Paul Broca
French anthropologist
Died when: 56 years 11 days (672 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Pierre Paul Broca (/'bro?k?/, also UK: /'br?k?/, US: /'bro?k??/, 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 with 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.
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