Darren Curnoe is a scientist, writer and educator with an insatiable curiosity for understanding the kind of creature we are and how we came to be this way.
He is a palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist fascinated with human evolution and prehistory.
Experience
2009–present
Honorary Professor, Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology
2013–present
Associate professor, University of New South Wales
2012–2016
Australian Research Council Future Fellow, University of New South Wales
2005–2011
Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales
2002–2005
Lecturer, University of New South Wales
2002–2002
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
Education
2000
Australian National University, Doctor of Philosophy (Palaeoanthropology & Geochronology)
1996
Australian National University, Bachelor of Arts (1st Class Honours)
Research Areas
Biological (Physical) Anthropology (160102)
Archaeological Science (210102)
Archaeology Of Asia, Africa And The Americas (210103)
Honours
Shanghai Archaeology Prize, Shanghai Archaeology Forum (2013); Finalist, Australian Museum Eureka Prize (2014, 2015 & 2016)