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Pierre-Paul Broca

DEFINITIONS OF: Pierre-Paul Broca

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n French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880)

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Broca
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anthropologist
a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
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