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Recent News
Revised dating of the Liujiang skeleton renews understanding of human...
01 May 2024
Scientific dating shaves nearly 200,000 years off famous Chinese skeleton age.
Researchers and cave divers bring megafauna secrets to the surface
23 Apr 2024
Researchers dive into cave sites to learn more about Australia’s most mysterious animals – extinct...
First evidence of human occupation in lava tube cave in Saudi Arabia
18 Apr 2024
Exploration of underground caves and lava tubes reveal archaeological abundance in Arabia.
Persian plateau unveiled as crucial hub for early human migration out of Africa
25 Mar 2024
Study sheds new light on the complex journey of human populations from Africa into Eurasia.
Job Opportunity: Research Fellow in Biogeochemistry
An exciting opportunity for a Research Fellow in Biogeochemistry to join the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution at Griffith University. Conduct and lead research using strontium isotope analysis that contributes to the research objectives of Professor Julien Louys' ARC-funded Discovery Project, 'Human use of Early Tropical Forest Ecosystems.'
Quarternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra - Available now
Quarternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra, a new book co-edited by ARCHE's Prof Julien Louys, is now available from ANU Press.
Recent Conversation Articles
- Paddy Compass Namadbara: for the first time, we can name an artist who created bark paintings in Arnhem Land in the 1910s
- Friday essay: ‘this is our library’ – how to read the amazing archive of First Nations stories written on rock
- Research reveals humans ventured out of Africa repeatedly as early as 400,000 years ago, to visit the rolling grasslands of Arabia
- Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman’s DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture
- Aboriginal art on a car? How an Indigenous artist and an adventurer met in the 1930 wet season in Kakadu
- Homo who? A new mystery human species has been discovered in Israel
- Threat or trading partner? Sailing vessels in northwestern Arnhem Land rock art reveal different attitudes to visitors
- Humans weren’t to blame for the extinction of prehistoric island-dwelling animals
- How climate change is erasing the world’s oldest rock art
- ‘Our dad’s painting is hiding, in secret place’: how Aboriginal rock art can live on even when gone
- Teeth contain detailed records of lead contamination in humans and other primates
- Ancient eggshells and a hoard of crystals reveal early human innovation and ritual in the Kalahari
- We found the oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley
- It was growing rainforests, not humans, that killed off Southeast Asia’s giant hyenas and other megafauna
- Got your bag? The critical place of mobile containers in human evolution
- Meet the giant wombat relative that scratched out a living in Australia 25 million years ago
- 48,000-year-old arrowheads reveal early human innovation in the Sri Lankan rainforest
- Singing away the coronavirus blues: making music in a time of crisis reminds us we belong
- First pocket-sized artworks from Ice Age Indonesia show humanity’s ancient drive to decorate
- Baby steps: this ancient skull is helping us trace the path that led to modern childhood
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