Facts: - awards: viking -lrb- 2008 -rrb- charles darwin award -lrb- 2009 -rrb- fund medal -lrb- 2005 -rrb- franz boas award - name: george -lrb- 1963 -rrb- university of colorado -lrb- phd -rrb- -lrb- j. 1968 -rrb- armelagos university of colorado -lrb- ma -rrb- - organization: emory university - occupation: anthropologist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george j. armelagos .
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george j. armelagos -lrb- may 22 , 1936 - may 15 , 2014 -rrb- was an american anthropologist , and goodrich c. white professor of anthropology at emory university in atlanta , georgia .armelagos significantly impacted the field of physical anthropology in the disciplines of paleopathology and bioarchaeology .his work has provided invaluable contributions to the theoretical and methodological understanding human disease , diet and human variation within an evolutionary context .relevant topics include epidemiology , paleopathology , paleodemography , bioarchaeology , evolutionary medicine , and the social interpretations of race , among others .