Camille Arambourg | |
|---|---|
 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 |
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.
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]
- ^ 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.