Boule Reconstructs the First Neanderthal Skeleton
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Archaeology
- Subcategories: Scientists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: Paris
- Date: December, 1908
Article abstract: Boule’s reconstitution of a near-complete Neanderthal skeleton sparked controversy over the possibility of identifying the presumed “missing link” between higher apes and humans.
Summary of Event
Late in the fall of 1908, the French paleontologist Marcellin Boule carried out a project that would contribute to a series of reactions against a “school” of hominid (human) evolutionary thought with which he came to be identified. The event was Boule’s reconstitution of a nearly complete skeleton of Homo neanderthalensis,...
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