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Yves Coppens
AuthorBooks · Second hand1934-2022
Yves Coppens was a French anthropologist and co-discoverer of "Lucy". A graduate from the University of Rennes and the Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October 2014, Coppens was named an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis.
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About Yves Coppens
Birth
1934
Death
2022
Yves Coppens was a French anthropologist and co-discoverer of "Lucy". A graduate from the University of Rennes and the Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October 2014, Coppens was named an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis.
Yves Coppens was a renowned French paleontologist and paleoanthropologist who dedicated his life to the study of human evolution.
He is world-renowned for being one of the co-directors of the team that discovered the famous Lucy fossil in Ethiopia in 1974.
Throughout his brilliant career, he served as professor emeritus at prestigious institutions such as the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and the Collège de France.
His prolific academic career includes the authorship of over 60 works focused on the origins of human beings and prehistoric peoples.
Born in Vannes in 1934, his scientific legacy remains a fundamental reference for understanding our evolutionary history.
