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of Paris in 1975, and specialized in vertebrate and human paleontology, obtaining a doctorate (DEA) in 1976 and defended her doctoral dissertation in 1978. She was interested in the function-phylogeny link in her thesis entitled
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in Uganda (20 Mya), the oldest great ape found in South Africa (18 Mya), and in 2011 an exceptionally well preserved skull of
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Contribution à l'étude de l'humérus et de ses articulations chez les
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Prize (Science) 1988 from the
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Senut has authored more than 240 original scientific publications.
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Who are our ancestors? Great ape, man, what we don't know yet...
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Cino Del Duca scientific prize In 2019 from the Simone and
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