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| Born | England |
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| Residence | Canberra |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Fields | Biological Anthropology |
| Institutions | Australian National University |
Colin Groves is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.[1]
Born in England, he completed a BSc (London) in 1963, and a PhD (London) in 1966. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley, Queen Elizabeth College (London) and Cambridge University before emigrating to Australia in 1974, where he taught at the Australian National University.[2]
His research interests are human evolution, primates, other mammals, skeletal analysis, biological anthropology and ethnobiology.[2] Groves has worked on the topics of primates and human evolution and has conducted regular debates with creationists and anti-evolutionists.[3]
Along with Vratislav Mazák, Groves was the describer of Homo ergaster.[4]
He is an active member of the Australian Skeptics and has many published skeptical papers, as well as research papers covering his other research interests.[3]
Limited bibliography
- Groves, C (1989). A Theory Of Human And Primate Evolution. Oxford Science Publications. ISBN 0198577583.
- Groves, C (1989). Laycock, D;. ed. Skeptical, a handbook on pseudoscience and the paranormal. Australian Skeptics. ISBN 0731657942.
- Groves, C (1996). "From Ussher to Slusher; from Archbish to Gish; or, not in a million years..." (pdf). Archaeology in Oceania 31: 145-151. http://www.arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/UssherSlusher.pdf.
- Groves, C (2001). Primate Taxonomy. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 156098872X.
- Cameron, DW; Groves C (2004). Bones, Stones and Molecules. Boston: Elsevier. pp. 402. ISBN 0121569330. http://books.google.com/books?id=SwzHI1vesyIC&pg=PP1.
- Groves, C (2008). Extended Family: Long Lost Cousins. A Personal Look at the History of Primatology. Arlington, Virginia: Conservation International. pp. 227. ISBN 1934151254.
Footnotes
- ^ "Professor Colin Groves - School of Archaeology & Anthropology -". Australian National University. 2009. http://arts.anu.edu.au/AandA/people/staff/groves.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ a b Groves, C (2000). "Colin Groves [personal profile entry]". Archaeology World. http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/aboutus/groves.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ a b Stears. "The Groves Collection". Noanswersingenesis.org. http://www.noanswersingenesis.org.au/cg_groves_collection.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ^ Kramer, A (1993). "Human Taxonomic Diversity in the Pleistocene: Does Homo erectus Represent Multiple Hominid Species?". American Journal Of Physical Anthropology 91: 161-171. doi:.
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