Born 28 Jun 1824; died 9 Jul 1880 at age 56.
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#French #surgeon who was closely associated with the development of modern #physical #anthropology in France and whose study of #brain lesions contributed significantly to understanding the origins of #aphasia, the loss or #impairment of the ability to form or articulate #words.
His #research was largely devoted to the comparative study of the #craniums of the various #human races.
He established (1861) that the seats of articulate #speech were in the left #frontal region of the brain, now known as the convolution of #Broca. This was the first time an #anatomical link had been made between a location and in the brain and its function.
He founded the anthropology laboratory at the École des Hautes.
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