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Hans Gottfried Reck
Hans Reck
Born24 January 1886
Died4 August 1937 (1937-08-05) (aged 51)
OccupationPaleontologist
Known for1913 discovery of Olduvai skeleton

Hans Gottfried Reck (24 January 1886 – 4 August 1937) was a German volcanologist and paleontologist. In 1913 he was the first to discover an ancient skeleton of a human in the Olduvai Gorge, in what is now Tanzania. He collaborated with Louis Leakey in a return expedition to the site in 1931.

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Hans Reck

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Hans Gottfried Reck (24 January 1886 – 4 August 1937) was a German volcanologist and paleontologist. In 1913 he was the first to discover an ancient skeleton...

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Olduvai Gorge

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three-toed horse. Inspired by Kattwinkel's discovery, German geologist Hans Reck led a team to Olduvai in 1913. There, he found hominin remains which were...

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Reck

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opponent of Nazism John Reck (1865–1951), American politician Hans Reck (1886–1937), German volcanologist and paleontologist Paulette Reck (born c. 1948), American...

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Louis Leakey

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Professor Hans Reck, a German national, whom Louis had met in 1925 in Germany while on business for Keith. The geology of Olduvai was known. In 1913, Reck had...

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Hartmut Reck

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novel Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada, appearing with Edith Schultze-Westrum, Alfred Schieske and Wolfgang Kieling. Reck's best known feature film was...

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Pelorovis

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same genus as living African buffalo. The genus was first described by Hans Reck in 1928 to house his new species P. oldowayensis, which he described from...

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History of Tanzania

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Louis Leakey, after he had correctly identified the rocks brought back by Hans Reck to Germany from his 1913 Olduvai expedition as stone tools. The same year...

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Engaruka

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in 1896-97. The first detailed and archaeological investigation was by Hans Reck, in 1913. Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey investigated the site in 1935,...

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Sabine Schmitz

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near Cologne, she won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 1996 and 1997 as Sabine Reck, all with a BMW M3 Group N entered and co-driven by local veteran Johannes...

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Gregory Rift

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fallen owing to a series of parallel faults". In 1913 the German geologist Hans Reck made the first European study of the strata in the Olduvai Gorge to the...

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List of people associated with University College London

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Physics Suzanna Randall, astrophysicist and private astronaut candidate Hans Reck, volcanologist and paleontologist Owen Willans Richardson, physicist,...

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Palaeoloxodon recki

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Palaeoloxodon antiquus, as Elephas antiquus recki. It was named after Hans Reck, a German paleontologist and geologist who had done the initial surveying...

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Bos acutifrons

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likely arose in Africa descended from Pelorovis oldowayensis, described by Hans Reck in 1928 from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, which was itself derived from the...

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Tendaguripterus

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pterosaur fossil material was collected that was recognized as such by Hans Reck in 1931. In 1999 David Unwin and Wolf-Dieter Heinrich named a new genus...

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Tendaguru Formation

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directed excavations, while Hans Reck and his wife Ina Reck led the 1912 field season. Other European participants include Hans von Staff. In the rainy seasons...

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List of first ascents of mountain summits

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and Kaufmann reported being stymied 30 feet below the icycle-like summit "Hans Meyer: the first person to climb Kilimanjaro". Climb Mount Kilimanjaro. After...

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August 1937

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London (d. 2011) Died: K.P. Jayaswal, 55, Indian historian and lawyer Hans Reck, 51, German volcanologist and paleontologist Japanese Emperor Hirohito...

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Wilhelm Kattwinkel

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Wilhelm von Branca (Berlin). In 1913, under the direction of geologist Hans Reck, the expedition found the first fossils of hominins. This was followed...

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Udo Recker

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Udo Recker (March 20, 1967) is a German archaeologist (M.A. University of Bonn 1995, Ph.D. University of Bonn 1999). He is primarily specializing in medieval...

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Hans Sluga

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Hans D. Sluga (German: [ˈsluːga]; born 24 April 1937) is a German philosopher who spent most of his career as professor of philosophy at the University...

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List of people from Frankfurt

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Martin Lawrence (born 1965), American actor, comedian, and filmmaker Oliver Reck (born 1965), former footballer Christine Schäfer (born 1965), soprano Torsten...

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List of authors banned in Nazi Germany

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Ouida Thomas Paine Hertha Pauli Adelheid Popp Marcel Proust Ayn Rand Fritz Reck-Malleczewen Paul Ree Gustav Regler Wilhelm Reich Erich Maria Remarque Karl...

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Monte Carlo Madness

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Monte Carlo, which was based on the 1930 novel Bombs on Monte Carlo by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The screenplay concerns a captain who falls in love with a Queen...

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