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Teaching / Public outreach
My teaching at University has been made as Moniteur and ATER (Attaché Temporaire de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche). This page is an exhaustive list of my University teaching as well as some outreach activities To get my lectures, a least some of them, at the Prépa CAPES (Paris VII) and Prépa agreg (Paris VI) go to the page CAPES-AGREG.


  • Broadcasting and other medias activities
  • Scientific consultant
  • University teaching
  • Miscellaneous lectures
  • Outreach papers



  • Broadcasting and other medias activities
    • Interview in the documentary film "Qui a tué néandertal ? (Who have killed Neandertal?)", made by T. Cirotteau, E. Pincas and J. Malaterre for TV5 monde. First diffusion, April, 10th 2018.
    • Interview for Science & Vie junior about the Gigantopithecus and a sale of a photograph. Special issue n°105, Avril 2014.
    • Participation in the translation of the article "Quand l'Homme est devenu prédateur" by K. Wong, published in Pour la Science n°445 (November 2014).
    • Article published on the website Hominide.com: Glaciations (in French).
    • Participation at the december issue (n°792) of Historia with the article L'humanité est-elle condamnée à s'éteindre comme les Dinosaures ? (Is humanity condemned to extinction like the dinosaurs?) - a face to face with E. Buffetaut.
    • Participation at the radio program « A l’écoute de l’évolution » and broadcast on IDFM98, made by Mr. Philippe Petit, about the theme "Species continuity and speciation by distance" [in French]. To listen the broadcasting (time: one hour) clic on the following icon:
    • Interview for the broadcasting « Sorties Savantes » on the website universcience.tv (the web tv of the Cité des Sciences and the Palais de la Découverte), made by M. Romain Nigita and named "Bones and Anthropology". Video on line in the n°115 (9 to 15 mars 2012) catégorie « Science et Fiction ».
    • Interview for the article : Sapiens / Néandertal : l'arme du crime était génétique (Sapiens / Neandertal : the murder weapon was genetic) by Mrs E. Rauscher in Science & Vie, Mars 2012 (n°1134, p74-77).
    • Interview for the paper "A part la rime, quel lien entre Heavy Metal et Neandertal" by M. Damien Jayat for the on line journal Rue89.com rubric "Infusion de sciences" (November, 10th 2010).
    • Interview (15 min) about neandertal extinction and their relations with modern humans [in french], by Gilles Raillard, for the web site Neopodia">Neopodia page "Sciences de l'Homme". To download the interview go to Neopodia or clic on the following icon:
    • Participation at the radio program Science publique, a broadcasting from France Culture, made by Michel Alberganti about "Que nous apprend l’homme de Néandertal sur Homo sapiens ?" (in french). To listen the broadcasting (time: 1h) clic on the following icon:


    Scientific consultant
    • Member of the Scientific Committee of the exhibition "Néandertal, l'expo" [Neandertal, the exhibition ] (Mars 28th, 2018 - January 7th, 2019), at the Musée de l'Homme.
      See page "Exhibits" for more informations.
    • Scientific consultant to a detective story written by Eric Pincas (Vice chief redactor of the magazine Historia) about the neandertal extinction.
    • Scientific consultant for the documentary film titled "Histoire de l'origine et des migrations des peuples européens" [History of the origin and migrations of European peoples], realised by Axel Clévenot, Produce by Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA), diffusé par ARTE (France – Germany), YLE (Finland), RTBF (Belgium); broadcasting June 2010 5th on ARTE.
    • Scientific consultant to a book entitled "L’humanité un pluriel d’êtres singuliers" [In French] published by "Les 2 encres" and written by Damien Jayat.


    University teaching
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (12h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (2x3h)
    • "Primates evolution" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (Université of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Mme C. Guettet (3h)
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (12h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (2x3h)
    • "Primates evolution" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (Université of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Mme C. Guettet (3h)
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (12h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (2x3h)
    • "Primates evolution" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (Université of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Mme C. Guettet (3h)
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (12h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (2x3h)
    • "Primates evolution" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (Université of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Mme C. Guettet (3h)
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (12h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (2x3h)
    • "Primates evolution" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (Université of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Mme C. Guettet (3h)
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (12h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (2x3h)
    • "Primates evolution" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (Université of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Mme C. Guettet (3h)
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (12h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (2x3h)
    • "Evolutionary history of the human species" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (University of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Mme C. Guettet (3h)
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (12h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (3x3h)
    • "The human lineage" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (University of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Mme C. Guettet (3h)
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (13h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (3x3h)
    • "The human lineage" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (University of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Madame C. Guettet (4h)
    • "The human lineage" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez (13h)
    • "Osteology" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Mme I. Martinez (3x3h)
    • "Primates and great Apes" préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (University of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Madame C. Guettet (4h).
    • Students supervision (M1), Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot) for year-end memories, Director, Mrs I. Martinez.
    • "Kadanuumuu, des caractères humains chez un hominidé de l’Afar de 3.6 millions d’années ?" sein du module de l’école doctorale « Les missions préhistoriques du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle en haute-Asie et en Asie continentale, traditions, continuités et perspectives », Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, responsable A. Dambricourt Malassé.
    • "Human evolution" at the "Préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT", Paris VI (University of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director: Mrs Catherine Guettet.
    • Management of L3 student "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" of Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot) for a dissertion, Director: Mrs I. Martinez.
    • "Hominins shoulder, one architecture or more?" for the "Ecole doctoral": Les missions préhistoriques du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle en Haute-Asie et en Asie continentale, traditions, continuités et perspectives at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris), Director: A. Dambricourt Malassé.
    • Lectures at the "Préparation au CAPES" at Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot) on différent geological subjects, Director: Mr R. Bosdeveix.
    • "Human evolution" at the Préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT", Paris VI (University of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director: Mrs Catherine Guettet.
    • Management of four L3 students from "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" of Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot) for a dissertation on one of the two subjects "The Quaternary" and "Human lineage", Director: Mrs I. Martinez.
    • "Gigantopithecus within asian faunal of the Pleistocene" for the "Ecole Doctoral": Hommes, cultures et environnements Quaternaires en Asie extrême-orientale continentale, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris), Directors: Mrs A.M. Bacon, Mr F. Demeter and Mrs A. Vialet.
    • Lectures at the "Préparation au CAPES" at Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot) on different geological subjects, Director: Mr R. Bosdeveix.
    • "Human origin" at the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director: Mrs I. Martinez.
    • "Human and Great Apes" at the préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT, Paris VI (University of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director: Mrs Catherine Guettet.
    • Management of four L3 students from "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre" of Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot) for a dissertation on one of the two subjects "Glaciations throughout geological time" and "Human evolution", Director: Mrs I. Martinez.
    • Lectures at the "Préparation au CAPES", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot) on different geological subjects, Director Mr. R. Bosdeveix, "leçon et second entretient".
    • "Human origin" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director: Mrs I. Martinez.
    • "Human evolution" at the "préparation à l’agrégation interne de SVT", Paris VI (Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie), Director Mrs Catherine Guettet.
    • Lectures for the "Préparation au CAPES", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot) on different geological subjects, Director Mr. R. Bosdeveix.
    • "Funerary practices in the Middle Paleolithic", Master 2 at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris), QP 11, Director Pr. J.-L. Heim.
    • "Human origin" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs I. Martinez.
    • Lectures at the "Préparation au CAPES de SVT", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director: Mr. R. Bosdeveix.
    • "Human origine" for the L3 "LISBV3 - Licence vie et terre", Paris VII ((University of Paris Diderot), Director Mrs Isabelle Martinez.
    • Lectures at the "Préparation au CAPES de SVT", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director: R. Bosdeveix.
    • "Importance of the intellectual and scientific context in palaeontological and palaeoanthropological interpretations", for the QP 25 "Éléments d’histoire de l’archéologie préhistorique » (Master « Evolution, Patrimoine naturel et Sociétés »), Directors: Jean-Marc Drouin et Arnaud Hurel.
    • "Funerary practices in the Middle Paleolithic" dans le cadre du QP 16b « Paléoanthropologie : Anthropologie funéraire » (Master « Evolution, Patrimoine naturel et Sociétés ») Director: Jean-Louis Heim.
    • Lectures at the "Préparation au CAPES", Paris VII (University of Paris Diderot), Director: R. Bosdeveix.
    • "Evolution of the genus Homo: fossils versus Theories" école doctorale du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
      « Géochronologie – Paléoclimatologie – Préhistoire », Director: Mrs J. Miskovsky.
    • "Variability in Homo erectus", DEA (Master 2) "Quaternaire : Géologie, Paléontologie humaine, Préhistoire", Laboratoire de Préhistoire, Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle (Paris).
    • "Origin of man: new fossils and new theories", école doctorale « Géochronologie – Paléoclimatologie – Préhistoire », Director Mrs J. Miskovsky, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris).
    • "Scandinavian geomorphology", at Paris IV, Director: Mrs B. Lehman, Maître de Conférence.
    • "Quaternary and human evolution" lectures for different universities in Paris.


    Miscellaneous lectures
    • Lecture "Neandertals: brute, trained monkey, or complex humanity" Musée de l’Homme de Néandertal, La Chapelle-aux-Saints (Corrèze)
    • Lecture "The new Neandertal is arrived: new discovery and new concepts", Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon, Quinson.
    • Participation for the output of the last Earth's Children volume (J. Auel), Mars 8th, 2011.Presse de la Cité edition. The interview is available on this link (on French).
    • Round table Neandertal and Modern human : the meeting at the Grande Galerie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Octobre, 2sd organized by M. Pathous-Matis (D.R. at the CNRS) and debat driven by M.-O. Monchicourt (journalist at France-Info)
    • Lectures : Apparition, growth and fall of Neandertal: a tragic fate? [In French] at « l’école d'Anthropologie », Directors A. Froment and Pr. Laburthe-Tolra.
    • I organized for the "Université Permanente de la ville de Paris" a course of lectures entitled "Human chronicle".
    • Lecture for the course Human chronicle entitled: "Glaciations : environmental aspects and human involvement [In French]".
    • Lecture for the course Human chronicle entitled: "New technology and human studies" with the participation of Estelle Herrscher.
    • "Virtual images and Hominids skull reconstruction" for the "19th Rencontres Internationales Images et Science" with Mme M.-A. de Lumley, D.R. at the CNRS.
    • Lecture: "Biodiversity and Human evolution", 20th - 22th October 2000 at the "Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" for the week of Science.
    • Lecture for the "Université Permanente de la ville de Paris"entitled: "Shoulder and Hominids locomotion".
    • Poster: "Man's first step", 22th - 24th October 1999 at the "Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" for the week of Science.


    Papers for evrybody (You can also find them at the page Publications / Meetings)
    • Voisin J.L. (2012) : L’histoire évolutive mouvementée des néandertaliens Dossier Pour la Science 76, 14-19
    • Voisin J.L. (2012) : Neandertals and modern humans behavior : similarities and adaptations. For the web site www.hominides.com
    • Voisin J.-L. (2010) : The Quaternary a Lazard period? Géochronique, 113, 9-11.
    • Voisin J.-L. (2009) : PALEOANTHROPOLOGIE : Influence du contexte idéologique sur les interprétations paléoanthropologiques (2ème partie) La Raison (Revue de la Libre Pensée), 538, 28-29.
    • Voisin J.-L. (2008) : PALEOANTHROPOLOGIE : Influence du contexte idéologique sur les interprétations paléoanthropologiques (1er partie). La Raison (Revue de la Libre Pensée), 536, 32-33.
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