US EditionDargan cave findings reveal humans lived in Australia's Blue Mountains during last Ice Age
BLUE MOUNTAINS, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, JUN 18 – Researchers unearthed nearly 700 stone tools proving repeated human occupation and adaptation to the cold, high-altitude Blue Mountains during the last Ice Age, about 20,000 years ago.
- Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, the University of Sydney, and The Australian National University discovered 693 stone artifacts in the Blue Mountains, dating from the last Ice Age to the recent past.
- The findings provide the first evidence of human activity in Australia's Blue Mountains during the last Ice Age, showing adaptation to periglacial environments.
- This evidence supports the view that glacial landscapes did not block early human movement, aligning Australia with global data.
- The excavation revealed artifacts, including 117 flakes older than 16,000 years, and some faded rock art, marking the Blue Mountains as a key archaeological site in Australia.
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Australia's oldest occupied ice age cave found at high elevation in Blue Mountains
Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, the University of Sydney and The Australian National University (ANU), in collaboration with First Nations community members who hold cultural connections with the Blue Mountains, have unearthed 693 stone artifacts dating from the last ice age to the recent past.
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