Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170100056

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170100056

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolving landscapes of our early South African ancestors. This project aims to reconstruct the early evolution of our genus, from 2.6 to 1.8 million years ago. This was a time of faunal and environmental change, the extinction of apelike human ancestors (Australopithecus), the speciation of a specialised human genus, Paranthropus, and the origin of our own genus, Homo. This project will study South African cave sites, the surrounding karst, and the oldest known Homo ergaster fossil to model changing dietary patterns and landscape use by hominins. This project expects to reconstruct the early evolution of our genus and to address how species reacted to changing environmental conditions and increasing aridity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-09-2017

End Date: 31-12-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $328,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Archaeological Science | Geology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Understanding Africa's Past |

Other Keywords

Archaeological Science | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Geology | Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Understanding Africa's Past

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