Our lab is presently expanding and we are keen to hear from outstanding students who might be interested in undertaking Honours, MPhil, MSc or PhD research. Enquiries are very welcome: please contact Darren Curnoe (d.curnoe@unsw.edu.au).
 
Further information about studying in BEES and at UNSW can be found on the following sites:
Graduate Research School 
 

The following are current or previous postgraduate and honours research projects at UNSW supervised by Darren Curnoe:

 
PhD projects
  • Current, Ceridwen Boel, Hybridisation in Human Evolution.
  • Current, Natalie Rogers, Evolution of the Human Brain with a Focus on the Prefrontal Cortex and Human "executive function".
  • Current, Amanda Guy: Assessing the Conservation Role of Rehabilitation of Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops).
  • Current, Olivia Stone: Biogeography of Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus) in Southern Africa Using GIS.
  • 2007, Julien Louys: Ecology and Extinction of Southeast Asia's Pleistocene Megafauna.
  • 2007, Jack (Andy) Coate: The Genus Category and Cranial Morphometrics of the Catarrhini with Implications for Fossil Hominins.
  • 2007, Hayley Green: Cranial Variation of Contemporary East Asians in a Global Context.
 
BSc Honours
  • 2011-2012, Thomas Beaudoin: A Phylogeny of the Genus Homo.
  • 2010-2011, Angus Wythes: Site Formation of Middle Stone Age Gullies at Kilombe, Kenyan Central Rift.
  • 2010, Natalie Rogers: Comparative Study ofEndocranial Morphology in the Florisbad Hominin.
  • 2007, Heather Cohen: Cranial Variation of Sympatric Macaques and their Sister Species: A 3D Geometric Morphometric Approach.
  • 2005, Kylie McQualter: Dry-Season Diet of Chacma Baboons in the Semi-Desert of South Africa.
  • 2004, Leanne Van der Weyde: Ecology of Chacma Baboons in a Semi-Desert Environment in South Africa.
  • 2003, Hayley Green: The Mandibular Fossa of Pleistocene Aboriginal Australians.
 
Undergraduate Teaching
At present, we offer only one course:
 
 
Although two other courses on related topics (BIOS3701 and BIOS3721) are listed in the UNSW Handbook, they are not offered at present. Teaching arrangements are, however, presently under review with the view to offering more opportunities in the future.
 
We also teach aspects of the following courses at UNSW:
 
 

 
 
 








 

 
  


 

 
 
 
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