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''For Ford's speechwriter, see Robert Hartmann'' Karl Eduard Robert Hartmann (October 8, 1832 - 1893) was a German naturalist, anatomist and ethnographer. ==Career== A native of Blankenburg am Harz, Hartmann studied medicine and sciences in Berlin, and in 1865 was an instructor of comparative zoology and physiology at the agricultural academy in Proskau. In 1873 he became a professor of anatomy at the University of Berlin. During his career, he performed ethnographical and geographical research in Africa, and conducted studies on the anatomy of marine species while working in Sweden and Italy. In 1859-60 he accompanied Adalbert von Barnim (1841-1860), the son of Adalbert of Prussia (1811-1873), on a mission to northeastern Africa (Egypt, Sudan and Nubia). Here he performed ethnographical, zoological and geographical studies in the region. On the journey, Adalbert von Barnim became ill and died on June 12, 1860 at Roseires in the Sudan.〔() translated biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Barnim, Adalbert Freiherr von〕 Hartmann wrote about his experiences regarding the expedition in a book titled ''Reisen des Freihern von Barnim durch Nordostafrika in den Jahren 1859 und 1860'' (1863). In 1869, with Adolf Bastian (1826-1905), he founded the ''Zeitschrift für Ethnologie'' (Journal of Ethnology). He served as secretary of the ''Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte '' (Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory) and was general secretary of the ''Anthropologischen Gesellschaft'' (Anthropological Society). He penned a number of articles on Africa, as well as a book on anthropoid apes, a treatise in which he discusses the possibility that humans and apes may have a common ancestor.〔() Anthropoid Apes by Robert Hartmann, pp. 305-306〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Hartmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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