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Professor Chris Clarkson is a leading archaeologist at the University of Queensland, specializing in human evolution and technological change. He holds a Professorship in the School of Social Science, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. His research focuses on the migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa, Indigenous heritage documentation in Australia, and long-term cultural adaptations across regions like East Timor, India, and France. Clarkson completed his PhD at ANU and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge before returning to UQ as an ARC Fellow in 2004.
Education: B.A. (UQ), PhD (ANU). Key research sites include Madjedbebe (Australia's oldest human occupation site) and Malangangerr. He collaborates extensively with Aboriginal groups such as the Mirarr and Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation. His work integrates experimental archaeology, lithic analysis, and GIS modeling to understand tool production and subsistence strategies.
Research highlights include demonstrating 65,000-year human occupation in northern Australia and analyzing technological responses to environmental changes like the Toba super-eruption. He teaches stone tool technology, ancient technologies, and Australian Indigenous heritage. Current projects explore grinding stone use, pandanus-based paleoprecipitation records, and symbolic expression in Pleistocene Sahul.
