Darren Curnoe

Darren Curnoe
Alma materAustralian National University
Known forNaming of Homo gautengensis and discovery of Red Deer Cave people
AwardsShanghai Archaeology Prize (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology, archaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of NSW

Darren Curnoe is an Australian anthropologist working as an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales investigating human origins.

He is known for research of human evolution, particularly in Australasia. In 2010 he proposed naming a new species Homo gautengensis; and discovered the remains of the Red Deer Cave people.

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