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Mark Pharaoh

Mark Pharaoh

Mark Pharaoh B.A. (Hons), M.A., is a Senior Collection Manager at the SA Museum and head of the Mawson Centre.

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Mawson in the Mirror

Celebrating the remarkable qualities and achievements of Australia’s great polar explorer

When: Tues 11 February, 5.30-6.45pm
Where: North Terrace Campus, The Braggs Lecture Theatre
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Brian Castro

Professor Brian Castro is the Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide

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Defrosting Gondwana

How electromagnetic “eyes” are piercing the Antarctic ice to reveal a former supercontinent’s deepest secrets.

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Kate Selway

Kate Selway

Dr Kate Selway is an ARC Australian Post-Doctoral Fellow in the University of Adelaide’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

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Using ancient DNA to study climate change, mass extinctions, and human evolution

Ancient DNA provides a unique means to watch evolution occurring in real time.  By tracking genetic changes in ancient populations we can examine the effects of major climatic changes on animal and plant populations from around the world through the last 100,000 years, as well as human impacts and other evolutionary phenomena such as volcanic […]

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