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Also Known As palaeoanthropology • human paleontology

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher and paleontologist
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Lee Berger
South African paleoanthropologist
Daniel Lieberman
Daniel Lieberman
American paleoanthropologist
Tim D. White
Tim D. White
American paleoanthropologist
Meave G. Leakey
Meave G. Leakey
British paleoanthropologist
Mary Leakey stands beside a large fiberglass cast of ancient hominid footprints, holding the edge and looking toward the camera.
Mary Douglas Leakey
Kenyan archaeologist
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Raymond A. Dart
South African anthropologist

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