Outback axes suggest humans reached Australia 18,000 years earlier than thought

Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 02:02 in Paleontology & Archaeology

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Axheads and grinding stones from a cave in Australia's far north suggest humans arrived on the continent about 65,000 years ago, or 18,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to research published on Thursday.

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