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https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE190101069
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Adaptation and diversification of the first peoples of Sahul. This project aims to further advance work on the genetic history of Indigenous Australians and Papuans that has revealed that Aboriginal Australians have inhabited a variety of diverse and challenging environments for approximately 50,000 years. Using novel techniques for extraction of human DNA from soil and the use of cutting-edge graph-based methods, hundreds of Indigenous Australian and Papuan genomes will be analysed. This project expects to generate new knowledge by filling in the gaps in the Australian genetic record via ancient human DNA from sediments. Expected outcomes from this project are producing a detailed picture of genomic adaptation in Indigenous Australians and Papuans and creating a comprehensive genetic history of the First Peoples of Sahul.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2019
End Date: 11-2022
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $390,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Genetics | Biological Adaptation
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Indigenous Health not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
