US EditionDargan cave findings reveal humans lived in Australia's Blue Mountains during last Ice Age
- 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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Early humans adapted to extreme habitats. Researchers say it set the stage for global migration
Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. A new study published Wednesday in Nature says ancient Homo sapiens…
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.
Ancient Ice-Age Shelter Discovered in Australia
Researchers have confirmed the oldest highland settlement in Australia after finding an ancient Ice-Age shelter used by humans. Image: Dargan Shelter taken from the rear of the shelter and looking out to the west. Credit: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) / CC BY 4.0 An ancient Ice-Age shelter found in the Blue Mountains is rewriting Australia’s human history. Archaeologists have confirmed that the high-altitude Dargan Shelter was…
The earliest evidence of high-elevation ice age occupation in Australia
Australia’s Eastern Highlands have traditionally been viewed as a cold-climate barrier to Late Pleistocene (~35,000–11,700 years ago) mobility, with older evidence restricted to elevations below the periglacial zone. However, this model has not been adequately tested with regionally specific, high-resolution archaeological data. Here we report excavation results from a high-altitude (1,073 m) cave, Dargan Shelter, in the upper Blue Mountains, whi
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