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Collection of sediment DNA samples in the Main Chamber of Denisova Cave. Bert Roberts

Dirty secrets: sediment DNA reveals a 300,000‑year timeline of ancient and modern humans living in Siberia

Elena Zavala, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Matthias Meyer, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Richard 'Bert' Roberts, University of Wollongong, and Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong

Our research has also uncovered major long-term changes in ancient animal populations at Denisova Cave, and has provided the first direct evidence of Homo sapiens having lived there.
Han Yuanyuan

How midnight digs at a holy Tibetan cave opened a window to prehistoric humans living on the roof of the world

Bo Li, University of Wollongong; Dongju Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qiaomei Fu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong

Early humans called Denisovans lived in a remote mountain cave between 100,000 and 60,000 years ago, and possibly longer still, raising intriguing questions about their relationship to modern humans.
Richard ‘Bert’ Roberts, Vladimir Uliyanov and Maxim Kozlikin (clockwise from top) examining sediments in the East Chamber of Denisova Cave. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Author provided

Fresh clues to the life and times of the Denisovans, a little‑known ancient group of humans

Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong; Bo Li, University of Wollongong; Kieran O'Gorman, University of Wollongong, and Richard 'Bert' Roberts, University of Wollongong

New studies reveal when the Denisovans and their Neanderthal cousins occupied a cave in southern Siberia. It’s the only site known to have been inhabited by them and by modern humans.
The Madjedbebe excavation in the Northern Territory. Dominic O Brien/Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation

Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years

Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland; Ben Marwick, University of Washington; Lynley Wallis, University of Notre Dame Australia; Richard Law Kelsham Fullagar, University of Wollongong, and Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong

A new study pushes back the first known evidence of human activity in Australia – to 65,000 years ago.
Step one is not being afraid to reexamine a site that’s been previously excavated. Dominic O'Brien. Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation

Here’s the three‑pronged approach we’re using in our own research to tackle the reproducibility issue

Ben Marwick, University of Washington and Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong

A team of archaeologists strived to improve the reproducibility of their results, influencing their choices in the field, in the lab and during data analysis.
Get the knuckle-dragging caveman image out of your head – Neandertals were master toolmakers. marcovdz

Neandertal toolmakers left a leatherworking legacy

Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong; Marie Soressi, Leiden University, and Shannon McPherron, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Ever since the Neandertal (Homo neanderthalensis) type fossil was discovered in the Neander Valley of Germany in 1856, the species has been variously portrayed as knuckle-dragging cavemen and primitive…

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