Archeologists from Australia and Indonesia have unearthed evidence of the earliest known case of amputation—thought to have occurred at least 31,000 years ago—in a cave on the island of Borneo. The skeletal remains revealed a young adult whose lower left limb had been surgically removed, after which evidence shows the person lived at least six…

Commentary Recently, efforts have been made to “cancel” figures linked to the European settlement of Australia. Statues of Captain James Cook, who discovered and claimed the east coast of the continent in 1770, have been defaced. There has also been vitriol directed at the first governor of the colony of New South Wales, Captain Arthur…

Griffith University is the first major Australian university in the state of Queensland to announce a mandatory vaccination or testing policy for all staff and students. “Our priority is to keep everyone at our university safe and we know that vaccination is the best way to do that,” the spokesperson said in a statement to…