Hans Reck

Hans Gottfried Reck
Hans Reck
Born24 January 1886
Died4 August 1937 (1937-08-05) (aged 51)
OccupationPaleontologist
Known for1913 discovery of Olduvai skeleton

Hans Gottfried Reck (24 January 1886 – 4 August 1937) was a German volcanologist and paleontologist. In 1913 he was the first to discover an ancient skeleton of a human in the Olduvai Gorge, in what is now Tanzania. He collaborated with Louis Leakey in a return expedition to the site in 1931.

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