New Biography Chronicles Life of Jesuit Geologist

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Talk of the Nation, December 7, 2007 · Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a priest trained in geology and paleontology, was part of the 1929 team that discovered “Peking Man” — a pre-human skull that helped introduce homo erectus to the world. Author Amir Aczel writes about the challenges de Chardin faced in combining his religion with science.
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Teilhard de Chardin. I suspect that he was the model for Max Von Sidow character in the exorcist and Alec Guinness intrepreation of Obi Wan Kenobi.
 
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