Johann Carl Fuhlrott was born December 31, 1803 in Leinefelde, Germany, and died October 17, 1877 in Elberfeld, (Wuppertal). He is famous for the discovery of the Neanderthal man. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 30 - Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans. ... Leinefelde-Worbis is a Thuringian (German) city in the northwestern district of Eichsfeld. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Elberfeld is a district of the German town Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929. ... Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Binomial name Homo neanderthalensis King, 1864 The Neanderthal or Neandertal was a species of genus Homo (Homo neanderthalensis) that inhabited Europe and parts of western Asia from about 230,000 to 29,000 years ago (the Middle Palaeolithic and Lower Paleolithic, in the Pleistocene epoch). ...

Fuhlrott

After studying mathematics and natural sciences at the University in Bonn, Fuhlrott became a teacher at the Gymnasium in Elberfeld. In 1856, workers in a lime quarry in the nearby town of Mettmann showed him bones they had found in a cave and thought to belong to a bear. Fuhlrott identified them as human and thought them to be very old. He recognized them to be different from the usual bones of humans and showed them to the Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bonn, Hermann Schaffhausen. Together they announced the discovery publicly in 1857. In their view the bones represented the remnants of an ancient human race, different than contemporary humans. Bonn is a city in Germany (Population (2004 est): 313,605 ; the 19th largest city in Germany), in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine. ... Gymnasium can have following meanings: Gymnasium (ancient Greece)—an educational and sporting institution in Ancient Greece Gymnasium—a school of secondary education found in several European countries (approx. ... Lime has several meanings: Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound Lime (fruit) - a Citrus tree with a green fruit similar to a lemon, and the fruit of that tree. ... Mettmann is a North-Rhine-Westphalian (Germany) city and the seat of the District of Mettmann. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ... Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ...

Neanderthal man

Their views were not readily accepted as it contradicted literal interpretations of the Bible and Charles Darwin's work about evolution had not yet been published. Today, Fuhrott and Schaffhausen are regarded as the founders of paleoanthropology. Copied from the German Wikipedia (Bild:Neanderthaler. ... Copied from the German Wikipedia (Bild:Neanderthaler. ... The Bible (From Greek βιβλιος biblios, meaning book, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) is a word applied to sacred scriptures. ... Charles Darwin, about the same time as the publication of The Origin of Species. ... This article is about biological evolution. ... Paeloanthropology is the branch of physical anthropology that focuses on the study of human evolution. ...

The term Neanderthal man refers to the site where the bones were found, the Neander valley.