Date
11/30/2023 3:21:51 PM
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Professor of Palaeoanthropology, La Trobe University Profile Articles Activity
I have a BSc in Archaeological Science, an MSc in Geoarchaeology (cave and karst geology) and a PhD in Geochronology (palaeomagnetism) and Palaeoanthropology. I have published widely in the areas of early hominin evolution and modern human origins as well as the use of magnetic methods of analysis on archaeological and fossil bearing sites, notably caves. My focus is on providing an chronological framework for human evolution as well as understanding the use of fire in the hominin record. I currently work throughout Africa and in Bulgaria, China and Australia.
I currently a Professor of Palaeoanthropology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. I am also the director of The Australian Archaeomagnetism Laboratory. The lab is a first of its kind in Australia and is designed to conduct magnetic methods of analysis (palaeomagnetic, rock magnetic, environmental magnetic) on fossil and archaeological bearing sites and materials.
I run a Paleoanthropology Field School and direct excavations at the hominin site of Drimolen, as well as at the Acheulian to Middle Stone Age site of Amanzi Springs in South Africa. Both are funded by Australian Research Council Discovery Grant. In 2015 my team at Drimolen discovered the world's oldest Homo erectus.
Experience
–present ARC Research Fellow in Human Origins and Geochronology, La Trobe University
Education
2003
University of Liverpool, PhD 1998
University of Liverpool, MSc in Geoarchaeology 1997
University of Liverpool, BSc in Archaeological Science
Grants and Contracts
2012 An Integrated Paleoscape Model for the Pleistocene of the South Coast of S. Africa. Role: Senior Scientist Funding Source: National Science Foundation (USA) 2011 A mass spectrometer to analyse records of Australia's climate, soil and groundwater history Role: CI Funding Source: ARC 2009 Cultural change in its environmental context in the Mediterranean Basin Role: CI Funding Source: ARC 2008 The Late Pleistocene Peopling of East Asia and Associated Climate-Environment History Role: CI and Research Fellow Funding Source: Australian Research Council
Research Areas
Archaeology Of Asia, Africa And The Americas (210103) Magnetism And Palaeomagnetism (040406) Geochronology (040303) Archaeological Science (210102)
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