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Inauguration of Yves Coppens Square

Mme Berthout, mayor of the 5th arrondissement, Mme Marie-Christine Lemardeley, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of research, higher education and student life, Mr. Thomas Römer, professor and administrator at the Collège de France, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Square Yves Coppens.

On Wednesday,March27 2024, the Square Yves Coppenswas inaugurated in rue des Écoles (Paris,^Ve arrondissement), in honor of the paleoanthropologist, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France from 1983 to 2005.

The ceremony was attended by Berthout, Mayor of the^Ve arrondissement, Marie-Christine Lemardeley, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of research, higher education and student life, Prof. Thomas Römer, Administrator of the Collège de France, and the family of Prof. Coppens.

All those present emphasized the extent to which this pioneer of Paleoanthropology has illuminated our understanding of human evolution through his major discoveries, notably that of the Lucy fossil, and the extent to which his willingness to pass on his knowledge has inspired many generations of budding scientists.