Published: May 02, 2019
Is your interest in Indigenous heritage genuine? Or are you just here to see how it relates to western histories?
In November 2016, Nature published a paper that rewrote history. The place of interest was Warratyi rock shelter. The study proved that humans were occupying arid Australia 49,000 years ago, which at this time was 10,000 years earlier than what was previously reported.
This study also presented evidence of the earliest-known use of ochre in Australia and Southeast Asia. This was coupled with gypsum, bone tools, hafted tools and backed artefacts 10,000 years earlier than anywhere else in the world.
Continue reading...from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2V6DURQ
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