Archeologists Uncover 20,000-Year-Old Kangaroo Cook Out
The site in Pilbara is one of many helping to define human movements in Australia
By Jason Daley
smithsonian.com
2 hours ago
As the days begin to warm, people are emerging from their homes to gather and engage in an age-old tradition: cook outs. As Laura Geggel at LiveScience reports, archeologists recently unearthed an ancient example of the practice. In a remote rock shelter in Western Australia, researchers found the remains of a campfire and kangaroo feast that likely took place 20,000 years ago.
The site is located in Pilbara in the Hamersley Ranges, an area currently leased by the mining company BHP Billiton. According to Karen Michelmore at the Australia Broadcasting Company, a group of BHP surveyors, including aboriginal land owners, found the small cave around a decade ago while surveying the site prior to mining. A test pit dug several years later uncovered stone tools, including some dating back 32,000 years, which are among the oldest artifacts found in the region.
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