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David Begun

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ProfessorDepartment of AnthropologyUniversity of Toronto

David Begun

Professor

Department of Anthropology

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 NSERC), most recently in 2016.

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Latest funding

The timing and geography of African ape and human origins: New evidence from Europe, Africa and Asia.
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$192,000
Multidisciplinary research investigating the geographic origins of the African apes and humans
NSERC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$250,000
Pattern and timing of miocene hominid dispersals and extant hominid origins in Eurasia and Africa
NSERC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$165,000

All 10 grants and awards

The timing and geography of African ape and human origins: New evidence from Europe, Africa and Asia.

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begun, David

$192,000

Multidisciplinary research investigating the geographic origins of the African apes and humans

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begun, David

$250,000

Pattern and timing of miocene hominid dispersals and extant hominid origins in Eurasia and Africa

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begun, David

$165,000

Hominoid evolution, climate change and paleobiogeography in the miocene of turkey

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begun, David

$128,480

Digital analysis in paleoanthropology: Morphometrics, systematics and GIS

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Begun, David

$46,699

The archaeology of human origins in the Danikil depression, Eritrea

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Chazan, Michael

Keywords: Prehistory; paleolithic; human evolution; east Africa; technology

$79,500

Eurasian fossil hominoids and human origins

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begun, David

$108,928

Computer enhanced morphometrics and systematics: applications in palaeoanthropology

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Begun, David

$35,245

Miocene hominoids and human origins

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begun, David

$98,964

Excavation and analysis of Miocene Hominoids from Spain

Principal investigatorNSERC1990Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begun, David

$34,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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