Marcel Otte

Marcel Otte

Marcel Otte
Born October 5, 1948
Belgium
Nationality Belgian
Fields Prehistorian

Marcel Otte (born October 5, 1948) is a professor of Prehistory at the Université de Liège, Belgium.[1] He is a specialist in Religion, Arts, Sociobiology, and the Upper Palaeolithic times of Europe and Central Asia.[2]

Otte is one of the leading advocates of the Paleolithic Continuity Theory which states that Indo-European languages originated in Europe and have existed there since the Paleolithic period.[3] He first advocated that theory in work published in 1995.[4]

He is particularly noted for supporting and nurturing women in the profession.

Written works

Marcel Otte has published a number of works in his career including:

See also

References

  1. Liège: des fouilles archéologiques à la hussarde?
  2. "Marcel Otte - Préhistorien, paléoanthropologue", Hominidés.com (French)
  3. Alinei, Mario. "The Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm for the origins of Indo-European languages: An Introduction in progress", Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm, May 2012
  4. Otte, Marcel (1995), "Diffusion des langues modernes en Eurasie préhistorique", C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris 321, série IIa, pp. 1219-1226.

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