Neanderthal hunting ability and the extinction of archaic humans

该项目旨在调查解释尼安德特人灭绝的一个关键因素：他们的狩猎能力。该研究希望通过将传统的考古分析方法与突破性的生物分子技术相结合的创新方法，产生有关古代人类行为的新知识。该项目的预期成果包括发展人类进化史的新知识和改进了解过去人类灭绝事件的技术。这将为澳大利亚成为研究人类过去和深层历史的主要力量提供重大利益，同时通过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来提高能力。

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.