Paul Rivet was a French ethnologist known for founding the Musée de l'Homme in 1937. In his professional work, Rivet is known for his theory that South America was originally populated in part by migrants who sailed there from Australia and Melanesia. He married Mercedes Andrade Chiriboga, who was from Cuenca, Ecuador.

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Occupation: ethnologist, anthropologist, French resistance fighter, politician
Position held: member of the French National Assembly
Citizenship: France
Born: May 7, 1876
Died: March 21, 1958

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Paul Rivet

French ethnologist (1876-1958)

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Occupation: ethnologist, anthropologist, French resistance fighter, politician
Position held: member of the French National Assembly
Citizenship: France
Born: May 7, 1876
Died: March 21, 1958

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