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PARTICIPANTS IN SAHARA SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS
EXPATRIATED PARTICIPANTS
MISSION n° 1
In KT 01, January 11, 1994, from left to right, Alain Beauvilain, Augustin Déat, Aladji
Hamit Moutaye, Brunet Michel and Sergio Scarpa Falcé (photograph
François Beauvilain).
BACON Anne-Marie : Paleontologist, IRESCO, Paris.
Expedition n° 18.
BANO Maxime : Geophysicist, Strasbourg University.
Expedition n° 17.
BATTAIL Bernard : Paleontologist, senior researcher, National Museum of Natural
History Museum in Paris.
Expedition n° 18.
BEAUVILAIN Alain : Geographer, senior lecturer, Paris 10 Nanterre University,
posted to Chad as a head of the project of the French Co-operation
'Support of Chadian scientific research' until August 1996, head
of the project 'Support to paleontological researches'' from November
1996 to August1999, Coordinator of the paleontological activities
in the Republic of Chad from September 1999 to December 2002,
discoverer of remains of Australopithecus and Sahelanthropus.
Expeditions n° 1, 2 (discovery of Abel by Mamelbaye Tomalta), 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (discovery of Toumaï by Ahounta Djimdoumalbaye), 27, 28, 29 and 30.
BEAUVILAIN François : Prospector.
Expeditions n° 1 and 6.
BEAUVILAIN Najia : Intendant and interpreter.
Expeditions n° 2 (discovery of Abel by Mamelbaye Tomalta) and 3.
BILLIOU Daniel : Technician, Laboratory of Isotopic Geochemistry, Paris VI University.
Expedition n° 14.
BLONDEL Cecile : Lecturer, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 20, 24, 29.
BOISSERIE Renaud : Doctoral student in paleontology, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 17, 18.
BONIS Louis (de) : Paleontologist, Professor, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 8 and 14.
BOCHERENS Herve : Biogeochimist, Senior researcher, Laboratory of Isotopic Geochemistry,
Paris VI University.
Expedition n° 14.
BRANGER Patrick : Paleontologist, Doctor, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 8 and 9.
BRUNET Alain : Prospector.
Expedition n° 7.
BRUNET Michel : Paleontologist, Professor, Poitiers University, Director of
the Mission paléoanthropologique franco-Tchadienne.
Expeditions 1, 2 (discovery of Abel by Mamelbaye Tomalta), 4, 7, 17 and 23.
Angamma's cliff, January 16, 1995. Mahamat Oueddey, Mamelbaye
Tomalta, Aladji Hamit Moutaye
and Najia Beauvilain (photograph Alain Beauvilain).
COMPOINT Stéphane : Photographer, Sygma Agency.
Expeditions 7, 8 and 9.
DAAMS Remmert : Paleontologist, Professsor, Madrid University.
Expeditions n° 7.
DEAT Augustin : Geologist, Geological and Mining Researches Center (CRGM),
Garoua, Cameroun.
Expedition n° 1
DEJAX Jean : Paleontologist, Senior researcher, National Museum of Natural
History in Paris.
Expedition n° 9.
DENYS Christiane : Paleontologist, Professor, National Museum of Natural History
in Paris.
Expedition 12.
DERUITER Darryl : Doctoral student in paleontology, Witwatersrand University
(South Africa).
Expeditions 7, 8 and 9.
DESPRES Pascal : Sound engineer.
Expedition n° 7.
DURINGER Philippe : Sedimentologist, Senior lecturer, Strasbourg University.
Expeditions n° 7, 10, 12, 17, 22 and 27.
ESTEYNE Didier : Microlight pilot in the Mignet company.
Expeditions n° 8 and 12.
FABRE Jean-Marc : Microlight pilot.
Expeditions n° 12, 13, 14, 17 and 18.
FALCE Sergio Scarpa : Tour operator of Spazzi di Aventura Company.
Expedition n° 1.
FRONTY Pierre : Dental surgeon, Poitiers.
Expeditions n° 7 and 17.
GAYET Mireille : Paleontologist, Director of research in the CNRS, Lyon University.
Expedition n° 7 (January 10 -24, 1997).
GERAADS Denis : Paleontologist, Senior researcher in CNRS.
Expedition n° 5.
GHIENNE Jean-François : Geophysicist, lecturer, Strasbourg University.
Expedition n° 17.
GROUSSET Olivier : Doctoral student in paleontology, Poitiers University.
Expedition n° 14.
GUY Franck : Doctoral student in paleontology, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 4, 5, 11, 12 and 13.
LE HEGARAT Erwan : Microlight pilot.
Expeditions n° 8 and 9.
KOUFOS George : Paleontologist, Professor, Thessalonique University.
Missions n° 8 and 14.
LABOURASSE Frédéric : Cameraman.
Expedition n° 7.
LIHOREAU Fabrice : Doctoral student in paleontology, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 22, 23, 25, 29.
LOPEZ-MARTINEZ Nieves : Paleontologist, Professor, Madrid University.
Expedition n° 17.
LOUCHART Antoine : Doctoral student in paleontology, Lyon University.
Expedition n° 14.
MACLATCHY Laura : Paleontologist, Harvard University.
Expedition n° 4.
MARANDAT Bernard : Paleontologist, Technician, Montpellier University.
Expedition n° 14.
MERCERON Gildas : Doctoral student in paleontology, Poitiers University.
Expedition n° 24
MOUCHELIN Guy : Technician, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 5, 8 and 12.
PEIGNE Stéphane : Doctoral student in paleontology, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 8 and 9
PELAEZ-CAMPOANES Pablo : Paleontologist, National Museum of Natural History in Madrid.
Expeditions n° 13, 18 and 28.
PILBEAM David : Paleontologist, Professor, Harvard University.
Expedition n° 7 (January 10 - 17, 1997).
OTERO Olga : Paleontologist, attached research, Lyon University then Lecturer,
Poitiers University.
Expeditions 13, 17 and 25.
RAGOBERT Thierry : Film producer.
Expedition n° 7.
SHUSTER Mathieu : Doctoral student in sedimentology, Strasbourg University.
Expeditions 12, 14, 17, 18 and 22.
SUDRE Jean : Paleontologist, research director, Ecole Pratiques des Hautes
Etudes, Montpellier University.
Expeditions n° 4, 7, 12, 17.
VALENTINE Xavier : Technician, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 17, 24 and 25.
VINCENT Pierre : Vulcanologist, Professor emeritus, Clermont-Ferrand University.
Expeditions n° 3 and 10.
VIGNAUD Patrick : Paleontologist, Senior lecturer, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 5, 7, 12, 18, 25, 27.
VIRIOT Laurent : Paleontologist, Senior lecturer, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 13, 18, 24 and 28.
ZAZZO Antoine : Doctoral student in biogeochimy, Paris VI University.
Expeditions n° 18, 19 and 25.
CHADIAN PARTICIPANTS
ABDALLAH Abakar : Cook.
Expeditions n° 12, 13, 14, 17 and 18.
ADOUM Mahamat : Driver, cook and prospector, discoverer of Sahelanthropus.
Expeditions n° 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (discovery of Toumaï by Ahounta Djimdoumalbaye), 27, 28, 29 and 30.
ADOUM Mahamat Elhadji : Driver and prospector.
Expeditions n° 15, 16 and 17.
AHOUNTA Djimdoumalbaye : Prospector, Bachelor of natural science, discoverer of several Sahelan thropus including Toumaï.
Expeditions n° 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25,
26 (discovery of Toumaï), 27, 28, 29 and 30.
ANDOSSA Likius : Student of the university of Chad then doctoral student in
paleontology, Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 19, 20, 23, 24 and 25.
DARNASS Darnan : Assistant lecturer in botany, N'Djamena University (deceased
in 1998).
Expedition n° 1.
DJARAB Moustapha : Prospector.
Expeditionss 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18.
DJIGUIMBAYE Gérard : Driver, Mining Project.
Expedition n° 3
DJIMALBAYE Bantar : Driver, Mining Project.
Mission n° 4.
DRAMAN Ahmat : Cook.
Expeditions 7, 8 and 9.
FADJACK Moustapha Ahmed : Prospector.
Expedition n° 16.
GONGDIBE Fanoné : Engineer, Mines and Energy Ministry, posted to the CNAR, discoverer of one Australopithecus and of one Sahelanthropus.
Expeditions n° 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26 (discovery of Toumaï by Ahounta Djimdoumalbaye), 27, 29 and 30.
IDRISS Ali Abdoulaye : Prospector.
Expedition n° 18.
KASSER Mahamat : Geologist, Mining Project, discoverer of an Australopithecus.
Expeditions n° 4 and 6.
MACKAYE Hassan Taïsso : Student of N'Djamena University, then doctoral student in paleontology,
Poitiers University.
Expeditions n° 4, 5, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 30.
MAMELBAYE Tomalta : Driver, Mining Project. Discoverer of Abel.
Expeditions n° 2 (discovery of Abel) and 5.
MAHMOUD Mahamat : Prospector.
Expeditions n° 16.
MOUTAYE Hamit elhadji : Geologist , Mining Project of the Geological and Mining Researches
Management (DRGM), project financed by the United Nations for
the Development Program (UNDP).
Expeditions n° 1 and 2 (discovery of Abel by Mamelbaye Tomalta).
NOUR Mahamat : Prospector.
Expeditions 12, 13 and 14.
OUEDDEY Mahamat : Guide in Kouba Olanga and prospector.
Expeditions n° 1, 2 (discovery of Abel by Mamelbaye Tomalta), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 et15.
OUMAR Mahamat : Driver and prospector.
Expeditions n° 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 18.
SALE Moussa : Prospector.
Expeditions n° 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28.
SEID Moustapha Mbodou : Prospector.
Expeditions: 12, 13, 14, 15 and 18.
TREY Youssouf Mali : Driver and prospector.
Expeditions n° 12, 13 and 14.
WAROU Kaffou Way : Driver and prospector.
Expeditions n° 15 and 16.
YAYA Mahamat : Director-assistant of the Primary school in Kouba Olanga.
Expedition n° 6.
SAHARA SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS
Mission n° 1 : January 9 - 16, 1994.
using of four cars (PIRCAOC, DRGM, projet CAMPUS, Spazzi di Aventura)
Discovered sites of KT 1 to KT 11.
Mission n° 2 : January 8- 27, 1995.
using of two cars (PIRCAOC, DRGM)
Discovered sites of Ya 1 to Ya 4, ED 1 to ED 3, Ang 1, Ka 0 and
Ka 1, KT 12 and KT 13, discovery of the mandible of Abel on the site of KT 12 by Mamelbaye Tomalta.
Mission n° 3 : Geological mission, March 5 - 19, 1995.
using of two cars (DRGM)
Objective : to prove the impact of a meteorite at Ngweni-Fada.
Discovery of the fossiliferous area of Kollé (KL).
January 1997. For the first time, a truck Mercedes 6X6 was rent
to carry all the materials
and the foods, water and fuel (photograph Alain Beauvilain).
Mission n° 4 : January 07 - 30, 1996.
large camp installed on the sites of KT.
Discovery of a half-jawbone (KT 13) by Mahamat Kasser and discovery
of a higher premolar (KT 12) of Australopithecus by Alain Beauvilain.
Mission n° 5 : February 06 - 24, 1996.
large camp installed on the sites of KT._
Discovery of the sites of KT 14 to KT 35, KB 1 to KB 3 and KL
1 to KL 16 during missions 4 and 5.
Mission n° 6 : March 20 - 27, 1996.
Paleontological recognition of the final part of the valley of
Bahr el Ghazal.
Mission n° 7 : January 10 -31, 1997.
large camp installed on the sites of KB.
A recognition by Brunet Michel, Jean Sudre, Alain Beauvilain,
Likius Andossa and Mahamat Oumar discovers the part of the west
of Bahr el Ghazal on more than 130 kilometers and the sites TM1
to TM12. (using of two cars and two guides, a custums employee
and a shopkeeper in Kouba Olanga)
Mission n° 8 : January 25 - February 15, 1997.
large camp installed on the sites of KB.
Mission n° 9 : from the 8 to February 28, 1997.
large camp installed on the sites of KB.
Discovery of the sites of KB 4 to KB 27 during missions 7 - 9.
Mission n° 10 : Geological mission, March 08 - 28 1997.
Dating of the ignimbrites of Emi Koussi whose projections are
likely to be inserted in the sedimentary grounds of Djurab.
Mission n° 11 : November11 - 27, 1997.
Recognition of the area ranging between Bahr el Ghazal and the
border of Niger and discovery of the sites of E 1 to E 4, TM 13
to TM 48 and, on the return, of KT 36 to KT 38.
Dunes and yardang in Kollé (photograph Alain Beauvilain).
Mission n° 12 : January 10 - 28, 1998.
camps installed on the sites of KB and KL
A recognition by Alain Beauvilain, Franck Guy, Mahamat Oumar and
Moussa Salé of the west of Bahr el Ghazal from the 17 to 20 January
discovers the sites of TM 49 to TM 55.
Mission n° 13 : January 28 - February 18, 1998.
camps installed on the sites of KB and KL.
A recognition by Alain Beauvilain, Franck Guy, Mahamat Oumar and
Moussa Salé of the west of Bahr el Ghazal from the 6 to 10 February
discovers the sites of TM 56 to TM 68.
Mission n° 14 : February 18 - March 11, 1998.
camps installed on the sites of KB and KL.
Short recognitions by Alain Beauvilain and Mahamat Oumar discovers
the sites of KL 18 and Ka 2 and 3, another by Alain Beauvilain
and Mathieu Shuster discovers KL 17.
Discovery of the sites of KT 39, KL 18 to 20, KB 28 to 31 during
the missions 12, 13 and 14.
February 06, 1998. On the site of KL 6, Fanoné Gongdibé discovers the defense of
proboscidien ("cousin" of the elephant) now exposed to the National
Museum of N'Djamena (photograph Alain Beauvilain).
Djimdoumalbaye Ahounta, Moustapha Seïd, Mahamat Oumar and Moustapha
Djarab with sifting on the site of KL 2, february 25, 1998. Very violent and quasi permanent winds make very painful work
(photograph Alain Beauvilain).
Mission n° 15 : from the 10 to April 25, 1998.
7.500 m2 are sweeped, sifted and marked out on the site of KT
13.
For the collecting of the large parts, it is necessary to go to
research the small ones. Squaring, sweeping and sifting of the
sites will have to be carried out gradually. Kaffou Way Warou,
Moustapha Djarab and Djimdoumalbaye Ahounta (of right-hand side
on the left) with work on April 20th, 1998, on the site of KT 13, by temperatures reaching the 60° C on
the level of the ground - measurement at the climatological station
of Faya (photograph Alain Beauvilain)
Mission n° 16 : October 20 - November 05, 1998.
10.500 m2 swept, sifted and marked out on the site of KT 12.
Sweeping and sifting at KT 12 on October 30th, 1998 (photograph
Alain Beauvilain).
Mission n° 17 : January 06 - 31, 1999.
camp installed on the sites of KL
Mission n° 18 : February 06 - March 01, 1999.
camp installed on the sites of KL.
Discovery of the sites of KL 21 to KL 28.
February 11 - 19, a recognition by Patrick Vignaud, Alain Beauvilain,
Mathieu Shuster, Mackaye Hassan Taïsso, Mahamat Adoum and Mahamat
Oumar, crosses the area located at the west of Bahr el Ghazal
and discovers the sites of M 69 to M 97 and TM 99.
February 18th, 1999, on the site of KL 5, Hassan Taïsso Mackaye measures the femur
of a proboscidian before it is plastered to be transported towards
the National Museum of N'Djamena (photograph Alain Beauvilain).
Mission n° 19 : January 03 - 25, 2000.
Discovery of the sites of ANG 2 to 15, ED 1 to 10, YA 5 and YA
6.
Fanoné Gongdibé, Mackaye Hassan Taïsso and Likius Andossa (of
left on the right), January 16, 2000, studying the layer of ignimbrite which, on a few square kilometres,
is included between the old sandstones and more recent clays of
cliff of Angamma (photograph Alain Beauvilain).
Mission n° 20 : February 05 - 22, 2000.
Discovered sites of TM 98, TM 100 with TM 117.
Mission n° 21 : July 14 - 19, 2000.
Discovered sites of KT 39 and KT 40. Discovery of a mandible of hominid on the site of KT 40 by Fanoné Gongdibé.
July 18, 2000, Fanoné Gongdibé, Mahamat Adoum and Ahounta Djimdoumalbaye sift
the site of KT 40 (photograph Alain Beauvilain).
Mission n° 22 : October 27 - November 10, 2000.
Object : sedimentological researches of the whole fossiliferous
zones. Discoverery of the sites of TM 118 to TM 125.
Mission n° 23 : November 19 - December 06, 2000.
Object : to inventory in detail the site of KT 40 and to allow
Professor Brunet Michel to travel the whole area of Toro - Menala
which he had not crossed since the first twelve sites discovered
in January1997.
Discovery of the sites of TM 126 to TM 165.
Mission n° 24 : January 11 - 29, 2001.
Discovery of the sites of TM 166 to TM 192.
Mission n° 25 : February 5 - 22, 2001.
Discovery of the sites of TM 193 to TM 229.
Mission n° 26 : July 9 - 23, 2001.
Discovery of the sites of TM 230 to TM267. Discovery on July 19 of the sub-complete head of Sahelanthropus tchadensis (Toumaï), on the particularly old grounds of TM 266 and a fragment
of mandible belonging to the same species on the site of TM247.
July 19, 2001. Ahounta Djimdoumalbaye, Mahamat Adoum, Fanoné Gongdibé and Alain
Beauvilain on the site of TM266 with cranium of Toumaï which has
been just discovered (photograph Alain Beauvilain).
Mission n° 27 : October 21 - November 04, 2001. Discovery of the sites of TM 268 to TM300.
A upper canine of Toumaï is discovered at TM266 by sorting of the sediments resulting from sweeping of
the place where Toumai was discovered.
Mission n° 28 : December 03 - 19, 2001.
Discovered sites of TM 301 to TM337. A upper incisor of Sahelanthropus tchadensis is discovered at N'Djamena at the time of the sorting of the
brought back sediments of TM266.
Mission n° 29 : January 13 - 27, 2002.
Discovered sites of TM 338 to TM360. Discovery of two fossils of Sahelanthropus tchadensis (January 15,16 and 17th, a sub-complete mandible on the site
of TM292, and on January 20th of a right half-mandible on the
site of TM266).
January 16, 2002. Fanoné Gongdibé discovers the second fragment of a mandible of
Sahelanthropus tchadensis at TM292(photograph Alain Beauvilain).
Mission n° 30 : March 05 - 16, 2002.
Discovery of the sites of TM361 to TM374. Discovery of a new fossil of Sahelanthropus tchadensis (end of mandible, left premolar with the right canine) at TM266.
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