Chief Investigator and Co-Leader of Education and Engagement Program ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, and Director, Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre, UNSW Australia
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 biological anthropologist, evolutionary biologist and archaeologist fascinated with all aspects of human evolution and prehistory. Darren believes science isn't complete until it has been communicated to the wider community. Therefore, he has made writing, broadcasting and making films about science, especially human origins, a major part of his professional endeavours.
Darren is also an Associate Professor, Chief Investigator and Co-Leader of the Education and Engagement Program in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, and Director of the Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre (PANGEA) at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is also an Honorary Professor in palaeoanthropology in the Yunnan Institute for Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Southeast Asian Archaeology Research Centre (Kunming, China).
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