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Ancient Campsite Discovery Rewrites Human Colonization of Australia

A 50,000 year-old shelter is unearthed in Australia’s interior, rewriting the timing of Australian settlement of the area.

Ancient Campsite Discovery Rewrites Human Colonization of Australia

[DIGEST: Ars Technica, The Sydney Morning Herald, news.com.au]  

A quick bathroom break led to a stunning discovery in Australia’s Flinders Ranges. An archaeologist and an Adnyamathanha aboriginal elder were surveying gorges in the area at the time. One man went off to find some privacy and instead found evidence overturning all previous hypotheses of when humans colonized Australia and how they interacted with animals.

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