Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

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
The Conversation AU -Gizmodo Australia -Cosmos -Nature
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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 ...

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 ...

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
Irish Times -Daily Mail -Science Magazine -Nature
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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 ...

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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A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia  Nature.com

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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Catholic Leader
Torres Strait beauty shines in Australia's first Aboriginal Model Search
Catholic Leader
INDIGENOUS beauty Temanu O'Brien-Schmidt is planning to put the “small islands” of the Torres Strait on the map if she becomes Australia's next Aboriginal Supermodel. The Torres Strait Islander and Lourdes Hill College Year 8 student was selected as a ...

Lawyers Weekly
An open letter to my aboriginal compatriots
On Line opinion
British sovereignty was officially extended to cover the whole of Australia in 1829. Everyone born in the country, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, became a British subject by birth. Nevertheless, in a number of early decisions ...
Legal bodies laud reforms to expand WA sentencing optionsLawyers Weekly

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Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
'Bottom up' pathway to Aboriginal health and wellbeing
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
“A major priority in the prevention of premature death and chronic disease among Aboriginal people in Australia is the prevention of harm caused by alcohol through adopting effective strategies proven to reduce the levels of dangerous consumption at a ...
Ear disease wrecked T's life. Sadly, he's not alone in Indigenous AustraliaThe Guardian

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National Geographic Australia
Boomerangs Were Lethal Weapons of War, Skeleton Suggests
National Geographic Australia
At first the story seemed clear enough. When an Aboriginal man's skeleton was found beside an Australian river bank two years ago, the long gash in his skull indicated he'd been slashed to death by a sword or cutlass, probably during the turbulent ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Indigenous road fatalities as bad as sub-Saharan Africa
The Sydney Morning Herald
The rate of Indigenous road deaths in Australia ranges from 20 to 25 per 100,000, while fatalities in the rest of the community average about 5.4 per 100.000. Dr Ivers said the road toll for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders had dropped from ...

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Australia's Aboriginal people heading into the next "wicked" land battle
The Guam Daily Post (press release) (registration)
LONDON – Nearly a quarter of a century after Australia's Aboriginal people won the legal right to make claims on their “country,” they are fighting a new battle – a complex network of red tape required to manage the lands, a leading lawyer has warned.