Tagged with Human evolution

Sewing shell beds onto clothing and items across Indonesian islands dates back 12,000 years ago.

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

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

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

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

Unravelling the past for the First People is key to a new partnership between Griffith University and the Mithaka People of South West Queensland. Mithaka People are the Native Title owners of 33,800 square kilometres in the Channel Country of southwest Queensland, as well as the last claimants to a further 22,000 square kilometres west […]

A Griffith University researcher hopes a new discovery on orangutan weaning could help conservation efforts for the highly endangered primate. Associate Professor Tanya Smith, from the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE) team, based in Griffith’s Environmental Futures Research Institute, aged museum specimens using growth lines in their molar teeth and mapped barium, an […]