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New Guineans and Aboriginal Australians descend from two groups who arrived 60,000 years ago, research suggests

A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's Center for Maritime Archaeology, has clarified the first settlement of New ...
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Unveiling the major impact of ear disease on Aboriginal children

Researchers from Telethon Kids Institute have been awarded a $1.1 million NHMRC "Targeted Call for Hearing Health" grant to conduct the first ever study following Aboriginal babies from birth through ...
The Conversation

From net zero to Indigenous knowledge, Australia has finally set new science priorities. How can we meet them?

Kylie Walker is CEO of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) which receives funding from the Department of Education and the Department of Industry, Science and ...
The Conversation

Indigenous science can help solve some of the great problems of our time. Here’s how

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Live Science

47,000 years of Aboriginal history destroyed in mining blast in Australia

Humans used the now-destroyed rockshelter throughout the last ice age until just a few decades ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
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The Aboriginal story of Burke and Wills

Few episodes in Australian history have received as much attention as the expedition of explorers Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills. Forty books, hundreds of paintings, several films, poems, ...
The Scientist

Aboriginal Anatomy

Science Seen | Aboriginal Anatomy Image: Corbis Medical students have used anatomy textbooks to cram for exams for hundreds of years. No, make that thousands. Archaeologists believe that this ...