Fossil Human of Belgium: a review of Quaternary Collections of ULiege
Palaeoanthropology emerged as a science in the 19th century Belgium. Philippe-Charles Schmerling is notably considered as the first palaeoanthropologist by his pairs. He was the first to survey bone deposits in caves around Liège where he discovered in 1830 what he interpreted as the remains of a fossil man different from Homo sapiens. Unfortunately, his fellow scientists were not ready to accept this revolutionary idea and Schmerling’s discoveries were forgotten for over a century. In the 1880s, Prof. Julien Fraipont re-discovered Schmerling’s collection of Quaternary megafauna and subsequent... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | conference poster not in proceedings |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Schlagwörter: | Schmerling / Fraipont / Engis Child / Fossil Human / Quaternary fauna / Homo sapiens / Homo neanderthalensis / Mammoth / Cave bear / Physical / chemical / mathematical & earth Sciences / Earth sciences & physical geography / Physique / chimie / mathématiques & sciences de la terre / Sciences de la terre & géographie physique |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28543012 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/237167 |