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How midnight digs at a holy Tibetan cave opened a window to prehistoric humans living on the roof of the world

Picture: Han Yuanyuan A mountainside cave now used as a Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary was home to prehistoric humans known as Denisovans for tens of millennia.Our painstaking...

White supremacists believe in genetic ‘purity’. Science shows no such thing exists

Picture - Mike Stewart / AP Far-right white supremacist ideology is on the rise in Europe, North America and Australia. It appeals to a racist notion whereby many white...

Got your bag? The critical place of mobile containers in human evolution

Picture: Shuttlestock Today, bags are everywhere — from cheap canvas ones at the supermarket to designer handbags costing up to US$2,000,000.But archaeological evidence shows we...

Humanity’s birthplace: why everyone alive today can call northern Botswana home

Researcher Vanessa Hayes with the Ju/’hoansi people in the ancestral homeland of humanity. Chris Bennett/Evolving Picture Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The...

Human evolution: secrets of early ancestors could be unlocked by African rainforests

Image courtesy Oleg Znamenskiy/Shutterstock.com Think of rainforests and the picture is inevitably one of a dark and forbidding realm where life is abundant, yet alarmingly...
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972. Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry.Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.