Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140102659]Researchers: A/Prof Stephen Wroe (Chief Investigator) , Dr William Parr (Chief Investigator) , Luca Fiorenza (Chief Investigator)
Brief description Leading-edge digital reconstruction and biomechanical modelling meet the Neanderthal skull: So why the long face? Perhaps no other extinct species has excited scientific or popular imagination as has our closest cousin, the Neanderthal. Who were these people? Once presented as the archetypal brute, it is now increasingly clear that these powerful, large brained humans were capable of sophisticated behaviours and that most of us carry Neanderthal DNA. Yet many questions remain. One of the most persistent is why the distinctive drawn out, prognathous face? The project will address this question, applying and developing recent advances the applicants have made in digital reconstruction and modelling, maintaining Australian research at the leading edge in the fast growing fields of virtual reconstruction and comparative biomechanics.
Funding Amount $339,204
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140102659
- ARC : DP140102659