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.

Well-preserved Palaeolithic site in northern China reveals previously unidentified set of cultural innovations.

One of the three grants awarded to Griffith University researchers by the Queensland Government will benefit from citizen scientists to better understand and document the DNA profiling of South East Queensland’s koala populations.

Researchers have received grants worth over $6.96 million from the Australian Research Council.

Griffith has recognised its best and brightest researchers, professional and support staff plus teaching excellence at a gala event in Brisbane.

Griffith has launched a new open air research lab that will allow students at its Nathan campus to practice archaeological excavation techniques and researchers to study decay rates.

Novel virtual method to examine fossil-bearing deposits in Sumatran cave sites a first.  

Pulses of increased rainfall transformed arid Arabian Peninsula into a route for human population movements over last 400,000 years. 

First skeleton discovered from early foraging culture known as 'Toaleans'.

Research findings offer greater insight into precision stone work used by Toalean people.