Mining exec steps down after company destroys ancient Australian sacred sites The chief executive of Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company, will step down after a shareholder revolt over the company’s willful destruction of prehistoric rock shelters sacred to two Australian Indigenous groups.  “Significant stakeholders have expressed concerns about executive accountability for the failings … Continue reading Mining exec steps down after company destroys ancient Australian sacred sites →

Oldest evidence of life on land found in 3.48 billion-year-old Australian rocks Whether you are looking at an actual fossil or crinkles in the rock itself can be hard to tell in the search for the earliest life on earth. The discovery of 3.5 billion – year – old fossils in the Australian desert in … Continue reading oldest evidence of life on land found in 3.48 billion-year-old Australian rocks →

42,000 years old Mungo Man skeleton, the oldest human remains found in Australia First, a skull, then a torso and eventually an entire skeleton emerged from the sands of south-west New South Wales. When the bones of Australia’s oldest and most complete humans were unearthed in the 1970s it rewrote history. Dubbed Mungo Man after … Continue reading 42,000 years old Mungo Man skeleton, the oldest human remains found in Australia →

Australian scientists discover ancient underwater Aboriginal sites Aboriginal archeological sites were found first underwater in the northwest of Australia a thousand years ago when the current seabed was dry land. Artifacts of Aboriginal discovered off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia represent Australia’s oldest known underwater archaeology. The observations were carried out through a series of … Continue reading Australian scientists discover ancient underwater Aboriginal sites →

Mining Camp Found in Southeast Australia Researchers from Macquarie University were examining remains of industrial equipment that was used to haul shale out of the valley when New South Wales National Parks rangers alerted them to the presence of other structures and artifacts, including wall foundations, hearths, paving, corrugated iron roofing, ceramics, and glass that … Continue reading Mining Camp Found in Southeast Australia →

Late 19th-Century Brisbane’s original Chinatown found under Albert Street in Australia QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – The Archeology org document in Brisbane, a town located on the East Coast of Australia, that more than 200 objects from the end of the 19th century, including tobacco and opium pipes, bottles, crockery, books, and animal bones, have been unearthed in … Continue reading Late 19th-Century Brisbane’s original Chinatown found under Albert Street in Australia →

110-million-old rare species of ‘toothless dinosaur’ discovered in Australia Anyone a fan of ‘How To Train Your Dragon’? We know, totally random, but the main dragon was named Toothless. Just like him, we a unique species of ‘toothless’ dinosaurs that are 110 million years old in Australia have been found. A fossil of a rare … Continue reading 110-million-old rare species of ‘toothless dinosaur’ discovered in Australia →

Australian Aboriginal people were baking bread and farming grain 20,000 years before Egypt What would your response be if you were asked who were the world’s first bakers? Many people think of ancient Egypt first, where it is believed that bread was baked about 17,000 BCE first. But there is evidence that grindstones were used … Continue reading Australian Aboriginal people were baking bread and farming grain 20,000 years before Egypt →

Amber Fossil Shows Two Trapped Flies that Died while Mating 41 Million Years Ago One of the earliest, fossilized animals ever found are a pair of fornicating flies that were preserved in amber 41 million years ago. The frisky insects appear to have been in the very throes of passion when they got trapped in … Continue reading Amber Fossil Shows Two Trapped Flies that Died while Mating 41 Million Years Ago →