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  • Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago

    Author(s)
    Clarkson, Chris
    Jacobs, Zenobia
    Marwick, Ben
    Fullagar, Richard
    Wallis, Lynley
    Smith, Mike
    Roberts, Richard G
    Hayes, Elspeth
    Lowe, Kelsey
    Carah, Xavier
    Florin, S Anna
    McNeil, Jessica
    Cox, Delyth
    Arnold, Lee J
    Hua, Quan
    Huntley, Jillian
    Brand, Helen EA
    Manne, Tiina
    Fairbairn, Andrew
    Shulmeister, James
    Lyle, Lindsey
    Salinas, Makiah
    Page, Mara
    Connell, Kate
    Park, Gayoung
    Norman, Kasih
    Murphy, Tessa
    Pardoe, Colin
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Huntley, Jillian
    Wallis, Lynley A.
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    The time of arrival of people in Australia is an unresolved question. It is relevant to debates about when modern humans first dispersed out of Africa and when their descendants incorporated genetic material from Neanderthals, Denisovans and possibly other hominins. Humans have also been implicated in the extinction of Australia’s megafauna. Here we report the results of new excavations conducted at Madjedbebe, a rock shelter in northern Australia. Artefacts in primary depositional context are concentrated in three dense bands, with the stratigraphic integrity of the deposit demonstrated by artefact refits and by optical ...
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    The time of arrival of people in Australia is an unresolved question. It is relevant to debates about when modern humans first dispersed out of Africa and when their descendants incorporated genetic material from Neanderthals, Denisovans and possibly other hominins. Humans have also been implicated in the extinction of Australia’s megafauna. Here we report the results of new excavations conducted at Madjedbebe, a rock shelter in northern Australia. Artefacts in primary depositional context are concentrated in three dense bands, with the stratigraphic integrity of the deposit demonstrated by artefact refits and by optical dating and other analyses of the sediments. Human occupation began around 65,000 years ago, with a distinctive stone tool assemblage including grinding stones, ground ochres, reflective additives and ground-edge hatchet heads. This evidence sets a new minimum age for the arrival of humans in Australia, the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa, and the subsequent interactions of modern humans with Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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    Journal Title
    Nature
    Volume
    547
    Issue
    7663
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22968
    Subject
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/343045
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    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander