Maciej Henneberg
Polish-Australian anthropologist
Maciej Henneberg (born 23 April 1949) is a Polish-Australian anatomist, Emeritus Professor at the University of Adelaide and Adjunct Professor at Flinders University interested in human evolution, forensic science, human anatomy, as well as physical anthropology. From 1996 to 2021 he was Wood Jones Professor of Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He has held various academic positions at the University of Oxford, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Cape Town, the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the University of Zurich.
His work has been widely published and commented on in the news media. Henneberg is often called upon for comment by journalists investigating his areas of expertise. Similarly, he has appeared in numerous Australian courts to provide expert evidence.
Education and early life
Henneberg graduated summa cum laude in 1973 in Biology (Physical Anthropology) at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. In 1976 he received a PhD from the same institution. His thesis was entitled, "Biological Dynamics of a Polish Rural Community in the 19th Century". He received another degree Doktor Habilitowany (=DSc) in 1981 in Natural Sciences.
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