Professor Michael Westaway
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Michael Westaway

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Background

I am an Australian Research Council Future Fellow working in the field of bioarchaeology in Australia and New Guinea.

Availability

Professor Michael Westaway is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history Anthropology Archaeological science Archaeology Heritage, archive and museum studies History, Heritage and Archaeology Human Society

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University

Search Professor Michael Westaway’s works on UQ eSpace

74 works between 2001 and 2025
All (74) Book (1) Journal Article (41) Other Outputs (3) Conference Publication (22) Book Chapter (7)

41 - 60 of 74 works

2020

Journal Article

Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago

Rizal, Yan, Westaway, Kira E., Zaim, Yahdi, van den Bergh, Gerrit D., Bettis, E. Arthur, Morwood, Michael J., Huffman, O. Frank, Grün, Rainer, Joannes-Boyau, Renaud, Bailey, Richard M., Sidarto,, Westaway, Michael C., Kurniawan, Iwan, Moore, Mark W., Storey, Michael, Aziz, Fachroel, Suminto,, Zhao, Jian-xin, Aswan, Sipola, Maija E., Larick, Roy, Zonneveld, John-Paul, Scott, Robert, Putt, Shelby and Ciochon, Russell L. (2020). Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago. Nature, 577 (7790), 381-385. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1863-2

Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago

2019

Journal Article

Giving it a burl: towards the integration of genetics, isotope chemistry, and osteoarchaeology in Cape York, Tropical North Queensland, Australia

Collard, Mark, Wasef, Sally, Adams, Shaun, Wright, Kirsty, Mitchell, R. John, Wright, Joanne L., Wrobel, Gabriel, Nagle, Nano, Miller, Adrian, Wood, Rachel, Pietsch, Timothy J., Van Holst Pellekaan, Sheila, Flinders, Clarence and Westaway, Michael C. (2019). Giving it a burl: towards the integration of genetics, isotope chemistry, and osteoarchaeology in Cape York, Tropical North Queensland, Australia. World Archaeology, 51 (4), 602-619. doi: 10.1080/00438243.2019.1686418

Giving it a burl: towards the integration of genetics, isotope chemistry, and osteoarchaeology in Cape York, Tropical North Queensland, Australia

2019

Conference Publication

Island South East Asia and its important role in Hominin speciation

Westaway, Michael C. (2019). Island South East Asia and its important role in Hominin speciation. European Society for Human Evolution, Liege, Belgium, 19-21 September 2019.

Island South East Asia and its important role in Hominin speciation

2019

Journal Article

The first hominin fleet

Westaway, Michael C. (2019). The first hominin fleet. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3 (7), 999-1000. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0928-9

The first hominin fleet

2019

Journal Article

A strontium isoscape of north-east Australia for human provenance and repatriation

Adams, Shaun, Grün, Rainer, McGahan, David, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Feng, Yuexing, Nguyen, Ai, Willmes, Malte, Quaresimin, Michael, Lobsey, Brett, Collard, Mark and Westaway, Michael C. (2019). A strontium isoscape of north-east Australia for human provenance and repatriation. Geoarchaeology, 34 (3), 231-251. doi: 10.1002/gea.21728

A strontium isoscape of north-east Australia for human provenance and repatriation

2019

Journal Article

A palaeontological perspective on the proposal to reintroduce Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia to suppress invasive predators

Westaway, Michael C., Price, Gilbert, Miscamble, Tony, McDonald, Jane, Cramb, Jonathon, Ringma, Jeremy, Grün, Rainer, Jones, Darryl and Collard, Mark (2019). A palaeontological perspective on the proposal to reintroduce Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia to suppress invasive predators. Biological Conservation, 232, 187-193. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.002

A palaeontological perspective on the proposal to reintroduce Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia to suppress invasive predators

2018

Other Outputs

Poor health in Aboriginal children after European colonisation revealed in their skeletal remains

Adams, Shaun, Westaway, Michael and Martin, Richard (2018, 12 13). Poor health in Aboriginal children after European colonisation revealed in their skeletal remains The Conversation

Poor health in Aboriginal children after European colonisation revealed in their skeletal remains

2018

Journal Article

Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains

Wright, Joanne L., Wasef, Sally, Heupink, Tim H., Westaway, Michael C., Rasmussen, Simon, Pardoe, Colin, Fourmile, Gudju Gudju, Young, Michael, Johnson, Trish, Slade, Joan, Kennedy, Roy, Winch, Patsy, Pappin, Mary, Wales, Tapij, Bates, William Badger, Hamilton, Sharnie, Whyman, Neville, Pellekaan, Sheila van Holst, McAllister, Peter J., Tacon, Paul S. C., Curnoe, Darren, Li, Ruiqiang, Millar, Craig, Subramanian, Sankar, Willerslev, Eske, Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Sikora, Martin and Lambert, David M. (2018). Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains. Science Advances, 4 (12), eaau5064. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5064

Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains

2018

Journal Article

Big data little help in megafauna mysteries

Price, Gilbert J., Louys, Julien, Faith, J. Tyler, Lorenzen, Eline and Westaway, Michael C. (2018). Big data little help in megafauna mysteries. Nature, 558 (7708), 23-25. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-05330-7

Big data little help in megafauna mysteries

2018

Journal Article

Disentangling immediate adaptive introgression from selection on standing introgressed variation in humans

Jagoda, Evelyn, Lawson, Daniel J., Wall, Jeffrey D., Lambert, David, Muller, Craig, Westaway, Michael, Leavesley, Matthew, Capellini, Terence D., Lahr, Marta Mirazon, Gerbault, Pascale, Thomas, Mark G., Migliano, Andrea Bamberg, Willerslev, Eske, Metspalu, Mait and Pagani, Luca (2018). Disentangling immediate adaptive introgression from selection on standing introgressed variation in humans. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35 (3), 623-630. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx314

Disentangling immediate adaptive introgression from selection on standing introgressed variation in humans

2018

Journal Article

Truth-telling in the wake of European contact: historical investigation of Aboriginal skeletal remains from Normanton

Adams, Shaun, Martin, Richard, Phillips, Susan, Macgregor, Colin and Westaway, Michael (2018). Truth-telling in the wake of European contact: historical investigation of Aboriginal skeletal remains from Normanton. Archaeologies, 14 (3), 412-442. doi: 10.1007/s11759-018-9354-x

Truth-telling in the wake of European contact: historical investigation of Aboriginal skeletal remains from Normanton

2017

Journal Article

At least 17,000 years of coexistence: Modern humans and megafauna at the Willandra Lakes, South-Eastern Australia

Westaway, Michael C., Olley, Jon and Grun, Rainer (2017). At least 17,000 years of coexistence: Modern humans and megafauna at the Willandra Lakes, South-Eastern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 157, 206-211. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.11.031

At least 17,000 years of coexistence: Modern humans and megafauna at the Willandra Lakes, South-Eastern Australia

2016

Journal Article

A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Westaway, Michael C., Muller, Craig, Sousa, Vitor C., Lao, Oscar, Alves, Isabel, Bergström, Anders, Athanasiadis, Georgios, Cheng, Jade Y., Crawford, Jacob E., Heupink, Tim H. and Willerslev, Eske (2016). A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia. Nature, 539 (7624), 207-214. doi: 10.1038/nature18299

A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

2016

Journal Article

The death of Kaakutja: a case of peri-mortem weapon trauma in an Aboriginal man from north-western New South Wales, Australia

Westaway, Michael, Williams, Douglas, Wright, Richard, Wood, Rachel, Olley, Jon, Swift, Jaime, Martin, Sarah, Kemp, Justine, Rolton, Shane and Bates, William (2016). The death of Kaakutja: a case of peri-mortem weapon trauma in an Aboriginal man from north-western New South Wales, Australia. Antiquity, 90 (353), 1318-1333. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2016.173

The death of Kaakutja: a case of peri-mortem weapon trauma in an Aboriginal man from north-western New South Wales, Australia

2016

Journal Article

The need to overcome risks associated with combining inadequate paleozoological records and conservation biology

Westaway, Michael Carrington and Lyman, R. Lee (2016). The need to overcome risks associated with combining inadequate paleozoological records and conservation biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (33), E4757-E4758. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1609950113

The need to overcome risks associated with combining inadequate paleozoological records and conservation biology

2016

Journal Article

Ancient mtDNA sequences from the First Australians revisited

Heupink, Tim H., Subramanian, Sankar, Wright, Joanne L., Endicott, Phillip, Westaway, Michael Carrington, Huynen, Leon, Parson, Walther, Millar, Craig D., Willerslev, Eske and Lambert, David M. (2016). Ancient mtDNA sequences from the First Australians revisited. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (25), 6892-6897. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1521066113

Ancient mtDNA sequences from the First Australians revisited

2015

Journal Article

Skeletal arsenic of the pre-Columbian population of Caleta Vitor, northern Chile

Swift, Jaime, Cupper, Matthew L., Greig, Alan, Westaway, Michael C., Carter, Chris, Santoro, Calogero M., Wood, Rachel, Jacobsen, Geraldine E. and Bertuch, Fiona (2015). Skeletal arsenic of the pre-Columbian population of Caleta Vitor, northern Chile. Journal of Archaeological Science, 58, 31-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.03.024

Skeletal arsenic of the pre-Columbian population of Caleta Vitor, northern Chile

2015

Journal Article

Mandibular evidence supports Homo floresiensis as a distinct species

Westaway, Michael Carrington, Durband, Arthur C., Groves, Colin P. and Collard, Mark (2015). Mandibular evidence supports Homo floresiensis as a distinct species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (7), E604-E605. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1418997112

Mandibular evidence supports Homo floresiensis as a distinct species

2015

Book Chapter

Human evolution in Sunda and Sahul and the continuing contributions of Professor Colin Groves

Westaway, Michael C., Durband, Arthur and Lambert, David (2015). Human evolution in Sunda and Sahul and the continuing contributions of Professor Colin Groves. Taxonomic tapestries: the threads of evolutionary, behavioural and conservation research. (pp. 249-276) edited by Alison M. Behie and Marc F. Oxenham. Acton, ACT, Australia: ANU Press.

Human evolution in Sunda and Sahul and the continuing contributions of Professor Colin Groves

2014

Journal Article

Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years

Seguin-Orlando, Andaine, Korneliussen, Thorfinn S., Sikora, Martin, Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Manica, Andrea, Moltke, Ida, Albrechtsen, Anders, Ko, Amy, Margaryan, Ashot, Moiseyev, Vyacheslav, Goebel, Ted, Westaway, Michael, Lambert, David, Khartanovich, Valeri, Wall, Jeffrey D., Nigst, Philip R., Foley, Robert A., Lahr, Marta Mirazon, Nielsen, Rasmus, Orlando, Ludovic and Willerslev, Eske (2014). Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years. Science, 346 (6213), 1113-1118. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa0114

Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Diving into the Desert. Indigenous and Future Floodplain Management
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022
    Macleay Valley Cultural tourism and education initiative
    UQ Indigenous Research Engagement and Partnerships Fund
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    The carbon and cultural landscapes of Mithaka Country - the potential of carbon storage through re-introduction of Indigenous management
    Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    New bioarchaeological perspectives on pre-contact lifeways in Sahul
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2025
    Archaeology and Natural History of the Mithaka Country (ARC Linkage Project administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Michael Westaway is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the economy of Mithaka settlements

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Princess Charlotte Bays rock art galleries: understanding the boundaries, connections, and the importance of style signatures across time and space in the Coral Sea.

    Principal Advisor

Completed supervision

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