Article 2WY2X Indigenous archaeological find in Kakadu recasts Australian history – video

Indigenous archaeological find in Kakadu recasts Australian history – video

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A dig at Madjedbebe on the traditional lands of the Mirarr people in northern Australia has unearthed thousands of artefacts, some as old as 80,000 years. The discovery upends decades-old estimates about the human colonisation of the continent (previously estimated at between 47,000 and 60,000 years) and adds western scientific evidence to Indigenous cultural knowledge about the length of time their ancestors have occupied the land

" Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80,000 years ago

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