Study finds dairying began on the Tibetan plateau by ~3500 years ago and supported expansion into non-farmable highlands.

Study finds humid periods in ancient Iran led to the expansions of human populations.

Discovery of stone tools and cut-marked animal bones in Kenya offers window into the dawn of stone technology.

Griffith researchers shed light on extinct large species related to modern-day wombat family. 

Griffith University researchers will lead 17 new Discovery Projects across a broad field of knowledge after being awarded over $7.735 million from the Australian Research Council.

Griffith named in nation-wide research rankings.

Beetles 'clean' bones needed by researcher to create modern reference library for Australian fauna.

Findings indicate the desert zones of Central Asia may have served as key areas for early hominin dispersals into Eurasia. 

Miniature stone and bone discoveries reveal early humans exploited challenging habitats sustainably.  

Researchers have shed light on the story behind a large sandstone rock art site in Central Queensland that features seven star-like designs, large snake-like designs, six-toed human feet and even a penis. Professor Paul Tacon and Dr Andrea Jalandoni from the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research and Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution […]

A team of Indonesian and Australian archaeologists co-led by Griffith University academics has unearthed the skeletal remains of a young hunter-gatherer whose lower left leg was amputated by a skilled prehistoric surgeon 31,000 years ago. The discovery, published in Nature, is thought to be the earliest known evidence for a complex medical act, pre-dating other […]

Fossilised teeth of ancient mammals from a 17-million-year-old Kenyan site reveals climate variability.

Award recognises Griffith's ground-breaking research into rock art dating in Indonesia.

Researchers have traveled back in time to discover Homo sapiens did indeed live and survive in the Kalahari Desert more than 20,000 years ago.

Study highlights stone tool shaping among multiple uses of boomerangs.

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

New ARCHE Director hopes to build stronger research and teaching relationships locally and globally.

New analysis of residue reveals 11th-12th century ceramic vessels contained explosive material.