Johannes Hürzeler
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.
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).
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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 |