Oldest dated artefacts in Australia found

Excavations on a mining company-owned site in the Pilbara region of western Australia have unearthed lithics dating from 35,000 years BP. 

“The oldest-dated stone artefacts are a core and associated flakes that have a radiocarbon age estimate of 35,000 years,” said US archaeologist W. Boone Law.

“There are at least 12 stone artefacts buried up to 10 centimetres below the 35,000 year date, inferring the site is much older. We do not know the age of the earliest artefacts, but based on the rock shelter stratigraphy, it is likely around 40,000 years.”

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