Tasmania

New genetic study pushes Australian settlement back 60,000 years, supporting ‘long chronology’

“This helps refine our understanding of human origins, maritime mobility, and early seafaring narratives,” one of the study’s authors said

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Uluru is lit by the setting sun in the Northern Territory in central Australia April 21, 2014
Bushfire smoldering in Australian Outback.

Ancient Tasmanians used fire to shape their environment 41,600 years ago, earliest evidence shows

Analysis of ancient mud reveals a sudden increase in charcoal around 41,600 years ago, indicating fire use by early inhabitants.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF