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dc.contributor.authorClarkson, Chris
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Zenobia
dc.contributor.authorMarwick, Ben
dc.contributor.authorFullagar, Richard
dc.contributor.authorWallis, Lynley
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Mike
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Richard G
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Elspeth
dc.contributor.authorLowe, Kelsey
dc.contributor.authorCarah, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorFlorin, S Anna
dc.contributor.authorMcNeil, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorCox, Delyth
dc.contributor.authorArnold, Lee J
dc.contributor.authorHua, Quan
dc.contributor.authorHuntley, Jillian
dc.contributor.authorBrand, Helen EA
dc.contributor.authorManne, Tiina
dc.contributor.authorFairbairn, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorShulmeister, James
dc.contributor.authorLyle, Lindsey
dc.contributor.authorSalinas, Makiah
dc.contributor.authorPage, Mara
dc.contributor.authorConnell, Kate
dc.contributor.authorPark, Gayoung
dc.contributor.authorNorman, Kasih
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Tessa
dc.contributor.authorPardoe, Colin
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-03T12:30:22Z
dc.date.available2017-10-03T12:30:22Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0028-0836
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/nature22968
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/343045
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNature Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom306
dc.relation.ispartofpageto310
dc.relation.ispartofissue7663
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNature
dc.relation.ispartofvolume547
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode450101
dc.titleHuman occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHuntley, Jillian
gro.griffith.authorWallis, Lynley A.
gro.griffith.authorNorman, Kasih B.


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