fifbrindacier Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 The most famous Australopithecus, Lucy, is Orphan, one of her discoverer, Yves Coppens, died yesterday. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 That IS sad news indeed. THX for posting this Link to post Share on other sites
Coco Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Hi, Sadness, I didn’t know about it. A great man ! Coco 1 Link to post Share on other sites
fifbrindacier Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, doushantuo said: That IS sad news indeed. THX for posting this Yes, he has the image of someone very kind. He is the perfect representation of what the term vocation is. His passion for fossils began at the age of six and. His friends called him Coco le fossile. At the age of fourteen, while excavating in a site with pottery shards he understood he will passed his adult lire digging for fossils. https://amp-lepoint-fr.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.lepoint.fr/2480665?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=Source %3A %1%24s&aoh=16559655901244&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lepoint.fr%2Fculture%2Fmort-du-pape-de-la-prehistoire-yves-coppens-22-06-2022-2480665_3.php Edited June 23 by fifbrindacier 1 Link to post Share on other sites
fifbrindacier Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 17 minutes ago, Coco said: Hi, Sadness, I didn’t know about it. A great man ! Coco As a child he was one of my model along with Hubert Reeves and the Commandant Cousteau. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) Part of a great tradition,thinking Teilhard de Chardin, or Marcellin Boule A great loss for the scientific community and all of humankind edit: I grew up with Cousteau's documentaries,and he has been instrumental in my getting interested in (paleo)oceanography Edited June 23 by doushantuo Link to post Share on other sites
fifbrindacier Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 3 minutes ago, doushantuo said: Part of a great tradition,thinking Teilhard de Chardin, or Marcellin Boule A great loss for the scientific community and all of humankind edit: I grew up with Cousteau's documentaries,and he has been instrumental in my getting interested in (paleo)oceanography How i understand you ! Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 We REALLY need those inspirational figures,who are larger than life and taught us about nature Anyone else hoping Sir David will live to be 121 years of age? Link to post Share on other sites
fifbrindacier Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 10 minutes ago, doushantuo said: We REALLY need those inspirational figures,who are larger than life and taught us about nature Anyone else hoping Sir David will live to be 121 years of age? Yes, i pray for that. Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 BTW: like your bear avatar immensely Link to post Share on other sites
fifbrindacier Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 16 minutes ago, doushantuo said: BTW: like your bear avatar immensely Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 BTW.: can recommend 1 Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 some of you may like C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes / Earth and Planetary Sciences 332 (2001) 137–144 First hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya) Brigitte Senuta, Martin Pickford, Dominique Gommery, Pierre Mein, Kiptalam Cheboi,Yves Coppensf First-hominid-from-the-Miocene-Lukeino-Formation-Kenya.pdf 1 Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Soph,you might like: Les derniers préhumains et les premiers humains The last Prehominids and the first Hominids Yves Coppens Comptes Rendus Palevol Volume 16, Issue 2, March–April 2017, Pages 196-199 1-s2.0-S1631068316300264-main.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
fifbrindacier Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 You're right, that must be a very interesting book. In my bookcase i have those ones : 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) Good books,Soph! Coppens Yves. Systématique, phylogénie, environnement et culture des Australopithèques, hypothèses et synthèse. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIII° Série. Tome 10 fascicule 3, 1983. pp. 273-284; doi : https://doi.org/10.3406/bmsap.1983.3902 bmsap_0037-8984_1983_num_10_3_3902.pdf Edited June 23 by doushantuo Link to post Share on other sites
DPS Ammonite Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 1 hour ago, doushantuo said: BTW: like your bear avatar immensely Your avatar of a giant white ammonite in blizzard isn’t very inspiring. Link to post Share on other sites
FranzBernhard Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 27 minutes ago, DPS Ammonite said: Your avatar of a giant white ammonite in blizzard isn’t very inspiring. It is, it is, obviously ! Franz Bernhard Link to post Share on other sites
minnbuckeye Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 3 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said: Your avatar of a giant white ammonite in blizzard isn’t very inspiring. Speak for yourself. The avatar brings plenty of fond memories of winter fossil hunting in Minnesota !!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Sophie: TV 5 featured an interview(today) with YC (18.30 h) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daves64 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 12 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said: Your avatar of a giant white ammonite in blizzard isn’t very inspiring. Reminds me of Snowpocalypse 2022 here in Washington State in January.. The pic is what I had to deal with on the walk home from work that morning. Link to post Share on other sites
fifbrindacier Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 (edited) Back to the subject of this post, here is a duo i would gladly have seen together. Edited June 24 by fifbrindacier Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 https://www.tv5monde.com/emissions/episode/l-invite-hommage-a-yves-coppens Link to post Share on other sites
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