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New book by ANU anthropologists highlights mass extinction
A new book by researchers from the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology on human evolution and climate has found human mastery of fire is leading to mass extinction of species at a level not seen since the age of the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago. The book, Climate, Fire…
New website to help retain Indigenous Australian kinship systems
The ANU School of Literature Languages & Linguistics has launched a new website mapping and explaining the Australian Indigenous kinship system that underpins Aboriginal society. Chief Investigator Dr Patrick McConvell said the AustKin website, which maps kinship terms of more…
Recidivism tools outdated: ANU criminologist
Criminologists from The Australian National University (ANU) are calling for an overhaul of the risk assessment tools used to determine if criminals will reoffend. A working paper produced by four authors including ANU Criminology Professor Roderic Broadhurst and Statistics Professor Ross Maller…
ANU WiFi upgrade continues
ANU now has over 3,000 wireless access points across the campus as part of a major upgrade of wireless infrastructure. Karen Hill, Director of Information Technology Services (ITS), said ITS has been upgrading WiFi access within the residences over the Christmas break…
Gap between rich and poor extends to views on retirement age: poll
By Matthew Gray and Rob Bray, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods Only a minority of Australians favour current policy settings to increase the Age Pension age, according to the recently released ANU poll on ageing and money. Across the population only 15% of those polled in October…
Making Love — and Nations
Why was love across ethnic boundaries in colonial nations so dangerous? For one thing, it threatened to wrench nations apart because it risked binding them together. By Professor Ann McGrath, Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, ANU Staunchly opposed to marriages outside his nation…
ANU research cited in Prime Minister’s Closing the Gap Report
The Australian Prime Minister’s annual Closing the Gap report card features an ANU researcher’s study into preschool attendance by Indigenous children. Deputy Director of the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods and Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Dr Nicholas…