Projects per year
Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Quaternary Science and Luminescence Dating, PhD, Reconstructing the Quaternary landscape evolution and climate history of western Flores: an environmental and chronological context for an archaeological site, University of Wollongong
2 Mar 2003 → 11 Dec 2006
Award Date: 11 Dec 2006
Luminescence Dating, Masters of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
15 Sept 1995 → 9 Jan 1997
Award Date: 1 Sept 1997
Quaternary Science, Masters by course work, Royal Holloway University Of London
8 Sept 1994 → 1 Sept 1995
Award Date: 1 Sept 1995
Physical Geography, Bachelor of Science, University of Liverpool
1 Oct 1991 → 1 Jun 1994
Award Date: 1 Jun 1994
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DP230100440: Dispersing myths; Characterising human migration through Asia
Westaway, K. (Primary Chief Investigator), Miszkiewicz, J. (Chief Investigator), Zhang, Y. (Partner Investigator), Roberts, P. (Partner Investigator) & Douka, K. (Partner Investigator)
28/03/23 → 27/03/26
Project: Research
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The timing of the great ape's last stand in southern Asia; defining a precise extinction window
Westaway, K. (Primary Chief Investigator), Ciochon, R. (Chief Investigator), Zhang, Y. (Chief Investigator) & Wang, W. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
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Unearthing giants; post-cranial evidence of Gigantopithecus blacki in southern China
Westaway, K. (Primary Chief Investigator), Zhang, Y. (Chief Investigator) & Joannes-Boyau, R. (Chief Investigator)
1/09/21 → 1/09/22
Project: Research
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Those Before Us: The Life of Ancient Humans in China
Westaway, K. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Quinn, M. (Primary Chief Investigator)
1/07/21 → 1/07/22
Project: Research
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Implications for diet and extinction of Gigantopithecus blacki from Pleistocene China based on Dental Microwear Texture Analysis (DMTA)
Westaway, K. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Lubeek, J. (Student)
1/06/20 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
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A hominoid mandibular third premolar with distinct hominin morphology from the Early Pleistocene Baikong cave, southern China
Zhang, Y., Kono, R., Westaway, K. & Joannes-Boyau, R., Mar 2025, In: American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 186, S79, p. 185 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
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Impact of intermittent lead exposure on hominid brain evolution
Joannes-Boyau, R., de Souza, J. S., Arora, M., Austin, C., Westaway, K. E., Moffat, I., Wang, W., Liao, W., Zhang, Y., Adams, J. W., Fiorenza, L., Derognat, F., Moncel, M.-H., Schwartz, G. T., Bailey, M., dos Santos, F. F., Guardia, G., Mercuri, R., Galante, P. A. F. & Martins, A. M. A. & 10 others, , 17 Oct 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 42, p. 1-21 21 p., eadr1524.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Preliminary description of a late Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna prior to the extinction of Gigantopithecus blacki from the Yixiantian Cave, Guangxi ZAR, South China
Pan, Y., Zhang, Y., Yang, L., Takai, M., Harrison, T., Westaway, K. & Jin, C., Oct 2025, In: Anatomical Record. 308, 10, p. 2730-2755 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The first late middle Pleistocene Stegodon (Proboscidea, Stegodontidae) evidence found in Peninsular Malaysia
Amiruddin, A. H., Tshen, L. T., van der Geer, A., Westaway, K. E., Hongwei, C., Smith, R., Hasnan, H. K., Ibrahim, N., Razak, M. A. A., Huong, N. T. M., Tuan, N. A. & Muhammad, R. F., Sept 2025, In: Palaeontologia Electronica. 28, 3, p. 1-30 30 p., a43.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Late Pleistocene–Holocene (52–10 ka) microstratigraphy, fossil taphonomy and depositional environments from Tam Pà Ling cave (northeastern Laos)
Hernandez, V. C., Morley, M. W., Bacon, A. M., Duringer, P., Westaway, K. E., Joannes-Boyau, R., Ponche, J. L., Zanolli, C., Sichanthongtip, P., Boualaphane, S., Luangkhoth, T., Hublin, J. J. & Demeter, F., 15 Nov 2024, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 344, p. 1-23 23 p., 108982.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Australian Awards for University Teaching - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Students Learning
Westaway, K. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Teaching award
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Faculty Excellence Award
Daczko, N. (Recipient), Spence, N. (Recipient), Bishop, M. (Recipient), Di Bona, R. (Recipient), Jamie, J. (Recipient), Karunaratne, P. (Recipient), Kosnik, M. (Recipient), Owers, M. (Recipient), Rodger, A. (Recipient), Spitler, L. (Recipient), Valckenborgh, F. (Recipient) & Westaway, K. (Recipient), 10 Dec 2021
Prize: Teaching award
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Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Learning Innovation
Westaway, K. (Team leader), Rampe, M. (Recipient) & Cabanag, M. (Recipient), 18 Nov 2019
Prize: Teaching award
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Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Westaway, K. (Recipient), 1 Nov 2017
Prize: Teaching award
Activities
- 2 Invited talk
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Primate Extinction; investigating the timing and drivers
Westaway, K. (Speaker)
26 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Timing is everything; Narrowing the gulf between the physical and genetic evidence for human dispersal in Asia
Westaway, K. (Speaker)
28 Oct 2019 → 31 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press/Media
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50,000-year-old picture of a pig is the oldest known narrative art
3/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The demise of the greatest ape Gigantopithecus blacki
11/01/24
10 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
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Denisovan DNA in Late Pleistocene sediments from Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau
2/11/20 → 5/11/20
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Humans Reached North America 10,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought, New Research Suggests
23/07/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment