2023-11-19 23:09:30
PORTRAIT – A brilliant scientist, the French paleoanthropologist took over as head of the biology department at the Collège de France and received the prestigious Balzan prize this Friday.
His office at the Collège de France offers an incredible view of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral and its reconstruction site. A panorama open to both our past and our future. But, as evidenced by the mandibles lined up on the shelves, it is a much older story that interests Jean-Jacques Hublin.
The paleoanthropologist who took over as head of the biology department of the prestigious institution a little over a month ago, received in Bern (Switzerland), on November 17, the no less prestigious Balzan Prize, which has been awarded since 1956 scientists from all fields. He is notably awarded “ for the importance of his field discoveries (…) and his qualities as a teacher and popularizer ».
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Less media-friendly than some of his colleagues may be, Jean-Jacques Hublin is a big name in the discipline. In 2004, he created the department of human evolution at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, which he directs until 2022. « Paleoanthropologists are rare…
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