How does prehistory set the stage for how we live today? 

From our deepest human past to the emergence of the earliest states we use the latest innovative techniques and approaches to address key questions of today:

What makes us human? How does our evolutionary past influence us today? How can we better understand our relationship with the environment and climate change? How can the past help us navigate death and mourning today? How can we explore the diversity of social relationships and kinship in the past? Why do we make art and how is it significant to our human story?

People

  • Terry O'Connor (Professor Emeritus)
  • Paul O'Higgins (Professor Emeritus)

Research areas