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Australian Geographic
World-first genomic study of Aboriginal Australians
Australian Geographic
ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S most important genomic questions has been answered, with a new study finding that Aboriginal Australians and Papuans separated from Europeans and Asians thousands of years earlier than previously thought. The study, published ...
Indigenous Australians descend from the oldest culture on the planet: study9news.com.au
DNA study sheds new light on ancestry of Aboriginal AustraliansSBS
Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation on Earth, extensive DNA study confirmsTelegraph.co.uk
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Cosmos
World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal Australians
ABC Online
The most comprehensive genomic study of Indigenous Australians to date has revealed modern humans are all descendants of a single wave of migrants who left Africa about 72,000 years ago.
Indigenous Australian ancestry traced to founding populationCosmos
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first AustraliansThe Australian
World-first genomic study of Aboriginal AustraliansAustralian Geographic
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ABC Online
World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal Australians
ABC Online
The most comprehensive genomic study of Indigenous Australians to date has revealed modern humans are all descendants of a single wave of migrants who left Africa around 72,000 years ago.
How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from AfricaThe Sydney Morning Herald
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first AustraliansThe Australian
DNA study sheds new light on ancestry of Aboriginal AustraliansSBS
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ABC Online
World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal Australians
ABC Online
The most comprehensive genomic study of Indigenous Australians to date has revealed modern humans are all descendants of a single wave of migrants who left Africa around 72,000 years ago.
Indigenous Australian ancestry traced to founding population ...Cosmos
How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from AfricaThe Sydney Morning Herald
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first Australians - The AustralianThe Australian
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The first genomic history of Australia's peopling
Science Daily
The first comprehensive genomic study of Aboriginal Australians reveals that they are indeed the direct descendants of Australia's earliest settlers and diverged from their Papuan neighbours about 37'000 years ago (y.a.). The study also uncovers ...

The Guardian
Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation on Earth, DNA study confirms
The Guardian
Claims that Indigenous Australians are the most ancient continuous civilisation on Earth have been backed by the first extensive study of their DNA, which dates their origins to more than 50,000 years ago. Scientists were able to trace the remarkable ...
Geneticists attempt to heal rifts with Aboriginal communitiesNature.com

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Science Magazine
Why Australia is home to one of the largest language families in the world
Science Magazine
But Australian languages have few cognates. For example, the sentence "you eat fish" in the Aboriginal languages Iwaidja and Gundjeihmi shares only one cognate element, a grammatical particle that marks the tense of verbs. In Russian ("ty esh rybku ...

Cosmos
Indigenous Australian ancestry traced to founding population
Cosmos
Indigenous Australians descended from common ancestors who lived 10,000 to 32,000 years ago, a genetic study shows. The first-of-its-kind study, published today in the journal Nature, describes genomic findings from 83 Aboriginal Australians from the ...
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first AustraliansThe Australian
How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from AfricaThe Sydney Morning Herald
Humans Spread From Africa in a Single Migration, Studies FindNew York Times

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How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from Africa
The Age
Aboriginal Australians have the closest genetic links to highland Papua New Guinea populations, the largest DNA study of its kind has found, providing new insights into the movement of early humans following their dispersal from Africa. The study also ...

How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from Africa
The Age
Aboriginal Australians have the closest genetic links to highland Papua New Guinea populations, the largest DNA study of its kind has found, providing new insights into the movement of early humans following their dispersal from Africa. The study also ...

The Australian
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first Australians
The Australian
Aboriginal Australians are descended from a single migratory wave that arrived about 50,000 years ago, having broken off from an earlier “out of Africa” exodus responsible for humanity worldwide, groundbreaking genome research has determined.
Humans Spread From Africa in a Single Migration, Studies FindNew York Times

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The Sydney Morning Herald
How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from Africa
The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal Australians are found to have the closest genetic links to Highland Papua New Guinea populations, providing new insights into the movement of early ...
World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal AustraliansABC Online
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first Australians - The AustralianThe Australian
Indigenous Australian ancestry traced to founding population ...Cosmos
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Brisbane Times
How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from Africa
Brisbane Times
Aboriginal Australians have the closest genetic links to highland Papua New Guinea populations, the largest DNA study of its kind has found, providing new insights into the movement of early humans following their dispersal from Africa. The study also ...

Nature.com
Geneticists attempt to heal rifts with Aboriginal communities : Nature ...
Nature.com
After decades of rocky relations, they are working together to trace indigenous communities' ancestry.

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ZME Science
Aboriginal Australians used bladed-boomerangs as weapons designed to kill. Not the 'Garden of Eden' after all
ZME Science
Scholars say Aboriginal Australians lived in tribal harmony for up to 40,000 years before the first European settlers came in the 18th century. Aboriginal people were mostly hunter gathers who used spears, but also the famous boomerangs, for hunting ...

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ABC Online
Parrtjima light show in Central Australia 'could cause wallabies to miscarry'
ABC Online
A $2 million laser light show for tourists in Central Australia has caused a storm of controversy, after being criticised by environmentalists and local Aboriginal people. Parrtjima: A Festival In Light has been billed as Australia's biggest light ...

ABC Online
Parrtjima light show in Central Australia 'could cause wallabies to miscarry'
ABC Online
A $2 million laser light show for tourists in Central Australia has caused a storm of controversy, after being criticised by environmentalists and local Aboriginal people. Parrtjima: A Festival In Light has been billed as Australia's biggest light ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Scullion to push justice targets with states - Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Turnbull Government will push the states to introduce targets aimed at reducing spiraling Indigenous incarceration levels in a clear demonstration of ...

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ABC Message Stick
'Priceless' Aboriginal stone knife found by four-year-old at Broome's speedway
ABC Message Stick
Dr Peter Veth is a professor of archaeology and Kimberley rock art, from the University of Western Australia, who has worked in the region for over 30 years. Although he has only seen photos of the artefact, he has no doubts that it is an ancient ...

Indian Link
Confluence – The convergence of cultures
Indian Link
He commented on the similarities between Aboriginal Australians and the Dravidian people of South India based on linguistic and other material cultural evidence. A 2013 genetic study concluded that there was a substantial gene flow between Indians and ...

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