Laurie R. Godfrey (born August 27, 1945)[2] is an American paleontologist and physical anthropologist.
[3][4] She is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
[5] Her research has focused on the evolutionary history of the present-day lemur populations of Madagascar.
[6][7] An outspoken critic of creationism and advocate for the teaching of evolution in schools, she has edited three books on the subject: Scientists Confront Creationism (1983), What Darwin Began: Modern Darwinian and Non-Darwinian Perspectives on Evolution (1985), and (with A.J.
Petto) Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism (2007).