Henry de Lumley is a French archeologist, geologist and prehistorian. He is director of the Institute of Human Paleontology in Paris, and Professor Emeritus at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
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Alain PeyrefitteAlso won Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit
Marcellin BouleAlso won Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles
Catherine SamieAlso won Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
John MilneAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
Catherine BréchignacAlso won CNRS silver medal
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Henry de Lumley is a French archeologist, geologist and prehistorian. He is director of the Institute of Human Paleontology in Paris, and Professor Emeritus at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. He is also a corresponding member of the Academy of Humanities of the Institute of France and former director of the French National Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his work on archeological sites in France and Spain, notably Arago cave in Tautavel, Southern France, Terra Amata in Nice and Grotte du Lazaret near Nice, and Baume Bonne at Quinson, where some of the earliest evidence of man in Europe were found.
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