Maurice Taieb
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| Born | 22 July 1935 Bizerte, Tunisia |
| Died | 23 July 2021 (aged 86) Marseille, France |
| Nationality | French |
Maurice Taieb (22 July 1935
Personal life
Taieb was born in Tunisia in 1935 to a Tunisian father and a French mother.[2] He travelled through the North African outback with his uncle, a merchant who traded with the Bedouin on the outskirts of Tunis.
Taieb received his
Taieb died on 23 July 2021,[citation needed] and was survived by his wife Ingrid and their two sons, Laurent and Jean Marc.
Career
In 1966, Taieb started his geological exploration of the Afar Region of Ethiopia by Land Rover and donkey. While others report that he first arrived in Hadar in 1970, he later claimed to have discovered the Hadar fossil fields in 1968. In 1972, Taieb founded the IARE, and was present two years later when Donald Johanson discovered fossil fragments of Lucy. Australopithecus | Lucy.
Along with co-directors of IARE Johanson and Yves Coppens, Taieb played a key role in identifying the geology and history of the Afar Region. The area has yielded hominid and hominin specimens dated at 6 million years old.
Taieb was Director of Research for the National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) (
External links
References
- ^ Enrty in Catalogue Général of the Bibliothèque nationale de France
- ^ Jon Kalb: Adventures in the Bone Trade, p. 35.
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