Camille Arambourg

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Camille Arambourg (February 3, 1885 – November 19, 1969) was a French vertebrate paleontologist who did extensive field work in North Africa. He studied under Marcellin Boule and later became a professor, first of Geology at the Institut Agricole d'Alger and then of Paleontology at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where he followed Boule.

Arambourg argued in the 1950s that Neanderthals were not brutish and clumsy, offering a more nuanced view of these ancient humans. He served in World War I, and after his military service he continued his research and teaching.

A pterosaur named Arambourgiania honors his contributions, and a fish named Enteromius arambourgi also bears his name. He was President of the Pan-African Archaeological Association from 1959 to 1963. Camille Arambourg passed away on November 19, 1969, at the age of 84.