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Browse: The Origins of Vanuatu and Tonga’s First People

Browse: Burial Site Reveals Pre-history

by: Stephen Luntz

A burial site in Vietnam provides insights into a hunter-gather population that inhabited South-East Asia more than 4500 years ago and is closely related to indigenous Australians and Melanesians.

Browse: When Neanderthals Walked with Modern Humans

Browse: Neanderthals and Modern Humans Coexisted

Browse: DNA Reveals Diversity of Ancient Australians

Browse: Neanderthals Weaned Early

by: Stephen Luntz

A study of a Neanderthal tooth has revealed that the child it belonged to was exclusively breastfed for 7 months, followed by supplementation with other foods for another 7 months before weaning.

Browse: Earliest Evidence for Aboriginal Coastal Occupation

Browse: Groundwater Access Ensured Hominin Survival

Browse: Europeans Came from Three Ancient Populations

Browse: The First Australians Were Among the World’s First Artists

Browse: Pit of Bones Reveals Neandertal Evolution

Browse: NZ Penguin Extinction Dated to Polynesian Arrival

Browse: Neanderthals May Not Have Coexisted with Humans

by: Stephen Luntz

The belief that Neanderthals survived in southern Spain for thousands of years after the species had been wiped out elsewhere has been questioned following new dating of what were thought to be some of the last Neanderthal remains.

Browse: Dental Plaque Reveals Easter Island Diet

Browse: Ancient Mussel Engravings Rewrite Human History

Browse: Human Sacrifices Maintained Social Power Structures

Browse: Burial Ground Discovery Deepens Laos Jar Mystery

Browse: DNA Confirms European Wipe-out of Early Americans

Browse: Australia’s Arid Zone Settled 10,000 Years Earlier

Browse: Forensics Unearth Kimberley Massacres

Browse: Climate Biases Fossil Record of Early Humans

Fossil File: Reflection on the Discovery of a New Fossil Human Species by: John Long The discovery of a new ancient human is a reminder about how much we’ve modified the planet.	Fossil File: Getting a Palaeontology Job in Australia by: John Long Australia’s funding system disadvantages students attempting to turn their palaeontology studies into a career.
Online Feature: Cave of the Monkeys find complicates our Asia story by: Darren Curnoe Did our Asian story just get more complicated?