research Population of First Australians grew to millions, much more than previous estimates 30 Apr 2021 Shutterstock/Jason Benz Bennee We know it is more than 60,000 years since the first people entered the continent of Sahul — the giant landmass that connected New Guinea, Australia and…
research Climate change and humans together pushed Australia’s biggest beasts to extinction 25 Nov 201926 Nov 2019 Over the last 60,000 years, many of the world’s largest species disappeared forever. Some of the largest that we generally call ‘megafauna’ were first lost in Sahul — the super-continent…
careers… Being empathetic for better interdisciplinarity 4 Jun 2019 Scientists appear to have mixed feelings when it comes to interdisciplinarity in science — the reaction spans from genuine enthusiasm right through to pure disdain. I myself have crossed many…
