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Born March 29, 1869 • Czech Republic
Died September 5, 1943 (aged 74) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Subjects Of Study Indigenous American peoples • Neanderthal
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Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey
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Broca, Paul
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Marcellin Boule
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Blumenbach, detail of a lithograph, 1892
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Robert J. Braidwood
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Oscar Howe
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