Michel Brunet
French paleontologist and paleoanthropologist (1940-)
- Born
- 6 April 1940, Magné
- Age
- 86
Michel Brunet (born April 6, 1940) is a French paleontologist and a professor at the Collège de France between 2008 and 2011. In 2001 Brunet announced the discovery in Central Africa of the skull and jaw remains of a late Miocene hominid nicknamed Toumaï. These remains may predate the earliest previously known hominid remains, Lucy, by over three million years; however, this conclusion is the subject of a significant controversy.
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