Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hilary John Deacon (10 January 1936 - 25 May 2010) was a South African archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Stellenbosch in Stellenbosch, South Africa. His research focused on the 'emergence of modern humans' and African archaeology. He was principal researcher at the Klasies River Caves one of the oldest known sites of 'anatomically modern humans' who lived there circa 125,000 years ago.