Louis Bolk
Louis (Lodewijk) Bolk (born December 10, 1866 in Overschie , † June 17, 1930 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch physician and anatomist .
Live and act
In 1898, two years after completing his studies, Louis Bolk was appointed professor of anatomy at the University of Amsterdam. Most of his work focused on human evolution . He is the originator of the retardation and fetalization theory later taken up by Adolf Portmann (see Physiological Premature Birth ), which, in relation to the other primates , retarded, retarded and understands humans as essential anatomical features. A prominent example of this form of neoteny is the morphological relationship of the human skull to the young or adult chimpanzee skull, another example is the pattern of body hair.
Honor
The Louis Bolk Instituut, a private scientific research institute in the Netherlands, is named after Louis Bolk.
Works (excerpt)
- On the positioning, displacement and inclination of the foramen magnum on the skull of primates , Zeitschr. Morphol. Anatomist. 17/1915 pp. 611-692.
- The problem of incarnation , Jena 1926
- Manual of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates , L. Bolk et al., 1937
Web links
supporting documents
literature
Verhulst, Jost: The firstborn. Man and higher animals in evolution. Stuttgart, 1999. ISBN 3-7725-1557-6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bolk, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bolk, Lodewijk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch physician and anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Overschie |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1930 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |