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Peter Bellwood is an emeritus professor of archaeology at ANU and a leading expert on Austronesian languages and human migration. He has written several books on prehistory, agriculture, and the Indo-Malaysian archipelago, and won the International Cosmos Prize in 2021.
Population migration during all periods of prehistory (world-wide); prehistory of Southeast Asia and the Pacific from archaeological, linguistic and biological perspectives; origins of agriculture and resulting cultural, linguistic and biological developments (world-wide); interdisciplinary connections between archaeology, linguistics and human biology.
Jul 29, 2024 · Population migration during all periods of prehistory (world-wide); prehistory of Southeast Asia and the Pacific from archaeological, linguistic and biological perspectives; origins of agriculture and resulting cultural, linguistic and biological developments (world-wide); interdisciplinary connections between archaeology, linguistics and human biology.
Aug 2, 2022 · “Peter Bellwood is the foremost expert on the spread of farming and peoples around the world. In this wonderful book, he tells the story of humans and protohumans during the past five million years, since our ancestors and chimpanzees’ ancestors parted evolutionary company.
Emeritus Professor (Archaeology), Australian National University - Cited by 19,850 - Archaeology - Prehistory - Southeast Asia - human migration - cultural evolution
Nov 10, 2021 · Peter Bellwood, a linguist and author, reviews a study that uses linguistic, archaeological and genetic data to trace the origin and spread of Transeurasian languages. He concludes that the Transeurasian language family originated in a millet-farming population in China around 9,000 years ago.
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Emeritus Professor Bellwood is honoured for his research on early human life, farming spread, Polynesian culture and island adaptation. He is the first Australian to receive the prestigious science prize, which celebrates nature and mankind coexistence.
