# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yves-coppens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:27:18.674Z

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name: "Yves Coppens"
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description: "Yves Coppens was a French anthropologist and co-discoverer of \"Lucy\". A graduate from the University of Rennes and the Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October 2014, Coppens was named an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis."
tagline: "French paleoanthropologist (1934–2022)"
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birthDate: "1934-08-09"
deathDate: "2022-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump