Researching, preserving and
promoting Kimberley rock art.
Over just the past few years, new archaeological findings have revealed the lives of early Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory’s Kakadu potentially as early as 65,000 years ago, from the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia by about 50,000 years ago, and the Flinders Ranges of South Australia by around 49,000 years ago. But how was
Dr Ben Gunn is the recipient of Monash University’s Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for best doctoral thesis completed in the Faculty of Arts. The Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal was established in 1998 and is named after the late pioneering physiologist, Emeritus Professor Mollie Holman AO in honour of her significant contribution to science and education.
Rock art research is central to answering some of the big questions about human migration The impact made through KFA rock art research has the potential to rewrite the history of human migration. Recent research backed by the KFA is the latest in a string of findings that is re-shaping ideas about human migration. It
The findings suggest that Neanderthals and modern humans had the same cognitive abilities. Read more
Neanderthals painted on cave walls in Spain 65,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years before modern humans arrived, say researchers Read more
A new Chair in Archaeological Science will be created at the University of Melbourne, thanks to donations from the Kimberley Foundation Australia (KFA), Allan Myers and the Minderoo Foundation. http://geteducation.com.au/ November 2017
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