Camille Arambourg ( February 3, 1885– November 19, 1969) was a French vertebrate paleontologist. He conducted extensive field work in North Africa. In the 1950s he argued against the prevailing model of Neanderthals as brutish and simian.
Camille Arambourg | |
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 Arambourg in about 1940 | |
| Born | 3 February 1885 |
| Died | 19 November 1969 (aged 84) |
| Education | Student of Marcellin Boule |
| Known for | Field work in North Africa |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Palaeontology |
| Institutions | Institut Agricole d'Alger, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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.[1] The pterosaur Arambourgiania is named after him.[2] He was President of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association from 1959 to 1963.[3]
Publications
edit- (1942) "L’ Elephas recki 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.
Tribute
editThe fish Enteromius arambourgi is named in his honor.[4]
References
edit- ^ Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries, 2001, Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/abcarch/arambourg_camille
- ^ Nessov, L.A., and Yarkov, A.A. (1989). "New Cretaceous-Paleogene birds of the USSR and some remarks on the origin and evolution of the class Aves". Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta AN SSSR, 197: 78–97. [In Russian]
- ^ "Congresses and Presidents – PanAfrican Archaeological Association". www.panafprehistory.org. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2021.