Indigenous rock shelter in Top End pushes Australia's human history back to 65,000 years

28 Jul 2017

Abstract

New excavations of a rock shelter near Kakadu National Park indicate humans reached Australia at least 65,000 years ago — up to 18,000 years earlier than archaeologists previously thought. Please visit the link to the ABC Coverage for further information: http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-07-20/aboriginal-shelter-pushes-human-history-back-to-65,000-years/8719314

 

About the Presenter

Associate Professor Chris Clarkson, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland

 

 

 

 

 

 

PhD student Anna Florin was interviewed by Scope on Tenplay: https://tenplay.com.au:443/channel-eleven/scope

 

 

 

 

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