The First Australians were among the world's earliest great ocean explorers, undertaking a remarkable 2,000km maritime migration through Indonesia which led to the discovery of Australia at least 65,000 years ago.
Environment
Apr 2, 2018
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The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice sheets expanded around the planet. That may hold true for most of Europe and North America, but new research from the University of Washington ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 6, 2018
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Human behaviour during the last intense period of global warming might offer an insight into how best to adapt to current climate change, a study suggests.
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2017
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An archaeological study has found evidence of the earliest occupation of the Australian coast from Barrow Island, Northwest Australia.
Archaeology
May 19, 2017
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High on mountains across Alaska, Canada, Europe and Russia near the upper tree line, even the hardiest of conifers are at the edge of survival. Their annual rings tell a story of extreme cold that limited their growth and ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 29, 2016
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ANSTO researchers using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) capabilities have assisted Russian palaeobiologists in dating rare fossils from an extinct cave lion that had been preserved in permafrost.
Archaeology
Aug 27, 2015
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A new record of past climate change shows that a warm climate in northern Europe can be hit by a sudden cooling associated with an interruption of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation and the Gulf Stream. This is shown in ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2015
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The balmy islands of Seychelles couldn't feel farther from Antarctica, but their fossil corals could reveal much about the fate of polar ice sheets.
Earth Sciences
Jan 8, 2015
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Lewis Owen has been scraping out icy fragments of history's truth from one of the most glaciated regions on Earth for the past 25 years.
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Plant material found on Neanderthal teeth suggests they had a better understanding of their food than previously thought.
Archaeology
Oct 17, 2013
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