Camille Arambourg
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Camille Arambourg was a French
vertebrate
paleontologist. He conducted extensive field work in North Africa
. In the 1950s he argued against the prevailing model of Neandertals as brutish and simian.
During World War I
he was in Military
service. After that he was a professor
of Geology
at the Institut Agricole d'Alger, and after that a professor of Paleontology
at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
in Paris
, where he succeeded his teacher Marcellin Boule
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
vertebrate
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are animals that are members of the subphylum Vertebrata . Vertebrates are the largest group of chordates, with currently about 58,000 species described. Vertebrates include the jawless fishes, bony fishes, sharks and rays, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds...
paleontologist. He conducted extensive field work in North Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. In the 1950s he argued against the prevailing model of Neandertals as brutish and simian.
During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
he was in Military
Military
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service. After that he was a professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of Geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
at the Institut Agricole d'Alger, and after that a professor of Paleontology
Paleontology
Paleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...
at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where he succeeded his teacher Marcellin Boule
Marcellin Boule
Marcellin Boule was a French palaeontologist.He studied and published the first analysis of a complete Homo neanderthalensis. The fossil discovered in La Chapelle-aux-Saints was an old man, and Boule characterized it as brutish, bent kneed and not a fully erect biped...
.
Publications
- (1942) "L’ Elephas reckiElephas reckiElephas recki is an extinct species related to the Asian elephant Elephas maximus. At up to 15 feet in shoulder height, it was one of the largest elephant species to have ever lived. It is believed that E. recki ranged throughout Africa between 3.5 and 1 million years ago. The Asian Elephant is...
Dietrich. Exposition systématique et ses affinités". Bull. Soc. géol. France sér. 5, 12: 73-87. - (1947) Mission scientifique de l’Omo (1932-1933). Géologie et Anthropologie. Mus. Natl.
- (1948) "Observations sur le Quaternaire de la région du Hoggar", Travaux de l'Institut de Recherches Sahariennes, t. V, pp. 7–18.
- (1955) "L'ancien lac de Tihodaïne et ses gisements préhistoriques - I. Historique et stratigraphie", Actes du IIème Congrès Panafricain de Préhistoire d'Alger (1952), pp. 281–292.
- (1957) "Récentes découvertes de paléontologie humaine réalisées en Afrique du Nord française (L'Atlanthropus de Ternifine - L'Hominien de Casablanca)", Third Panafrican Congress on Prehistory, Livingstone 1955, Clark, J.D. & Cole, S., Eds., London, Chatto & Windus, pp. 186–194.
- (1958) "Les artisans des industries acheuléennes", Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique de l'Ariège (Préhistoire Spéléologie Ariégeoises), t. XIII, pp. 43–47.
- (1962) "État actuel des recherches sur le Quaternaire de l'Afrique du Nord", Actes du IVème Congrès Panafricain de Préhistoire et de l'Etude du Quaternaire, Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale - Tervuren (Belgique) - Annales, série in 8° - Sciences humaines, n° 40, pp. 255–277.
- (with P. Biberson) (1956) "The fossil human remains from the Paleolithic site of Sidi Abderrahman (Morocco)", American Journal of Physical Anthropology, v. 14 n.s., n° 3, pp. 467–490.