Possible Use for Australia’s Ancient Boomerangs Tested A new study into the multipurpose uses of boomerangs has highlighted that hardwood objects were used to shape the edges of stone tools used by Australian Indigenous communities.   The research, published in PLOS ONE, demonstrated how boomerangs could function as lithic (or stone) tool retouchers by investigating the … Continue reading Possible Use for Australia’s Ancient Boomerangs Tested →

9,000-Year-Old Stone Houses Found On Australian Island Archaeologists working on the Dampier Archipelago, just off the West Australian coast, have found evidence of stone houses dated to shortly after the last ice age, between 8,000 and 9,000 years ago – making them the oldest houses in Australia. The Dampier Archipelago is a group of 42 … Continue reading 9,000-Year-Old Stone Houses Found On Australian Island →

Rare coffee beans dating back 167 years ago were found by archaeologists working on the Metro Tunnel project Perfectly preserved coffee beans dating back more than 167 years have been found by archaeologists working on the Metro Tunnel project, confirming that Melbourne has always been Australia’s coffee capital. The archaeologists were digging up the historic … Continue reading Rare coffee beans dating back 167 years ago were found by archaeologists working on the Metro Tunnel project →

World’s oldest sperm found in Queensland cave Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest and best-preserved sperm from tiny shrimps, measuring a massive 1.3 millimetres and dating back to 17 million years in Australia. Preserved giant sperm from shrimps were found at the Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil Site in Queensland and are the oldest fossilised sperm … Continue reading World’s oldest sperm found in Queensland cave →

Australia’s first marine Aboriginal archaeological site questioned A new study from The University of Western Australia has challenged earlier claims that Aboriginal stone artefacts discovered off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia represent Australia’s first undisturbed underwater archaeological site. The original findings were made in a study published in 2020 in PLOS ONE, by a team … Continue reading Australia’s first marine Aboriginal archaeological site questioned →

Aboriginal Artwork In The Kimberley Could Be Among Oldest In The World, Scientists Say Archaeologists and Aboriginal elders are hoping the most comprehensive study of rock art in the Kimberley region will confirm the images are among the oldest made by humans anywhere in the world.  More than a dozen scientists took part in two … Continue reading Aboriginal Artwork In The Kimberley Could Be Among Oldest In The World, Scientists Say →

An Egyptian Pyramid In Australia? Archaeologists Claim Massive Structure Dates Back 5,000 Years An archaeologist believes that there’s a MASSIVE 900-meter tall pyramid hidden in plain sight beneath thick layers of vegetation and soil in Australia. The structure is believed to date back some 5,000 years. Pyramids are scattered all across the globe. No matter … Continue reading An Egyptian Pyramid In Australia? Archaeologists Claim Massive Structure Dates Back 5,000 Years →

First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds, ancient proteins confirm Proteins extracted from fragments of prehistoric eggshells found in the Australian sands confirm that the continent’s earliest humans consumed the eggs of a two-metre tall bird that disappeared into extinction over 47,000 years ago.  Burn marks discovered on scraps of ancient shell several … Continue reading First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds, ancient proteins confirm →

A new study shows how diet has transformed the ancient dog into a family pet The shape of the mandible (the lower jaw) is influenced by the mechanical action of the jaw muscles that connect it to the skull, and the mandible shape, therefore, reflects the diet of the animal. The lower jaw is also … Continue reading A new study shows how diet has transformed the ancient dog into a family pet →