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Boucher de Crèvecour de Perthes, Jacques

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Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Jacques (zhäk bshā` də krĕvkör` də pĕrt), 1788–1868, French writer and archaeologist. He was the first to provide evidence that humans had existed in the Pleistocene epoch, thereby disputing the theory of diluvial catastrophism catastrophism (kətăs`trəfĭzəm)
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. He collected flint artifacts near Abbeville, France, and demonstrated that these manufactured objects came from the same stratum as Ice Age fauna. See Paleolithic period Paleolithic period (pā'lēəlĭth`ĭk, –lēō–, păl'–) or
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