Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190100164

Funding Activity

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https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190100164

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Island fauna evolution through deep time: the Flores experiment. This project aims to reveal the evolutionary patterns of insular fauna, including hominins, as exemplified by the island of Flores. Through multidisciplinary analyses of securely dated fossils, artefacts and environmental data spanning 1.4 million years, the project expects to provide a deep and broad reconstruction of faunal adaptations to insular conditions and environmental fluctuations through deep geological time. The significance of this research includes the first comprehensive testing of hypotheses associated with island dwarfing (where megafauna, over time, become smaller), and providing the first palaeo-ecological context for the only known insular hominin, Homo floresiensis.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 20-06-2019

End Date: 20-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $324,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Palaeoecology | Archaeological Science | Geology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales

Other Keywords

Archaeological Science | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Geology | Palaeoecology | Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)

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