Yves Coppens was a charismatic French palaeontologist

He led the team that discovered hominid remains estimated to be 3.2 million years old.

01 July 2022

5 minutes

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Last Word—Dame Deborah James (pictured), Yves Coppens, Revel Guest OBE, Samuel Bhima

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