Search Results - "DORTCH, JOE"
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Genetic diversity and drivers of dwarfism in extinct island emu populations
Published in Biology letters (2005) (01-04-2018)“…Australia's iconic emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae) is the only living representative of its genus, but fossil evidence and reports from early…”
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Species identification of Australian marsupials using collagen fingerprinting
Published in Royal Society open science (01-10-2021)“…The study of faunal remains from archaeological sites is often complicated by the presence of large numbers of highly fragmented, morphologically…”
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Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-07-2010)“…Owing to exceptional biomolecule preservation, fossil avian eggshell has been used extensively in geochronology and palaeodietary studies. Here, we show, to…”
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The timing and cause of megafauna mass deaths at Lancefield Swamp, south-eastern Australia
Published in Quaternary science reviews (01-08-2016)“…Lancefield Swamp, south-eastern Australia, was one of the earliest sites to provoke interest in Pleistocene faunal extinctions in Sahul (Pleistocene…”
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Bone collagen from subtropical Australia is preserved for more than 50,000 years
Published in Communications earth & environment (01-12-2023)“…Ancient protein studies have demonstrated their utility for looking at a wide range of evolutionary and historical questions. The majority of palaeoproteomics…”
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Prolonged Coexistence of Humans and Megafauna in Pleistocene Australia
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-06-2005)“…Recent claims for continent wide disappearance of megafauna at 46.5 thousand calendar years ago (ka) in Australia have been used to support a "blitzkrieg"…”
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Scrapheap Challenge: A novel bulk-bone metabarcoding method to investigate ancient DNA in faunal assemblages
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The size of the largest marsupial and why it matters
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-02-2004)“…Diprotodon optatum,…”
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Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia
Published in Quaternary science reviews (15-07-2017)“…Archaeological deposits from Boodie Cave on Barrow Island, northwest Australia, reveal some of the oldest evidence for Aboriginal occupation of Australia, as…”
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Stone artifacts in the intertidal zone, Dampier Archipelago: Evidence for a submerged coastal site in Northwest Australia
Published in Journal of island and coastal archaeology (02-10-2021)“…Stone artifacts recently identified in the intertidal zone at Dolphin Island, Dampier Archipelago, suggest Aboriginal Australian occupation before inundation…”
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What Happened to Kangaroo Grass? Human Agents and Endemic Grassy Ecosystems in South-Western Australia
Published in Australian historical studies (02-01-2023)“…Early colonists encountered extensive grassed areas in south-western Australia. While important in colonial agriculture, they declined and are almost forgotten…”
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Identifying palaeo-environments and changes in Aboriginal subsistence from dual-patterned faunal assemblages, south-western Australia
Published in Journal of archaeological science (01-05-2010)“…Palaeo-environments and past human subsistence patterns are difficult to determine from dual-patterned faunal assemblages where human and non-human predators…”
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Murujuga Rockshelter: First evidence for Pleistocene occupation on the Burrup Peninsula
Published in Quaternary science reviews (01-08-2018)“…The Dampier Archipelago (including the Burrup Peninsula), now generally known as Murujuga, is a significant rock art province in north-western Australia which…”
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An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (07-10-2011)“…We present an Aboriginal Australian genomic sequence obtained from a 100-year-old lock of hair donated by an Aboriginal man from southern Western Australia in…”
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The Noongar of south-western Australia: a case study of long-term biodiversity conservation in a matrix of old and young landscapes
Published in Biological journal of the Linnean Society (01-06-2021)“…Occurring across all southern hemisphere continents except Antarctica, old, climatically buffered, infertile landscapes (OCBILs) are centres of biological…”
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So ends this day: American whalers in Yaburara country, Dampier Archipelago
Published in Antiquity (01-02-2019)“…Research to document Aboriginal occupation across the Dampier Archipelago has also encountered the earliest archaeological evidence for the presence of…”
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Genetic diversity loss in a biodiversity hotspot: ancient DNA quantifies genetic decline and former connectivity in a critically endangered marsupial
Published in Molecular ecology (01-12-2015)“…The extent of genetic diversity loss and former connectivity between fragmented populations are often unknown factors when studying endangered species. While…”
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Madjedbebe and genomic histories of Aboriginal Australia
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Large mammal species richness and late Quaternary precipitation change in south‐western Australia
Published in Journal of quaternary science (01-08-2017)“…ABSTRACT The precipitation history of south‐west Australia since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) has important implications for understanding southern…”
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Aboriginal responses to Late Quaternary environmental change in a Mediterranean-type region: Zooarchaeological evidence from south-western Australia
Published in Quaternary international (20-06-2012)“…South-western Australia is a Mediterranean-type region with characteristic hot dry summers and wet winters. There is little evidence for intensification in…”
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