Ancient Rock Art Site in Australia Under Threat After Government Extends Life of Nearby Gas Mega-Plant

Ancient collagen could help unlock 50,000 year old giant wombat myster

Aussie and international researchers are one step closer to understanding a series of unexplained Aussie megafauna extinctions from 50,000 years ago. They found collagen could be the key to help us identify ancient fragments of bone that are too damaged to recognise, and fossils found in places too hot or humid to preserve DNA. The team successfully established identifiers for three species of Aussie megafauna: a hippo-sized wombat, a giant kang…

Ancient Rock Art Site in Australia Under Threat After Government Extends Life of Nearby Gas Mega-Plant

The Australian government recently extended the life of a liquified natural gas project near a 50,000-year-old rock art site in a remote area of the country, prompting an archaeologist to raise alarms about additional environmental damage. On May 28, Australia’s Environment Minister Murray Watt conditionally approved a request by Woodside Energy to extend the life of its North West Shelf gas plant for four more decades until 2070. The conditio…

Yahoo News: Young Aussie’s fears over ancient sites under threat from controversial industry plan | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Yahoo News: Young Aussie’s fears over ancient sites under threat from controversial industry plan . “At 26, Mark Clifton’s adult life is just beginning. He has hopes of having children soon and passing on his culture to them, continuing traditions spanning thousands of years. But a plan by the Albanese government to approve yet another industrial project near his community’s most important sites has him worried. At over 40,000 years old, the Mur…