Thus, the study shows that the Aboriginals were not only the first people to live in the deserts of Australia, but the first to live in deserts anywhere in the entire world – and their rich history starts way before they called the deserts home. It’s believed then that the Aboriginals settled in the desert shortly after they first arrived in the northern part of the continent. The tool is believed to be around 43,000 years old, which is more than 15,000 years older than other examples of similar items. The tool also appears rather sophisticated which suggests that the Aborigines were not only skilled but also adaptable to their environments as they spread across the continent and encountered wildly different ecosystems as they did so. The tool could have been used as a spear or as an apparatus for processing wood and it proves that early desert peoples were innovative with their technology. One particularly interesting discovery was that of an early microlith, a pointed tool with one sharp edge blunted. The objects spanned different uses and purposes as well as timelines. Researchers came to this conclusion while excavating nearly 25,000 stone artifacts from the desert rock shelter of Karnatukul. Indeed, the ancient group’s connection to the interior part of the continent goes back much further than once believed, with new estimates that the group had been in the desert region for at least 50,000 years- which blows away previous estimates. They then settled in Australia around that time.īut a September 2018 study has extended the group’s history in the interior deserts of Western Australia by 10,000 years.
The Oldest Civilization In The WorldĪboriginal Australians became genetically isolated 58,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years before other ancestral groups, making them the world’s oldest civilization. But new evidence reveals that their existence in the continent’s deserts dates back much further than previously believed. Australian News and Information Bureau, New York Australian Aborigines at an event commonly called a corroboree.įor thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have lived throughout the continent.
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