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William Pengelly

British educator and geologist
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January 12, 1812, East Looe, Cornwall, England
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March 16, 1894, Torquay, Devon
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William Pengelly (born January 12, 1812, East Looe, Cornwall, England—died March 16, 1894, Torquay, Devon) was an English educator, geologist, and a founder of prehistoric archaeology whose excavations in southwestern England helped earn scientific respect for the concept that early humans coexisted with extinct animals such as the woolly rhinoceros, woolly mammoth, and the mammoth.

woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)Woolly mammoth replica in a museum exhibit in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Supervising excavations at Brixham Cave in Devon (1858–59), he found flint tools deposited with extinct-animal bones, and his continued excavation at nearby Kent’s Cavern (1865–83) demonstrated beyond any doubt that Paleolithic humans had occupied the south Devon caves.

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