Ofer Bar-Yosef
Ofer Bar-Yosef · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Israeli archaeologist and prehistorian of the Paleolithic and human origins in the Levant
1937, Jerusalem, British Mandate Palestine — 2020, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Israel · United States
Ofer Bar-Yosef is recognized among Israeli contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Israeli archaeologist and prehistorian of the Paleolithic and human origins in the Levant
A leading prehistorian of the Levant, Bar-Yosef excavated key Paleolithic sites and shaped modern understanding of early modern humans, Neanderthals and the origins of agriculture in the Near East. As a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and later Harvard, he brought rigorous multidisciplinary science to the study of human origins. He was an Israeli Jew.
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Israeli archaeologist and prehistorian of the Paleolithic and human origins in the Levant
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Anthropology
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