Johannes Hürzeler

Oreopithecus

Johannes Hürzeler (born February 1, 1908 in Gretzenbach ; † July 24, 1995 in Basel ) was a Swiss paleontologist .

Life

Hürzeler was a professor of zoology at the University of Basel . In 1958 he discovered fossils of an 8 to 10 million year old, upright primate in a brown coal mine in Tuscany , which he called "Homo bambolii". However, the find was not recognized because it was considered impossible to find a complete primate skeleton from the Miocene . The opinion Hürzelers which Oreopithecus attributable Fund is a direct ancestor of apes , was so controversial among experts that they 1985 not even the Swiss to a Oreopithecus- Symposium invited. Hürzeler resigned and gave up his research. The position of Oreopithecus in the primate family tree is still unclear.

Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery

In 1971 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

Johannes Hürzeler found his final resting place on the Wolfgottesacker in Basel.

Works

Contribution à l'odontologie et à la phylogénèse du genre Pliopithecus Gervais. In: Annales de Paléontologie. Volume 40, 1954, pp. 5-63
Oreopithecus bambolii Gervais: a preliminary report. In: Negotiations of the Natural Research Society Basel. Volume 69, 1958, pp. 1-47.

literature

Herbert Haag , Anton Haas, Johannes Hürzeler: Evolution and the Bible . Freiburg 1968

Individual evidence

^ List of members since 1666: Letter H. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 28, 2019 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Hürzeler, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 1, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gretzenbach
DATE OF DEATH	July 24, 1995
Place of death	Basel

[1] List of members since 1666: Letter H. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 28, 2019 (French).