Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817-1873) marubuciya ɗan Biritaniya ce, masanin falsafar halitta, masanin ilimin ƙasa, masanin ilimin halitta, mai tattara ma'adinai, kuma mai ba da taimako. A shekarun baya, bayan rasuwar mahaifinta, ita ma ta zama ma’aikaciyar banki. A yau tabbas za mu sanya gudummawarta ga kimiyya a fagen ilimin halittar ɗan adam. Carne ita ce ɗa na bakwai na 'ya'ya takwas ('ya'ya maza uku da mata biyar) da aka haifa wa Joseph Carne, FRS, da matarsa ​​​​Maryama Thomas na Glamorgan. An haifi Elizabeth a Rivière House, a cikin Ikklesiya na Phillack, kusa da Hayle, Cornwall, kuma an yi masa baftisma a cocin Phillack a ranar 15 ga Mayu 1820. A Rivière House, mallakar Kamfanin Cornish Copper Company wanda mahaifinta ya kasance Daraktan Kamfanin, ɗakunan ajiya sun kasance. wanda aka kera a matsayin dakunan gwaje-gwaje inda aka gwada aikin narkar da tagulla da tin, da kuma ma'adanai da duwatsun da aka yi nazari a kansu.