Robert Broom

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf paleontologist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_the_Witwatersrand
gptkbp:associatedWith Hominidae
gptkbp:awards Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:born December 30, 1866
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution early hominid fossils
gptkbp:died April 6, 1951
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:field paleontology
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy anthropology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Broom
gptkbp:image Robert_Broom.jpg
gptkbp:influenced paleoanthropology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:involved gptkb:South_African_Museum
gptkbp:knownFor fossil hominids
Broom's_hypothesis
gptkbp:legacy paleontological research
gptkbp:nationality South_African
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Australopithecus
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:publishes gptkb:The_Fossil_Man_of_South_Africa
The Evolution of Man
The Origin of Man
The Coming of Man
gptkbp:releaseYear Paranthropus robustus
gptkbp:researchContribution gptkb:Australopithecus_sediba
gptkb:Australopithecus_africanus
paleoecology
paleobiology
Paranthropus boisei
paleoenvironmental reconstruction
fossil dating techniques
hominid locomotion studies
hominid social behavior studies
fossil record analysis
fossil excavation techniques
fossil preservation methods
paleoanthropological fieldwork
Paranthropus aethiopicus
early hominid classification
fossil assemblage studies
fossil comparative anatomy
fossil isotopic analysis
fossil morphology analysis
fossil site documentation
fossil site stratigraphy
fossil taphonomy studies
hominid behavior studies
hominid cranial capacity studies
hominid dietary analysis
hominid evolutionary biology
hominid evolutionary trends
hominid habitat reconstruction
hominid morphology
hominid phylogenetic relationships
hominid tool use studies
hominid_phylogeny
gptkbp:researchFocus human evolution
gptkbp:researchInterest fossil analysis
gptkbp:spouse Mary_Broom