Eugène Dubois
Deceased Person
1858 – 1940
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Who was Eugène Dubois?
Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois was a Dutch paleoanthropologist and geologist. He earned worldwide fame for his discovery of Pithecanthropus 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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- Born
- Jan 28, 1858
Eijsden - Also known as
- Eugene Dubois
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Education
- Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Died
- Dec 16, 1940
Haelen
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on July 23, 2013
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