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.

Findings indicate deterioration of globally significant artworks accelerating in step with climate change. 

A Griffith University led team discovered the arrival of ancient humans to uninhabited islands doesn’t always lead to widespread extinctions as is often thought.

Findings constitute first traceological evidence of hardwood boomerangs being used for shaping stone tools in Australia.

Bone artefacts found in Kimberley cave site dated as being more than 35,000 years old by research team.

Findings shine light on Homo sapiens' origins in southern Africa interior.

With Australia’s population set to hit 40 million by 2060, Griffith University cities experts say it is time to get serious about long term planning.

Griffith University archaeologists have been awarded a coveted place in Science magazine’s top-10 scientific breakthroughs of the year for their work on the discovery of the world’s oldest known rock art.

Griffith University has joined forces with the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation (CWHF) to track the movements of coastal birds of prey after rehabilitation.

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

Scientists have identified tracks left on an ancient freshwater lake in the Arabian Peninsula as the earliest trace of human arrival in the area from about 120,000 years ago.

A Griffith archaeological science student, testing new ways to identify where items from collections have come from, has been awarded funding to continue her exciting research.

Human evolutionary biologist Professor Tanya Smith has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship worth $1,075,728 to investigate prehistoric human population growth by analysing the teeth of ancient children.

A group of Australian and international palaeontologists have identified a giant wombat-like animal so unique they had to create an entirely new family of marsupials.