William King (geologist)

William King (geologist)

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.

See also

* William King (Royal Navy), grandson and circumnavigator.

External links

* [http://www.nuigalway.ie/science/king.html William King.] History of NUI Galway, the Science Faculty and associated scientists.
* [http://www.nuigalway.ie/eos/museum/king.html James Mitchell Geology Museum.] William King - Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences, NUI, Galway.


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