Coppens, Yves

Yves Coppens
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Name	Coppens, Yves Gender: M
Birthname	Yves Jean Edouard Coppens
born on	9 August 1934 at 11:45 (= 11:45 AM )
Place	Vannes, France, 47n39, 2w46
Timezone	GDT h1e (is daylight saving time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Geslain
Astrology data	16°09' 06°12 Asc. 18°58'

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Yves Coppens (November 2006)
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Biography

French anthropologist who studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. On 18 October 2014, Professor Coppens was named an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis.

Coppens is one of the co-discoverers of 'Lucy,' the partial skeleton of a female 'Australopithecus afarensis' found in Ethiopia and estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago, classified as a hominin.

He died on 22 June 2022 at age 87. The asteroid 172850 Coppens is named in his honour.

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Relationships

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 22 June 2022 (Age 87)
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Source Notes

Didier Geslain archive, 'Historiens' pdf file, p. 20.

Categories

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 87)

• Vocation : Science : Anthropology