Read my full article (open access) in Australian Archaeology here: doi.org/10.1080/031224… ‘The future of knowledge sharing: Why #AncientApocalypse and #HomoNaledi are smashing it and we’re not’

Opinion piece: Researchers can now retrieve DNA directly from sediments and soils (#sedaDNA). However, to properly interpret this DNA, they need to understand its context and association within the archaeological record. ow.ly/V8PP50SnGna #archaeology

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New 700,000-year-old fossils from island east of Bali hint at ancient shrinking of extinct miniature humans. UOW theconversation.com/tiny-fossil-ar…

In the Island of Flores in Indonesia!

New research provides direct evidence that seafarers travelled along the equator to reach islands off the coast of West Papua more than 50 millennia ago. theconversation.com/new-evidence-f…

Happy to announce our methodological paper on sedaDNA is out! Make sure to check it out if you’re interested in facilitating and speeding up your screening process! Pinhasi Lab nature.com/articles/s4159…

Read the latest from Sunda & Sahul Micromorphology Research Group members Vito Hernandez and Mike Morley

Check out the latest paper to come out of the Flinders University Microarchaeology Laboratory led by Mike Morley Flinders Archaeology. Follow them for more #fearless research. Shout out to Fabrice Demeter and the rest of the team working at the site! More exciting stuff to come!

Fossils and fires: Insights into early modern human activity in the jungles of Southeast Asia phys.org/news/2024-10-f… via Phys.org

Fossils and fires: insights into early modern human activity in the jungles of Southeast Asia – News news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2024/10/1…

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Our work covered by IFLScience Thanks for the coverage guys! iflscience.com/traces-of-fire… Mike Morley Flinders University Flinders Archaeology

New study on Laos’ Tam Pà Ling cave links climate change to fossil deposits and fire traces, hinting at early human activity. #southeastasianarchaeology #Laos #HomoSapiens #TamPaLingCave #fossils bit.ly/402xKT5

Sunda & Sahul Micromorphology Research Group congratulates Mike Morley for receiving a Flinders University Vice Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence in understanding the evolution of our species and other Pleistocene human populations using #microarchaeology. More power to you, Mike & Flinders Archaeology

Working in the field of Human Evolution and using Microarchaeology to make sense of it all? Please consider submitting a paper abstract to our session on this exciting theme at WAC-10. DM me for more info. worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/theme-15…

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Amazing finds. Expected, but only now realised, thanks to dreaming big, being unprecedented, & right timing & support. Harold Berghuis PhD! Bravo! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Amazing finds. Expected, but only now realised, thanks to dreaming big, being unprecedented, & right timing & support. Harold Berghuis PhD! Bravo! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Westell et al Flinders University Flinders Archaeology apply microstratigraphy to demonstrate a 40 ka-old hearth in South Australia; a significant contribution of Aboriginal Australian culture to studying modern human culture in the deep past! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… sciencedirect.com/science/articl…