Editor's note

Just when did people first arrive in Australia has been debated for many years. Now, a new study has found evidence of Aboriginal activity in Australia up to 65,000 years ago, several thousand years earlier that was thought.

Sarah Keenihan

Section Editor, Science and Technology

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The Madjedbebe excavation in the Northern Territory. Dominic O Brien/Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation

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A new study pushes back the first known evidence of human activity in Australia - to 65,000 years ago.

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