New dig may add 20,000 years to Aboriginal history
An archaeological dig near Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory has revealed human life arrived in Australia around 20,000 years earlier than previously thought. Image: Chris Clarkson with local Djurrubu Aboriginal Rangers (Supplied photo)
An archaeological dig near Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory has revealed human life arrived in Australia around 20,000 years earlier than previously thought. Image: Chris Clarkson with local Djurrubu Aboriginal Rangers (Supplied photo)
Researchers at the Madjedbebe (mahj-uh-BEB-ee) site, on the traditional lands of the Mirarr (MEER-ar) people, say the new evidence points to human activity up to 70,000 years ago.
