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Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and explorer (died 1903)

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Paul Du Chaillu

French-American anthropologist, zoologist and traveler

Paul Belloni Du Chaillu was a French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of…
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July 31

Day of the year

July 31 is the 212th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 153 days remain until the end of the year.
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