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Dr. Maurice Taieb, (born 1935) is a Tunisian
Tunisian

Tunisian refer to anything of or relating to Tunisia. It may also refer to:*Tunisian Arabic*Tunisian people*Cuisine of Tunisia...
 born French
France

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 geologist
Geologist

For other uses, see Geologist .A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system ....
 and paleoanthropologist who discovered the Hadar
Hadar

Hadar may refer to:* Beta Centauri, a star* Hadar, Ethiopia* Hadar, Haifa, a neighbourhood in Haifa, Israel* Hadar, NebraskaPeople:* Hadad , several biblical characters, also known as Hadar...
 formation, recognised its potential importance to paleoanthropology
Paleoanthropology

Paleoanthropology, which combines the disciplines of paleontology and physical anthropology, is the study of ancient humans as found in fossil Hominidae evidence such as Petrifaction bones and footprints....
 and founded the International Afar Research Expedition (IARE). This enabled co-director Donald Johanson
Donald Johanson

Donald Carl Johanson is an American paleoanthropology. Along with Maurice Taieb, and Yves Coppens he is known for the discovery of the skeleton of the female Hominidae australopithecine known as "Lucy ", in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia....
 to discover the 3.2 million year old Australopithecine
Australopithecine

The term australopithecine refers to two very closely related genus within the Hominina subtribe of the Hominini tribe . They appeared in the Pliocene:...
 fossil Lucy
Lucy (Australopithecus)

Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, the 40% complete skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis specimen discovered in 1974 at Hadar, Ethiopia in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression....
 fossil in the Awash Valley
Awash River

The Awash is a major river of Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and empties into a chain of interconnected lakes that begin with Lake Gargori and end with Lake Abbe on the border with Djibouti, some 100 kilometers from the head of the Gulf of Tadjoura....
 of Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
's Afar Depression
Afar Depression

The Afar Depression is a geological depression near the Horn of Africa, where it overlaps Eritrea, the Afar of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Somalia....
.

Taieb is currently Director of Research for the National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) (CNRS), at the European Centre of Research and Teaching of Geosciences of the Environment (Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement) (CEREGE), in Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence

Aix or Aix-en-Provence , to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a communes of France in southern France, some north of Marseille....
.

b was born in Tunisia in 1935 to a Tunisian father and a French mother.






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Dr. Maurice Taieb, (born 1935) is a Tunisian
Tunisian

Tunisian refer to anything of or relating to Tunisia. It may also refer to:*Tunisian Arabic*Tunisian people*Cuisine of Tunisia...
 born French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 geologist
Geologist

For other uses, see Geologist .A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system ....
 and paleoanthropologist who discovered the Hadar
Hadar

Hadar may refer to:* Beta Centauri, a star* Hadar, Ethiopia* Hadar, Haifa, a neighbourhood in Haifa, Israel* Hadar, NebraskaPeople:* Hadad , several biblical characters, also known as Hadar...
 formation, recognised its potential importance to paleoanthropology
Paleoanthropology

Paleoanthropology, which combines the disciplines of paleontology and physical anthropology, is the study of ancient humans as found in fossil Hominidae evidence such as Petrifaction bones and footprints....
 and founded the International Afar Research Expedition (IARE). This enabled co-director Donald Johanson
Donald Johanson

Donald Carl Johanson is an American paleoanthropology. Along with Maurice Taieb, and Yves Coppens he is known for the discovery of the skeleton of the female Hominidae australopithecine known as "Lucy ", in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia....
 to discover the 3.2 million year old Australopithecine
Australopithecine

The term australopithecine refers to two very closely related genus within the Hominina subtribe of the Hominini tribe . They appeared in the Pliocene:...
 fossil Lucy
Lucy (Australopithecus)

Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, the 40% complete skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis specimen discovered in 1974 at Hadar, Ethiopia in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression....
 fossil in the Awash Valley
Awash River

The Awash is a major river of Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and empties into a chain of interconnected lakes that begin with Lake Gargori and end with Lake Abbe on the border with Djibouti, some 100 kilometers from the head of the Gulf of Tadjoura....
 of Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
's Afar Depression
Afar Depression

The Afar Depression is a geological depression near the Horn of Africa, where it overlaps Eritrea, the Afar of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Somalia....
.

Taieb is currently Director of Research for the National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) (CNRS), at the European Centre of Research and Teaching of Geosciences of the Environment (Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement) (CEREGE), in Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence

Aix or Aix-en-Provence , to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a communes of France in southern France, some north of Marseille....
.

Early life

Taieb was born in Tunisia in 1935 to a Tunisian father and a French mother. He travelled though the African outback with his uncle, a merchant who traded with the Bedouin on the outskirts of Tunis. He received his doctorate
Doctorate

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 from the University of Paris VI in 1974, with a thesis on the geology of the Awash River basin.

Taieb started his geological exploration of the Afar region of Ethiopia in 1966 by Landrover and donkey, discovered the Hadar fossil fields in 1968, founded the IARE in 1972, and was present when Donald Johanson discovered fossil fragments of Lucy
Lucy (Australopithecus)

Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, the 40% complete skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis specimen discovered in 1974 at Hadar, Ethiopia in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression....
 in 1974.

Taieb, along with co-directors of IARE Donald Johanson
Donald Johanson

Donald Carl Johanson is an American paleoanthropology. Along with Maurice Taieb, and Yves Coppens he is known for the discovery of the skeleton of the female Hominidae australopithecine known as "Lucy ", in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia....
 and Yves Coppens
Yves Coppens

Yves Coppens is a French anthropology. He graduated from the University of Rennes. He has studied ancient Hominidaes and has had multiple published works on this topic, and has also produced a film....
 played a key role in identifying the geology and history of the Afar region, which has yielded hominid specimens back to 6 million years old. His investigations of the Afar region were challenged by the extreme harshness of the desert environment, famine, the murderous nature of local tribesmen, such as the Issa
Issa

Issa can refer to:*Jesus or Isa, the Arabic name for Jesus of Nazareth.*Issa, the name for Jesus associated with his alleged travels in Tibet and India, as recorded by Nicolas Notovitch....
, the prolonged political strife including the closure by the Dergue government during the 1980s in the fallout from a ‘grave robbing’ incident between them and Don Johanson, plus ongoing hostilities between militias.

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