📢 The spread of Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) into Central/East Asia 50-40 ka is increasingly seen to reflect the dispersal of modern humans. New research by #MUC #IVPP involving UOW Archaeology Sam Lin reports new IUP materials at Shuidonggou, China. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of Homo Floresiensis Discovery via Southeast Asian Archaeology southeastasianarchaeology.com/2023/10/03/com…

Very proud to share that the archaeology team is nominated for an Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (OCTAL) Award UOW 🏆 What a great recognition💐

🥳Congratulations to CAS/CABAH members Zenobia Jacobs and Bert Roberts for being named among Australia's 100 Hottest Scientists by Cosmos Robyn Williams!

Another great #Archaeology session UOW #DiscoveryDays with year 12 students fitting stone flakes and measuring human brain size #ThisIsUOW

A great example of peer student learning. Cecilia is teaching her colleagues how to use the total station. UOW #ThisIsUOW

Had a great time explaining our work in biomechanics on stone tool production during the Annual Meting of the Paleoanthropology Society at LA! UOW Archaeology now, #AABA2024 !

🎉🎂 HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY, JANE! 🎂🎉 From your groundbreaking observations of chimpanzees to your current work as a global conservation advocate, you inspire hope and transform it into action 💚 Here's to your special day, filled with love, laughter, and endless inspiration!

Fifty years ago, paleoanthropologists unearthed the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton known as Lucy and transformed our views of humanity’s origins. Today, Lucy faces competition for the role of our direct ancestor but remains the best candidate. Learn more: scim.ag/6tI

📢Dr Shannon McPherron @spmcpherron from MPI-EVA Leipzig is giving a talk this Wednesday at UOW on Neanderthal and fire use. Come join us!

Congratulations to Cecilia Barroso-Medina on publishing her first PhD paper! The PLOS One study presents the design of a synthetic hammerstone that can measure percussion force during stone knapping experiments. UOW UOW Research journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Our annual SEALS HDR conference at Thirroul Surf Club was a success UOW Research 🔝location and 🔝 HDR Organising Committee Environmental Futures @ UOW ! Especially proud of the archaeology docs and postdocs 🥼🩻! #ThisIsUOW

Great experience! I had a great opportunity to talk a bit about my research, share my experience in Australia and even sing (I am not quitting my day job for this last thing).

New paper out on a controlled experiment of Levallois flaking by Sam Lin, Cecilia Barroso-Medina, Chris Clarkson and former UOW students Matthew McNaughton and Amy Innes. Another great example of student research training in archaeology UOW rdcu.be/eiRS5