Jeremy Griffith

Jeremy Griffith
Born	1945 (age 71–72)
Nationality	Australian
Citizenship	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation	Biologist
Years active	1967-present
Organization	World Transformation Movement
Known for	Biological explanation of the human condition
Notable work	Freedom: The End Of The Human Condition

Jeremy Griffith (born 1945) is an Australian biologist and author on the subject of the human condition. He first came to public attention for his attempts to find the Tasmanian tiger. He later became noted for his writings on the human condition and theories about human progress. He founded the World Transformation Movement to advance his ideas in 1983.

Griffith was educated at Tudor House School in New South Wales and the Geelong Grammar School in Victoria. Griffith described his schooling at Geelong Grammar, under the headmastership of the renowned Australian educator James Darling, as one of the important formative influences in his life.

He first became known to the general public for his comprehensive search for surviving Tasmanian tigers or thylacines, the last known specimen of which died in captivity in 1936. The search was conducted from 1967 to 1973. His search is considered the most intensive ever carried out, and included exhaustive surveys along Tasmania's west coast; installation of automatic camera stations; prompt investigations of claimed sightings; and in 1972, the creation of the Thylacine Expeditionary Research Team with Dr Bob Brown, which concluded without finding any evidence of the thylacine's continuing existence.

A biology graduate of the University of Sydney, Griffith began writing on the human condition in 1975, publishing the first of his six books on the subject in 1988.A Species In Denial (2003) became a bestseller in Australia and New Zealand. In June 2016 Freedom: The End Of The Human Condition was launched at the Royal Geographical Society in London, where Sir Bob Geldof gave the keynote address. The presentations at the launch are published in the booklet Transform Your Life And Save The World. Each of Griffith’s published works is grounded in his grand narrative explanation of human nature. His work is multi-disciplinary, drawing from the physical sciences, biology, anthropology, and primatology together with philosophy, psychology, and psychiatry. He cites thinkers drawn from varied backgrounds and eras, from Socrates, Plato, and Christ, through to more contemporary philosophers and scientists, such as Charles Darwin, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Eugene Marais, Louis Leakey, Laurens van der Post, and R.D. Laing.

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