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Jun 28, 1824 Sainte Foy la Grande, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France Died on 09 Jul 1880 (aged 56)
French anthropologist
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About Paul Broca
- Pierre Paul Broca (, also UK: , US: , French: [p?l b??ka]; 28 June 1824 – 9 July 1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist.
- He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that is named after him.
- Broca's area is involved with language.
- His work revealed that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contained lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region.
- This was the first anatomical proof of localization of brain function.
- Broca's work also contributed to the development of physical anthropology, advancing the science of anthropometry.
