Mathilde Lequin is a CNRS research fellow at PACEA (UMR 5199, University of Bordeaux).

A philosopher of science, she is a specialist in the epistemology of paleoanthropology.

His work focuses on the criteria for interpreting fossils and the criteria for defining humans at different taxonomic levels, through questioning the human diversity of the past, at the crossroads of the philosophy of biology and anthropology. philosophical.

She notably published Bipedia and the Origins of Humanity (Hermann, 2019).


Portrait of Mathilde Lequin on video, duration: 05:23

Chapters:

  • What is your background? :0:07
  • What is the purpose of your research? : 1:37
  • Focus on human diversity of the past: 3:31