Colin Groves
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| Institutions | Australian National University University of California, Berkeley Queen Elizabeth College University of Cambridge |
Colin Peter Groves (24 June 1942 – 30 November 2017) was a British-Australian biologist and anthropologist. Groves was Professor of
Education
Born in England, Groves completed a
Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1966. From 1966 to 1973, he was a postdoctoral researcher and teaching fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, Queen Elizabeth College and the University of Cambridge
.
Career
Groves emigrated to Australia in 1973 and joined the Australian National University, where he was promoted to full professor in 2000[2] and remained emeritus professor until his death.[3]
Along with the Czech biologist Professor Vratislav Mazák, Groves was the describer of Homo ergaster.[4] Groves also wrote Primate Taxonomy published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 2001, and Ungulate Taxonomy, co-authored by Peter Grubb (2011, Johns Hopkins Press).
He was an active member of the
anti-evolutionists.[5] Groves opposed the arguments of creationism, stating "It is a great mistake to ignore the threat: it will not just go away, it must be countered. ... Scientists, but most especially archaeologists, are in the front line; we, not the artists or the politicians, are the ones with ammunition to stem the tide of creationist rubbish, and relegate it to Monty Python's Flying Circus where it belongs."[6]
Research interests
Groves' research interests included
primates, mammalian taxonomy, skeletal analysis, biological anthropology, ethnobiology, cryptozoology, and biogeography.[2] He conducted extensive fieldwork in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, India, Iran, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[citation needed
]
Selected publications
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- Groves, C. (1989). A theory of human and primate evolution. New York: Oxford Science Publications. .
- Groves, C. (1989). ISBN 0-7316-5794-2.
- Groves, C. (1996). "From Ussher to Slusher; from Archbish to Gish; or, not in a million years..." Archaeology in Oceania. 31: 145–151. .
- Groves, C. P. (1997). "Leopard-cats, Prionailurus bengalensis (Carnivora: Felidae) from Indonesia and the Philippines, with the description of two new subspecies". Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. 62: 330–338.
- Groves, C. (2001). Primate Taxonomy. Washington D.C.: ISBN 1-56098-872-X.
- Cameron, D. W.; Groves, C. (2004). Bones, Stones and Molecules. Boston: ISBN 0-12-156933-0.
- Groves, C. (2008). Extended Family: Long Lost Cousins. A Personal Look at the History of Primatology. Arlington, Virginia: ISBN 978-1-934151-25-9.
- Groves, C.; Mcleod, K. (2014). "Birth of a notion" (PDF). The Skeptic. 34 (4). Australian Skeptics: 39. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
References
- ^ "Professor Colin Groves - School of Archaeology & Anthropology -". Australian National University. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ a b Groves, C (2000). "Colin Groves [personal profile entry]". Archaeology World. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ "Vale Emeritus Professor Colin Groves". ANU. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- PMID 8317558.
- ^ a b Stears. "The Groves Collection". Noanswersingenesis.org. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Colin Groves dies". National Center for Science Education. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
External links
- The Colin Groves Pages (link broken: Archived 18 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine)
- The Colin Groves Page Archived 23 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine (new page)
- The Groves Collection at No Answers in Genesis
- ANU Faculty Homepage
- ANU Researcher Profile page
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