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US Geological Survey, Geoscience Australia

People once lived in a vast region in north‑western Australia – and it had an inland sea

Dr Kasih Norman, Griffith University; Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland; Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Frédérik Saltré, Flinders University, and Tristen Anne Norrie Jones, University of Sydney

Our new study reveals a mosaic of habitable landscapes – now submerged by the ocean – once supported up to 500,000 people living in Australia’s northwest.
May Nango sharing stories about Mamukala wetlands with her grandson, in 2015. Anna Florin (courtesy of GAC)

65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation

Anna Florin, University of Cambridge; Andrew Fairbairn, The University of Queensland, and Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland

The Kakadu region has gone through immense transformation throughout history. How can archaeological food scraps tell us about how the First Australians adapted?
S. Anna Florin.

Burnt ancient nutshells reveal the story of climate change at Kakadu — now drier than ever before

Anna Florin, University of Wollongong; Andrew Fairbairn, The University of Queensland; Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland; James Shulmeister, University of Canterbury; Nicholas R Patton, University of Canterbury, and Patrick Roberts, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Tiny nutshell fragments, found at a rock shelter in the Kakadu region, have helped researchers track past climate change in the region.
Researchers May Nango, Djaykuk Djandjomerr and S. Anna Florin collecting plants in Kakadu National Park. Reproduced with permission of Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation. Elspeth Hayes

65,000‑year‑old plant remains show the earliest Australians spent plenty of time cooking

Anna Florin, The University of Queensland; Andrew Fairbairn, The University of Queensland, and Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland

Charred plant remains from one of the oldest archaeological sites reveal that the first Australians ate a varied - and sometimes labour-intensive - diet.
The Madjedbebe excavation in the Northern Territory. Dominic O Brien/Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation

Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years

Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland; Ben Marwick, University of Washington; Lynley Wallis, University of Notre Dame Australia; Richard Law Kelsham Fullagar, University of Wollongong, and Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong

A new study pushes back the first known evidence of human activity in Australia – to 65,000 years ago.

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