Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP220100167

Funding Activity

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https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP220100167

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

The Impact of Water Stress on Early Humans in the Kalahari Desert. This project aims to understand the impacts of water stressed environments for early modern human behaviour through state-of-the-art excavation techniques and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction at two new archaeological sites in the Kalahari. How humans mitigated water stress during a major technological transition is significant because adaptability to arid environments was crucial for humans expanding beyond Africa and into Australia. The expected outcome of this project is creation of new knowledge on the origins of human resilience to water stress. The benefit lies in the potential to gain insights into meeting future climate challenges by exploring the adaptive strategies developed by early modern humans in the southern Kalahari.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-08-2022

End Date: 11-08-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $267,053.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Archaeological Science | Quaternary Environments | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Africa's Past | Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology |

Other Keywords

Archaeological Science | Evolutionary Biology | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | Quaternary Environments | Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability | Understanding Africa's Past

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