NEWS & MEDIA
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Scholarship and Grant Success!!
Congrats to Theresa Orr and Elliot Foley for winning JCU PhD Scholarships. We look forward to them coming onboard in June! Congrats to Chris Yule on his recent AAPG grant! Congrats to Hannah Hilbert-Wolf on her recent Leakey Foundation Grant! |
The Pyramid rock of Porcupine Gorge consists of Jurassic sedimentary rocks.
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Jurassic Arc Project Funded- Australian Research Council Discovery Grant!!
Australia's Jurassic mysteries to be unearthed The Australian Research Council has funded Carl, Eric, Bob and Tony Kemp for their Jurassic Arc ARC Dicovery project, which is aimed at using detrital mineral provenance to reconstruct the" Lost World" of the Jurassic to Cretaceous in Eastern Australia. See the JCU Media Release here. Listen to Carl Spandler explore the project on ABC Radio here. |
Artistic reconstruction of Shingopana by Mark Witton.
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Shingopana songwensis: New Dinosaur disocovery in Rukwa Rift Basin
JCU researchers help uncover story of new species of dinosaur Our new dinosaur from the Rukwa Rift was collected over many year and was recently described by PhD Student (now Dr.) Eric Gorscak from Ohio University. Eric, along with former JCU PhD students Hannah Hilbert-Wolf and Cassy Mtelela and current students Theresa Orr (Honours) and Leigh Lawrence (PhD), have played a significant role in understanding the context of this new dinosaur. See the National Science Foundation press release here. See the Townsville Bulletin article here. See the ABC National News interview with Theresa Orr on the discovery here. |
"Neo" a male Homo naledi specimen. (Photo courtesy of John Hawks, University of the Witswatersrand)
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Homo naledi finally has an age! And new specimens discovered!
Humanity’s strange new cousin is shockingly young — and shaking up our family tree A large team of researchers, including JCU's own Paul Dirks, Eric Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Christa Placzek, Jessie Robbins, Carl Spandler and Jelle Wiersma, on the new published age of Homo naledi, as well as the new specimens from a second chamber, and what this all means for the evolution of humankind. See the Washington Post article here. See the JCU Media Release here. See the JCU Brighter, in depth article here. See the Phys.Org article here. |
Reconstruction of the new Tyrannosaur (courtesy of Dino Pulera).
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Eric's work makes global news!
Our best look yet at a Tyrannosaur's face Eric's work involved the precise dating of this new discovery, which may hold the key to better understanding how Tyrannosaurs interacted with one another. Check out the Sci-News article here. Check out the National Geographic article on this amazing new find here. You can also find the article in Scientific Reports by heading to our Publications page! |
'Little Foot' (courtesy Georgian National Museum).
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Collaborator Paul Dirks' work on 'Little Foot' makes the news!
'Little Foot' hominin is much younger than originally thought Read how Paul Dirks and Jan Kramers' new interpretation changes what we thought we knew! See The Citizen article here. |
New insights into the East African Rift System (courtesy of C. Mtelela)
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Cassy's work highlighted in Journal of Sedimentary Research!
Differences between the EARSs Cassy's PhD research and paper is highlighted here! See the post from the Journal of Sedimentary Research here. |
AAPG Bulletin, February 2017 (Taken from AAPG website).
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Hannah's work on the cover of AAPG Bulletin!
Check out the February 2017 issue of the AAPG Bulletin to see Hannah's work on the front cover! See the issue here. |
Image showing position of the earthquake (Taken from Geoscience Australia)
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James Daniell in the Media!
Quake release of tectonic tensions Dr James Daniell writes for the Townsville Bulletin regarding the magnitude 5.8 earthquake off the coast of Bowen that was felt across much of North Queensland. See the Townsville Bulletin article here. |
Mount Fuji.
Photo credit: BonsaiGoat - Reddit
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Carl Spandler in the Media!
The Unpredictable Planet: Understanding Volcanoes and Earthquakes Hear Associate Professor Carl Spandler talking on a panel of experts about geological processes and how they shape the world and threaten our existence. Recorded at the 2016 Goldschmidt Conference in Yokohama, Japan, this BBC Forum panel also consists of expert volcanologists and seismologists. |
(Photo credit: EM Roberts)
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Gravelmonkeys represented in the news!
Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' -- by insects A brilliant insight into the oldest fossil evidence for agriculture by any animal species, and the implications for this discovery. See the National Science Foundation article here. See the Washington Post article here. See the Science Mag article here. Check out the Plos Blogs here and here. |
Credit: Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project
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Eric in the news!
Extreme fossil hunters dig the dirt in Antarctica An interesting read into the goings on of the palaeontology dig in Antarctica earlier this year, with Eric providing a few quotes of his experiences. See the Discover Magazine article here. |
Photo credit: Rob Holm, JCU
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Rob in the news!
Hi-tech opens up Earth's secrets Read Rob talk about the application of modern analytical techniques on old geological datasets, and their application with PNG. See the Geology Page article here. |
Credit: Prof Paul Dirks, JCU
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Eric in the news!
Deep Underground, A Rising Star Read about Eric and the Homo naledi discovery in an alumi piece for the University of Utah. See the Continuum article here. |
Representation of Homo naledi (taken from National Geographic article).
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Eric and Paul in the news!
New species of human relative, Homo naledi, found in underground graveyard in Cradle of Humankind in South Africa A look at the exciting new find from South Africa, with the involvement of Paul Dirks and Eric Roberts. See the National Geographic article here. See the ABC News article here. See the New York Times article here. |
Tanzanian landscape
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Hannah and Eric in the News!
JCU team finds 'unprecedented' earthquake evidence in Africa A quick look at the high impact work in Tanzania by Hannah with input from Eric. See the Sky News article here. See the Geology Page article here. See the ScienceAlert article here. |
Hannah checking out some local accommodation in Rukwa
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Hannah in the News!
Chasing Rukwa: The Not So Final Frontier A captivating glimpse into the life and work of Hannah Hilbert-Wolf. See the JCNN article here. |
Nature, 2013. Vol. 496 no. 7444
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Our research made the cover of Nature!
Reisz, R., Huang, T.D., Roberts, E.M., Peng, S., Sullivan, C., Stein, K., LeBlanc, A., Shieh, D., Chang, R., Chiang, C., Yang, C., and Zong, S., 2013. Dinosaur embryology: inside the bones of an Early Jurassic sauropodomorph from China. Nature 496, 210-214. Dinosaur Jr: raising 200-million-year-old embryos Dr Eric Roberts on the exciting research conducted on dinosaur fossils from China. See The Conversation article here. |
Fossilized whale bone in African desert holds clues to human evolution
Dr Eric Roberts comments on an interesting fossil discovered by researchers in central Africa.
See the LA TIMES Commentary here.
Dr Eric Roberts comments on an interesting fossil discovered by researchers in central Africa.
See the LA TIMES Commentary here.
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Sedimentary Geology Research Group James Cook University Townsville, Australia Queries:
Assoc. Prof. Eric Roberts: eric.roberts@jcu.edu.au |
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