Illuminating behavioural and environmental influences on human development

该项目旨在通过直接从古代儿童的牙齿记录哺乳行为、发育压力和细微尺度的气候变化来调查史前人类人口的增长。了解儿童早期发育和生态变化之间的关系将有助于了解现代人的健康和生育能力，而这反过来又会影响地球健康。结果将进一步洞察人类史无前例的进化成功，同时扩大多学科合作网络。这将进一步加强澳大利亚在创新技术开发方面的先锋作用，并为公共卫生和环境科学等不同领域建立关键的劳动力能力。

This project aims to investigate prehistoric human population growth by documenting nursing behaviour, developmental stress, and fine-scaled climate variation directly from the teeth of ancient children. Knowledge of the nexus of early childhood growth and ecological variation will shed light on modern human health and fertility, which in turn impact planetary health. Outcomes will provide further insight into humanity’s unprecedented evolutionary success while augmenting multidisciplinary collaborative networks. This will further strengthen Australia’s pioneering role in the development of innovative technologies, and build key workforce capabilities of benefit for diverse fields such as public health and environmental science.