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Colin Groves
Australian anthropologist (1942-2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colin Peter Groves (24 June 1942 – 30 November 2017) was an Australian Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.[1]
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Born | (1942-06-24)24 June 1942 England |
Died | November 30, 2017(2017-11-30) (aged 75) |
Alma mater | University College London (B.Sc.) Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (Ph.D.) |
Known for | Biological classification of Homo ergaster |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biological Anthropology Palaeoanthropology Biogeography Primatology Mammal classification |
Institutions | Australian National University University of California, Berkeley Queen Elizabeth College University of Cambridge |
Groves was born in England. He emigrated to Australia in 1973 and joined the Australian National University, where he was promoted to full Professor in 2000[2]
Groves died on 30 November 2017 in Canberra at the age of 75.[3]
His research interests included human evolution, primates, mammalian taxonomy, skeletal analysis, biological anthropology, ethnobiology and biogeography.[2] He was a member of the Australian Skeptics and had many published skeptical papers, as well as research papers covering his other research interests.[4] He also conducted regular debates with creationists and anti-evolutionists.[4]