Arthur Posnansky, Austrian-born Bolivian anthropologist, archaeologist and geographer (Wien 13 April 1873 – La Paz 13 September 1946)
Proposed a new secondary sexual character
Un Nuevo caracter sexual secundario. Rev. Soc. Cient. Bolivia 1 (1930)
Developed a device for craniometric measures in photographies
Ein neues craneometrisches instrument und seine Verwendung zur Herstellung von Messbildern (1913)
Patented a machine for quinoa’s large-scale production
Gained international recognition for his studies about old civilizations of Titicaca Lake
Authored Tihuanacu, la cuna del hombre americano (1945), a classical work of universal archaeology
HONORS
Posnanskytherium Liendo Lazarte 1943 (Fossil Mammalia)