| 1940s . 1950s in anthropology . 1960s |
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Timeline of anthropology, 1950–1959
Events
1959
- Mary Leakey discovers the first Paranthropus boisei cranium
Publications
1956
- Nuer Religion by E. E. Evans-Pritchard
1959
- Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans, by Fredrik Barth
- The Inland Whale, by Theodora Kroeber
Births
Deaths
1956
1959