William King
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William King was a 19th-century Irish geologist and paleontologist best known for being the first to propose Neanderthals as a distinct human species.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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geologist ⓘ paleontologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| contributedTo | early scientific understanding of Neanderthals ⓘ |
| describedAs | 19th-century Irish geologist and paleontologist ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Queen's College Galway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
geology
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paleanthropology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ |
| influenced | later paleoanthropological research on human evolution ⓘ |
| knownFor | proposing Neanderthals as a distinct human species ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Homo neanderthalensis as a separate species from Homo sapiens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
geologist
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paleontologist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Galway
NERFINISHED
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Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Queen's College Galway ⓘ |
| presentedWorkAt | British Association for the Advancement of Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedTaxon | Homo neanderthalensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedTaxonRank | species ⓘ |
| proposedTaxonYear | 1864 ⓘ |
| studied |
Neanderthal fossils
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Pleistocene fauna ⓘ fossil vertebrates ⓘ |
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