Dylan Gaffney
@dylangaffneynz.bsky.social
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A/Prof Palaeolithic Archaeology, University of Oxford. Island archaeology; anthropology; human dispersal; zooarchaeology; lithics
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Dylan Gaffney
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· Jun 28
Ancient people took wallabies to Indonesian islands in canoes
Humans established a wild population of brown forest wallabies in the Raja Ampat Islands thousands of years ago for their meat and fur in one of the earliest known species translocations
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Dylan Gaffney
@dylangaffneynz.bsky.social
· Jun 13
In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: Following Homo sapiens into Asia and Oceania
In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors details through archaeological analysis, the dispersal of our species, Homo sapiens, providing a broad examination of evidence for early human migration into Asia and...
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Dylan Gaffney
@dylangaffneynz.bsky.social
· Apr 28
Culturing island biomes: marsupial translocation and bone tool production around New Guinea during the Pleistocene–Holocene
Humans have shaped island ecosystems for tens of millennia. A crucial part of this process included the anthropogenic translocation of wild animals be…
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Dylan Gaffney
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· Apr 16
Potongan ‘puzzle’ yang hilang: Penelitian mengungkap sejarah mendalam tanah Papua
Para arkeolog menunjukkan beberapa orang pertama yang mendiami benua kuno Sahul tiba di pesisir Papua Barat saat ini, sekitar 50.000 tahun yang lalu.
theconversation.com
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· Mar 28
Fitting the ‘missing puzzle pieces’ – research sheds light on the deep history of social change in West Papua
Archaeologists show some of the first people to settle the ancient continent of Sahul arrived on the shores of present-day West Papua, some 50,000 years ago.
theconversation.com
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