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Charles Brain

Charles Kimberlin Brain

Nickname: 'C. K. 'Bob' Brain'

South African Paleontologist


Born 07-05-1931 in Harare Zimbabwe

Charles Brain is a South African Paleontologist and has studied and taught African cave taphonomy for over fifty years. He is an Honorary Professor of Zoology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Brain has directed comprehensive archaeological study of Swartkrans caves, with more than 200 hominid specimens found, mostly Paranthropus robustus, plus animal fossils, stone and bone tools, remains of Homo ergaster, thought to be predecessor of Homo sapiens.

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O: (021) 667-2054


Charles Brain's Professional details

Current Position(s)

Honorary Professor | Zoology Department | University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg | 1985 - present
Chief Scientific Advisor | Palaeo-Anthropology Scientific Trust
Honorary Associate Editor | Journal of Taphonomy
Emeritus Curator | Transvaal Museum
Pretoria

Previous Position(s)

Director | Transvaal Museum
Pretoria | 1968 - 1991
Curator | Palaeontology, Display & Tech Departments | Transvaal Museum
1965 - 1968
Deputy Director & Keeper | Zoology | National Museum of Zimbabwe
1965 - 1968
Curator | Lower Vertebrate Department | National Museum of Rhodesia
1957 - 1961
Research Fellow | Palaeontology, Transvaal Museum
1954 - 1957

Educational history

Secondary

Pretoria Boys High School

Tertiary

University of the Witwatersrand

Completed 1981

Doctor of Science

University of the Witwatersrand

Completed 1957

Doctor of Philosophy - Geology

University of the Witwatersrand

Completed 1950

Bachelor of Science - Zoology and Geology

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Honorary Doctor of Science

FSAMA

University of Pretoria

Honorary Doctor of Science

IAC

University of the Witwatersrand

Honorary Doctor of Science

University of Cape Town

Honorary Doctor of Science

FRSSAf

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