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Eugenie Scott

1945 - Today

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Eugenie Carol Scott (born October 24, 1945) is an American physical anthropologist who has been active in opposing the teaching of young Earth creationism and intelligent design in schools. She coined the term "Gish gallop" to describe a fallacious rhetorical technique of overwhelming an interlocutor with as many individually weak arguments as possible, in order to prevent rebuttal of the whole argument. From 1986 to 2014, Scott served as the Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit science education organization supporting teaching of evolutionary science. Since 2013, Scott has been listed on their advisory council. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugenie Scott is the 89th most popular anthropologist (down from 88th in 2019), the 11,365th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,621st in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Eugenie Scott ranks 89 out of 93. Before her are Grete Mostny, Marcellin Boule, Marilyn Strathern, Carleton S. Coon, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, and Napoleon Chagnon. After her are W. H. R. Rivers, Chris Stringer, John Tooby, and Alice Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Eugenie Scott ranks 622. Before her are Vladimir Maksimov, Paul Petersen, Miklós Haraszti, Philippa Marrack, Roger C. Field, and Lowell George. After her are Cristian Gațu, Barbara Anderson, Max Hastings, Christy Moore, Paul Bérenger, and Ferenc Konrád.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugenie Scott ranks 11,367 out of 20,380. Before her are Joe Flanigan (1967), Evelyne Hall (1909), Alexander Rossi (1991), Jonathan Kellerman (1949), Tom Scholz (1947), and Lowell George (1945). After her are Nicole Gale Anderson (1990), Richard Jeni (1957), Danny Jacobs (1968), Joy Mangano (1956), Vinnie Moore (1964), and Francis James Child (1825).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Eugenie Scott ranks 25. Before her are Madison Grant (1865), Julian Steward (1902), Melville J. Herskovits (1895), George Murdock (1897), Carleton S. Coon (1904), and Napoleon Chagnon (1938). After her are John Tooby (1952).

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