Neanderthal hunting ability and the extinction of archaic humans

尼安德特人的狩猎能力与古人类的灭绝

• 批准号: DE240100530
• 负责人: Dr Sofia Samper Carro
• 金额: $ 31.66万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE240100530
• 关键词: Neanderthal; hunting; ability; extinction; archaic

This project aims to investigate a critical factor in explaining Neanderthals extinction: their hunting abilities. The research expects to generate new knowledge of archaic humans behaviour using an innovative approach combining traditional archaeological analytical methods with ground-breaking biomolecular techniques. Expected outcomes of this project include the development of new knowledge in human evolutionary history and improved techniques to understand past human extinction events. This should provide significant benefits for Australia to become a primary power in studying human past and deep history, while enhancing capacity by becoming the first country in the Southern Hemisphere to implement ancient protein studies in archaeology.

该项目旨在调查解释尼安德特人灭绝的关键因素：他们的狩猎能力。该研究期望通过将传统考古分析方法与开创性的生物分子技术相结合的创新方法来产生新知识。该项目的预期结果包括发展人类进化史上的新知识以及改进的技术以了解过去的人类灭绝事件。这应该为澳大利亚成为研究人类过去和深刻历史的主要力量，同时成为南半球第一个在考古学中实施古代蛋白质研究的国家，从而为澳大利亚提供了重大好处。