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8 October 2020

Rainforests not humans drove megafauna extinction in Southeast Asia

The takeover of Southeast Asia’s grasslands with today’s rainforests contributed to the extinction of the region’s megafauna and ancient humans.

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28 June 2018

How 70,000 years of human interaction have shaped an icon of wild nature

The critically endangered orangutan - one of humankind’s closest living relatives - has become a symbol of wild nature’s vulnerability in the face of human actions and an icon of rainforest conservation.

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27 September 2017

Giant Australian marsupials were like no other

A giant prehistoric Ice Age marsupial related to wombats and koalas has been discovered to be the only marsupial known...

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11 August 2017
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1 November 2016
Dr Adam Brumm

Fellowship sets Griffith researcher on new hunt for the dawn of ‘hobbits’

Griffith University researcher Associate Professor Adam Brumm’s quest to find the origins of Homo floresiensis, the enigmatic ‘hobbits’ of Flores, Indonesia, has been given a significant boost through a prestigious Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council.

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23 April 2024

Researchers and cave divers bring megafauna secrets to the surface

Researchers dive into cave sites to learn more about Australia’s most mysterious animals – extinct marsupial megafauna. 

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25 November 2022
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6 July 2022

Underwater cave fossil site gains state protections

Now protected underwater cave site contains the only known extensive underwater vertebrate fossil deposits in Australia.

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2 September 2021
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4 May 2021
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