Yerkes
Americannoun
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Charles Tyson, 1837–1905, U.S. financier and mass-transit magnate.
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Robert Mearns 1876–1956, U.S. psychologist and psychobiologist: pioneered in studies of the great apes.
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About the author: Sarah Yerkes is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
It is “likely that the turnout this time around will be similarly abysmal”, said Ms Yerkes.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024
A psychologist at Emory University in Atlanta and a research scientist at the school’s Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Professor de Waal objected to the common usage of the word “instinct.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
“It has been frustrating to see this lack of teeth to any of the U.S. responses,” Yerkes said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2023
In 1957, I was a graduate student at the University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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