Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170103071

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170103071

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Expanding and resolving the earliest modern human divergence through DNA. This project aims to expand and resolve the earliest modern human divergence. Although it is clear modern humans emerged from Africa, there is no consensus on the timeline of modern human evolution. Archaeological evidence suggests two contenders: east and southern Africa. Genetic data supports the latter; the team’s own data shows that the southern African KhoeSan click-speaking forager peoples have the oldest extant human lineages. This project will generate large mitochondrial genome and whole genome sequence data for KhoeSan lineages. This is expected to narrow the time of modern human emergence.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $285,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genomics | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Genetics | Anthropological Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Africa's Past | Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability |

Other Keywords

Anthropological Genetics | Genetics | Genomics | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability | Understanding Africa's Past

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