Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago

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dc.contributor.authorClarkson, Cen_AU
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Zen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMarwick, Ben_AU
dc.contributor.authorFullager, Ren_AU
dc.contributor.authorWallis, LAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSmith, MAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, RGen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Een_AU
dc.contributor.authorLowe, KMen_AU
dc.contributor.authorCarah, Xen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFlorin, SAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMcNeil, Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorCox, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorArnold, LJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHua, Qen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHuntley, Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBrand, HEAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorManne, Ten_AU
dc.contributor.authorFairbairn, ASen_AU
dc.contributor.authorShulmeister, Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLyle, Len_AU
dc.contributor.authorSalinas, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorPage, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorConnell, Ken_AU
dc.contributor.authorPark, GYen_AU
dc.contributor.authorNorman, Ken_AU
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Ten_AU
dc.contributor.authorPardoe, Cen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-09T05:01:57Zen_AU
dc.date.available2021-07-09T05:01:57Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2017-07-20en_AU
dc.date.statistics2021-07-08en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe time of arrival of people in Australia is an unresolved question. It is relevant to debates about when modern humans first dispersed out of Africa and when their descendants incorporated genetic material from Neanderthals, Denisovans and possibly other hominins. Humans have also been implicated in the extinction of Australia’s megafauna. Here we report the results of new excavations conducted at Madjedbebe, a rock shelter in northern Australia. Artefacts in primary depositional context are concentrated in three dense bands, with the stratigraphic integrity of the deposit demonstrated by artefact refits and by optical dating and other analyses of the sediments. Human occupation began around 65,000 years ago, with a distinctive stone tool assemblage including grinding stones, ground ochres, reflective additives and ground-edge hatchet heads. This evidence sets a new minimum age for the arrival of humans in Australia, the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa, and the subsequent interactions of modern humans with Neanderthals and Denisovans. © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationClarkson, C., Jacobs, Z., Marwick, B., Fullagar, R., Wallis, L., Smith, M., Roberts, R. G., Hayes, E., Lowe, K., Carah, X., Florin, S. A., McNeil, J., Cox, D., Arnold, L.J., Hua, Q., Huntley, J., Brand, H. E. A., Manne, T., Fairbairn, A. S., Shulmeister, J., Lyle, L., Salinas, M., Page, M., Connell, K., Park, G., Norman, K., Murphy, T. & Pardoe, C. (2017). Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago. Nature, 547(7663), 306-310. doi:10.1038/nature22968en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1476-4687en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleNatureen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination306-310en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/nature22968en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/11048en_AU
dc.identifier.volume547en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_AU
dc.subjectHuman populationsen_AU
dc.subjectIndigenous peoplesen_AU
dc.subjectSedimentsen_AU
dc.subjectToolsen_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.titleHuman occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years agoen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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