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Media release: Mammoths killed by abrupt climate change
New research has revealed abrupt warming, that closely resembles the rapid man-made warming occurring today, has repeatedly played a key role in mass extinction events of large animals, the megafauna, in Earth’s past. Using advances in analysing ancient DNA, radiocarbon dating and other geologic records an international team led by researchers from the University of […]
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Media release: Data bank launched for global access to ancient DNA
Medical and other researchers and science teachers around the world will be able to compare ancient DNA from humans from thousands of years ago with the genetics of modern day humans, thanks to a new world-first open access databank at the University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD). The Online Ancient Genome Repository (OAGR) […]
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Podcast: The future of ancient DNA
The Australian Centre of Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide use preserved genetic records recovered from ancient materials such as human and animal bones and teeth, plant remains and sediments to understand evolution and environmental changes through time. Professor Alan Cooper, Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) and Laureate Fellow of […]
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Media Release: Research challenges popular theory on origin of languages
International research involving the University of Adelaide has shed new light on the origins of some of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Three billion people today speak a language that is part of the Indo-European family of languages, spanning Europe as well as Central, Western and South Asia. But the reason why […]
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