Pour son volume, The South Africa Fossil Ape-Men, The Australopithecinae, dans lequel il propose la sous-famille des Australopithecinae, Broom reçoit la médaille Daniel Giraud Elliot de la National Academy of Sciences en 1946.
Pour son volume, The South Africa fossil ape-men, the Australopithecinae, in which he proposed the Australopithecinae subfamily, Broom was awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 1946.