Laura S. Weyrich

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  • ARC Future Fellow, Metagenomic Cluster Lead at the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, UoA Node Leader for the ARC Center of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Adelaide University
The first people to walk along the shores of northern Australia arrived more than 50,000 years ago. Corey Bradshaw

An incredible journey: the first people to arrive in Australia came in large numbers, and on purpose

Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Laura S. Weyrich, University of Adelaide; Michael Bird, James Cook University, and Sean Ulm, James Cook University

New research shows just how many first people were needed to create a viable population in what is now Australia.
Dental calculus deposits show this Neadertal was eating poplar, a source of aspirin, and moulded vegetation including Penicillium fungus, source of a natural antibiotic. Paleoanthropology Group MNCN-CSIC

The daily life of a Neanderthal revealed from the gunk in their teeth

Alan Cooper, University of Adelaide and Laura S. Weyrich, University of Adelaide

Neanderthals had a very varied diet based on what foods were available to them where they lived. They also knew what to eat when they were sick.

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