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New dig may add 20,000 years to Aboriginal history

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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.


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