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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005566b.htm person Thorne Alan Gordon FAHA AACR2 1 March 1939 21 May 2012 Place of Birth Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Anthropologist Alan Thorne was an anthropologist whose ideas were at the core of international debate about the origins of modern humans, especially Indigenous Australians. He gave palaeoanthropology a solid empirical foundation in the form of Pleistocene and Holocene human remains from the Australian continent and testable models for the origins of Indigenous Australians. He worked on late Pleistocene skeletons from Kow Swamp in northern Victoria and reconstructed the remains know as Mungo Lady. From this Thorne conceived the Regional Continuity Theory on the evolution of humans that contradicted the generally accepted idea of human development. His work on the Lake Mungo remains led to a significant improvement in the relationship between archaeologists and indigenous Australians in the excavation of Aboriginal archaeological sites. Thorne was an effective communicator of science to the public in several media. 1963 1963 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney 1968 1968 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Sydney 1971 1971 Career event - Appointed Research Fellow (later Senior Fellow), Department of Prehistory, ANU 1976 1976 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney 1979 1982 Career position - Co-editor, Australian Archaeology 1994 1994 Award - Riversleigh Medal, Riversleigh Society 1994 2012 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and the humanities in the study of prehistory and archaeology Australian Academy of the Humanities (1969 - )

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 Thorne, A G (19390301-20120521)

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 'Thorne, Alan Gordon', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thorne, Alan Gordon Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of the Humanities Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of the Humanities Journal Article: Alan Gordon Thorne 1939 - 2012 Groves, Colin Alan Gordon Thorne 1939 - 2012 2013 PaleoAnthropology 2012 28-32 Journal Article: Alan Gordon Thorne 1939 - 2012 Groves, Colin Alan Gordon Thorne 1939 - 2012 2013 Annual Report, Australian Academy of the Humanities 2012 43-5 Journal Article: Obituary: Alan Thorne: Scientist, communicator, 'bridge-builder' and mentor (1939 - 2012) Curnoe, Darren Obituary: Alan Thorne: Scientist, communicator, 'bridge-builder' and mentor (1939 - 2012) 2012 Australian Archaeology 75 134-5 Journal Article: Alan Gordon Thorne 1939 - 2012 Bowler, Jim and Brady, Maggie Alan Gordon Thorne 1939 - 2012 2012 Quaternary Australasia 29 1 50-2