William King (geologist)
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William King (1809-1886), an Anglo-Irish geologist at Queen's College Galway was the first (in 1864) to propose that the bones found in Neanderthal, Germany in 1856 were not of human origin, but of a distinct species: Homo neanderthalensis. He is commonly thought to have been a professor of anatomy, but never taught the subject.
[edit] See also
- William King (Royal Navy), grandson and circumnavigator.
[edit] External links
- William King. History of NUI Galway, the Science Faculty and associated scientists.
- James Mitchell Geology Museum. William King - Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences, NUI, Galway.
