Eugène Dubois
Dutch paleoanthropologist (1858–1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois (French: [øʒɛn dybwɑ]; 28 January 1858 – 16 December 1940) was a Dutch paleoanthropologist and geologist. He earned worldwide fame for his discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus (later redesignated Homo erectus), or "Java Man". Although hominid fossils had been found and studied before, Dubois was the first anthropologist to embark upon a purposeful search for them.
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Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois | |
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Born | (1858-01-28)January 28, 1858 |
Died | December 16, 1940(1940-12-16) (aged 82) Haelen, Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleoanthropology, Geology |
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