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Modern humans arrived in Australia 60,000 years ago and may have interbred with archaic humans such as 'hobbits'

A new study of nearly 2,500 genomes may have finally settled the debate about when modern humans arrived in Australia. Using a diverse database of DNA from ancient and contemporary Aboriginal people ...

How Indigenous Acknowledgments Became a Target in Australia

Recognition of Aboriginal Australians has become standard at most public events. Increasingly, the right is taking aim at the ...
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60,000 Years Ago, Humans Arrived in Australia and May Have Shared the Land with ‘Hobbits’

A new genetic study sheds light on the arrival of modern humans in Australia, revealing intriguing insights into their migration patterns and interactions with archaic human species. Published Friday ...
The Conversation

The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia breached international human rights law by detaining a group of young asylum seekers in immigration detention in Nauru. The committee ...
New Scientist

Ancient humans took two routes to Australia 60,000 years ago

When and how ancient humans reached what is now Australia and New Guinea has been a long – and hotly contested – discussion. Now, the results of a genetic study suggests it occurred at least 60,000 ...