History & Culture
Gondwanaland: the search for a land before (human) time
The Gondwana supercontinent broke up millions of years ago. Now, researchers are piecing it back together again.
Tag: anthropology
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Australia’s oldest ornament found in the Kimberleys
A piece of kangaroo bone discovered in remote north-western Australia 20 years ago is the oldest-known piece of Indigenous Australian jewellery, according to new research.
History & Culture
Hunter-gatherer men not the selfless providers we thought
Fearless men hunt big animals and women pick berries, and that tells us a lot about our societies today, right? Maybe not, according to a new study of modern hunter-gatherer men who have a surprising sweet tooth and a reluctance to share.
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Ancestral remains returned to Kimberley traditional owners
The stolen remains of three Bardi Jawi people have been returned to their traditional lands in an emotional ceremony in Western Australia.
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Heritage listing for NSW Aboriginal cave
One of the most important Aboriginal rock art sites in NSW may soon be protected by law.
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Burrup Peninsula rock art among world’s oldest
Study confirms vast collection of Aboriginal engravings in the Pilbara may be tens of thousands of years old.
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Were Neanderthal people cooks and medics?
Neanderthals were sophisticated enough to cook vegetables and use plants for medicine, say Australian scientists.
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Red deer people may be new Stone Age culture
A new study of previously unearthed human fossils suggests the ‘red-deer’ people of China were a separate species.
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Humans made bedding 77,000 years ago
Early humans made comfy mattresses with piles of plant leaves and stems, which also kept the bugs away.
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Stone tools reveal identity of first human migrants
A breadcrumb trail of stone tools suggests humans migrated out of Africa through Arabia much earlier than thought.