Definitions of Pierre-Paul Broca
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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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anthropologist
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