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

External links

• Fuhlrott Museum
• Neanderthal Museum

1803 births | 1877 deaths | Anthropology | Paleoanthropologists

Johann Carl Fuhlrott | Johann Carl Fuhlrott