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Ancient DNA reveals a hidden history of humanadaptation

Humans may be just as vulnerable to environmental change as other animals, according to our new research analysing genetic data from more than a thousand people who lived across Europe and Asia over the past 45,000 years.

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Ӱֱn Navy commendation for Ӱֱ’s DNA experts

Experts from the Ӱֱ of Adelaide’s Ӱֱn Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) have been commended by the Chief of the Navy Ӱֱ for their part in identifying the only crew member ever recovered from the sinking of HMAS Sydney.

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History of modern human arrival in Europe rewritten, as new fossil discovered

An international research team including scientists from the Ӱֱ of Adelaide has found evidence of human occupation in Europe almost 10,000 years earlier than previously documented, a discovery that stands to rewrite modern human andNeanderthal histories on the continent.

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Tall Poppy winners announced for 2021

Five Ӱֱ of Adelaide researchers have won 2021 South Ӱֱn Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.

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Decoding humans' survival from coronoviruses

An international team of researchers co-led by the Ӱֱ of Adelaide and the Ӱֱ of Arizona has analysed the genomes ofmore than2,500modern humans from26 worldwide populations,to better understand how humans have adapted to historical coronavirus outbreaks.

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Scientists reveal Earth’s secrets in Flinders Ranges rocks

The first virtual plate reconstruction of the Earth’s last billion years of geological history is providing deeper insight into what formed our planet and made it into how it is today.

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Ancient DNA reveals the secrets of game of thrones wolves

Dire wolves, made famous in the TV show Game of Thrones, were common across North America until around 13,000 years ago, after which they became extinct.

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Looking to the past to maintain future biodiversity

”Reference periods in Earth’s history serve as natural laboratories for understanding biodiversity responses to climate change and improving strategies for conservation under ongoing and future climate change,” says lead author Associate Professor ,at the Environment Institute and the Ӱֱ of Adelaide's Global Change Ecology & .

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