Skip to content
Natural Environment Research Council
Grants on the Web - Return to homepage Logo

Details of Award

NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00468

Searching for traces of the Southern Dispersal: enviro & historical research on evolution of human diversity in southern Asia & Australo-Melanesia

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Mirazon Lahr, University of Cambridge, Biological Anthropology
Co-Investigator:
Dr MD Petraglia, University of Oxford, School of Archaeology
Co-Investigator:
Dr S Stokes, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
Science Area:
Terrestrial
Earth
Overall Classification:
Earth
ENRIs:
Global Change
Biodiversity
Science Topics:
Science-Based Archaeology
Palaeobiology
Palaeoenvironments
Population Genetics/Evolution
Abstract:
The project aims at testing the hypothesis of a Southern Dispersal of modern humans (from East Africa to southern Asia) by integrating palaeoenvironmental and palaeoanthropological data. it will compile palaeoenvironmental evidence, build sea-level maps, data key archaeological sites and palaeoenvironmental feature sin Saudi Arabia, examine archaeological assemblages in Saudi and India, and study the morphology of human populations through time along the hypothesised route. Simulations will address the rate, direction and demography of potential population expansions. Two major databases (archaeological and palaeobiological) will be produced, as well as palaeoenvironmental maps and SAR dates. The project will establish the environmental likelihood of such a dispersal event, and the degree of empirical support from existing palaeoanthropological data.
Period of Award:
29 Jul 2003 - 28 Jul 2007
Value:
£197,067 Lead Split Award
Authorised funds only
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00468
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
EFCHED

This grant award has a total value of £197,067  

top of page


FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)

Total - StaffTotal - T&STotal - Other CostsTotal - EquipmentTotal - Indirect Costs
£114,353£21,017£5,596£3,500£52,602

If you need further help, please read the user guide.