Camille Arambourg | |
|---|---|
 Arambourg c. 1940 | |
| Born | 3 February 1885 |
| Died | 19 November 1969 (aged 84) |
| Education | Student of Marcellin Boule |
| Known for | Field work in North Africa |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Palaeontology |
| Workplaces | Institut Agricole d'Alger, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
Camille Arambourg (February 3, 1885 – November 19, 1969) was a French vertebrate paleontologist. He conducted extensive field work in North Africa. In the 1950s, he argued against the prevailing model of Neanderthals as brutish and simian.
During World War I, he was in Military service. After that, he was a professor of Geology at the Institut Agricole d'Alger, and after that a professor of Paleontology at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where he succeeded his teacher, Marcellin Boule. The pterosaur Arambourgiania is named after him. He was President of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association from 1959 to 1963.
