ANTHROPOLOGIST

Yves Coppens

1934 - 2022

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Yves Coppens (9 August 1934 – 22 June 2022) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yves Coppens has received more than 86,652 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Yves Coppens is the 73rd most popular anthropologist, the 4,465th most popular biography from France and the 11th most popular French Anthropologist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Yves Coppens ranks 73 out of 93. Before him are Gayle Rubin, Madison Grant, Michael Harner, Robert Lowie, James C. Scott, and Julian Steward. After him are Julio Caro Baroja, Dmitry Anuchin, Vladimir Bogoraz, Eric Wolf, Marcellin Boule, and Ashley Montagu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Yves Coppens ranks 364. Before him are Wang Meng, Piers Anthony, Mudar Badran, Curtis Fuller, Inger Berggren, and James Franciscus. After him are Ole Madsen, Hellmuth Karasek, Ilaria Occhini, Joseph Bologna, Eddy Pieters Graafland, and Lee Friedlander. Among people deceased in 2022, Yves Coppens ranks 365. Before him are Guy Lafleur, Renée Colliard, Frédérick Tristan, Mark Lanegan, Charles Greene, and Osamu Watanabe. After him are Louie Anderson, Dieter Henrich, Gheorghe Berceanu, Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Norman Mineta, and Borislav Ivkov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yves Coppens ranks 4,465 out of 6,770. Before him are Emma Shapplin (1974), Henry Monnier (1799), Jean-Paul Proust (1940), Eugénie Cotton (1881), Jean Cayrol (1911), and William de Longchamp (1101). After him are Alfred Manessier (1911), André Chéron (1895), André Pilette (1918), Emmanuelle Devos (1964), Patrick Achi (1955), and Daniel Marot (1661).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In France

Among anthropologists born in France, Yves Coppens ranks 11. Before him are Marcel Griaule (1898), Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Maurice Godelier (1934), Georges Balandier (1920), and Philippe Descola (1949). After him are Marcellin Boule (1861), and Françoise Héritier (1933).

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