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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago |
Author: | Clarkson, C. Jacobs, Z. Marwick, B. Fullagar, R. Wallis, L. Smith, M. Roberts, R. Hayes, E. Lowe, K. Carah, X. Florin, S. McNeil, J. Cox, D. Arnold, L. Hua, Q. Huntley, J. Brand, H. Manne, T. Fairbairn, A. Shulmeister, J. et al. |
Citation: | Nature, 2017; 547(7663):306-310 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 |
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Chris Clarkson ... Lee J. Arnold ... et al. |
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 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. |
Keywords: | Animals Humans Diet Geologic Sediments Fossils History, Ancient Africa Australia Neanderthals Human Migration |
Rights: | © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1038/nature22968 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP110102864 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100101 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP1092843 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT150100138 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL130100116 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE150101597 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT130100195 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature22968 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Environment Institute publications |
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