SoAA Collections Website Launch
Today the School of Archaeology and Anthropology is excited to launch the SoAA Collections Website which showcases some of the unique and wonderful objects held in the school's collections.…
Applications Open for Student Scholarships and Grants
A number of scholarships, awards and travel grants are currently open to students in bioanthropology, archaeology and anthropology. Primate Conservation Travel Grant Applications open: 20…
Staff Recognised in 2021 CASS Awards for Excellence in Education
Four staff from the School of Archaeology and Anthropology have been recognised in the 2021 College of Arts and Social Sciences Awards for Teaching Excellence. These awards recognise…
Aussie teeth contribute to research on the growth of Neanderthal infants
A team of researchers including Associate Professor Alison Behie and Dr Justyna Miszkiewicz from ANU Biological Anthropology have discovered that Neanderthal infants developed teeth at a younger…
PhD Positions Available Now!
We have two PhD positions available at the ANU to undertake research associated with an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship project on the evolutionary morphology of bats. The broad aim of…
PhD Candidate Karen Cooke awarded 2020 CASS Dean’s Commendation for Tutoring or Demonstrating
The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 threw a series of new challenges our way. Lecturers, tutors, and students have had to adapt to more digital ways of learning and delivering teaching…
Bat study turns evolutionary history on its ear
An international team studying the development of bats has helped answer a decades-old question, providing new evidence of the clever way they get…