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British Library Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, Flinders University Many think of globalisation as a modern and corporate phenomenon, and it has been readily linked to the spread of coronavirus. But globalisation isn’t new. Archaeological research shows it began in antiquity....
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The Hobbit was thought to have lived around 18,000 years ago. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation The archaeologist who helped discover the extinct Homo species Flores Hobbit, Professor Mike Morwood, has died after a struggle with cancer. Professor...
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Archaeological excavation at Ain Boucherit, Algeria. Mathieu Duval, Author provided Mathieu Duval, Griffith University and Mohamed Sahnouni, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) When did early humans first arrive in the Mediterranean...
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Researcher Vanessa Hayes with the Ju/’hoansi people in the ancestral homeland of humanity. Chris Bennett/Evolving Picture Vanessa Hayes, University of Sydney Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The East African Great Rift Valley has long been the...
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Anna Kotarba-Morley, Author provided Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, Flinders University; Alison Crowther, The University of Queensland; Mike W Morley, Flinders University, and Nicole Boivin, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History The medieval settlement of...
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Mohammad Javad Shoaee, Author provided Alison Crowther, The University of Queensland and Patrick Faulkner, University of Sydney Africa is often referred to as the cradle of humankind – the birthplace of our species, Homo sapiens. There is evidence of the development...