Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100030

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE160100030

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Becoming human: archaeological excavations at Lukenya Hill, Kenya. This project aims to refine our understanding of when and why early Homo sapiens began to display the behaviours that define us as human. Two questions central to modern human origins research will be addressed through archaeological excavations at Lukenya Hill in Kenya: firstly was the emergence of behavioural modernity the outcome of an abrupt behavioural revolution or instead a long-term process? secondly, what was the role of environmental change in driving our behavioural evolution? This project aims to provide a 50 000-year case study documenting the response of humans and past ecosystems to environmental change, which may provide a long-term perspective important to predicting and ameliorating the effects of such change in the future.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 22-10-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $379,536.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | Archaeological Science | Archaeology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Africa's Past | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology

Other Keywords

Archaeological Science | Archaeology | Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | Understanding Africa's Past

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