Down Under History Takes Giant Leap Back
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Description: Did Homo sapiens sail to Australia 176,000 years ago? New discoveries are raising questions about the antiquity of the first occupation of Australia.
Down Under History by James Q. Jacobs DOWN UNDER HISTORY TAKES GIANT LEAP BACK Did Homo sapiens sail to Australia 176,000 years ago? Stone artifacts from recent archaeological excavations indicate that Australia may have been populated as early as 176,000 years ago, more than triple previous estimates. Ochre samples from the dig, at Jinmium monolith in the Northern Territory, indicate that the horizon of the earliest known human art may extend to 116,000 years ago. Petroglyphs on the monolith and surrounding boulders are dated at 75,000 years old. Australian scientists Richard Fullager, Donald Price and Lesley Head report their startling findings in the December, 1996, issue of Antiquity.
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| Page title: | Down Under History by James Q. Jacobs |
| Keywords: | Australia, history, prehistory, settlement, colonization, aborigines, art, rock art, Jinmium, Jinmium monolith, Northern Territory, archaeology, excavation, Australian scientists, Richard Fullager, Donald Price, Lesley Head, Aboriginal population, Arthur Phillip, cartographers, Macrobius, Cecco d'Ascoli, Marco Polo, Binot Paulmier de Gonneville, Great Java, Bishop Miguel de Sylva, Fernando Magellan, Willem Jansz, Luis Vaes de Torres, Jan Carstensz, Gerrit Tomaz Pool, Dutch East India Company, |
| Description: | Prehistory and early historical discovery of Australia. New archaeological evidence of possible 176,000 year old occupation. |
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