'A big jump': People might have lived in Australia twice as long as we thought | Paul Daley

The result of 11 years of research suggests that human habitation could stretch to 120,000 yearsExtensive archaeological research in southern Victoria has again raised the prospect that people have lived in Australia for 120,000 years – twice as long as the broadly accepted period of human continental habitation.The research, with its contentious potential implications for Indigenous habitation of the continent that came to be Australia, has been presented to theRoyal Society of Victoria by a group of academics includingJim Bowler, the eminent 88-year-old geologist who in 1969 and 1974 discovered the bones of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man, the oldest human remains found in Australia.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 11, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Paul Daley Tags: Anthropology Archaeology Indigenous Australians Evolution Science Biology Source Type: news