membership of the Commission for Auxiliary Sciences of Archaeology within the National Council for Research in 1966, of the international board for the research laboratory at the Calot Institute in 1970 and of the National Lincean Academy in 1987 (Massenti 1991; Giuffra...
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Further Readings
Bonucci, E. 2005. Antonio Ascenzi. Rendiconti Lincei, Supplemento 9 (16): 5–20.
Buikstra, J., and C. Roberts, eds. 2012. The global history of paleopathology. Pioneers and prospects. New York: Oxford University Press.
Wood, B., ed. 2011. Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of human evolution. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Piombino-Mascali, D. (2019). Ascenzi, Antonio. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3474-1
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