Flying Foam News Today

Researchers have found ancient watering holes that were long ago buried by rising seas. The watering holes may be ones referred to in an Indigenous Australian songline

Researchers have found ancient watering holes long ago buried by rising seas. The watering holes may be ones referred to in an Indigenous Australian songline

The depression is 15 metres below the surface but, thousands of years ago, it was a spring in the midst of a dry valley and humans were drawn to its banks.

Archaeology An Ancient Rock Art Site in Australia, Home to a Million Petroglyphs, Has Been Damaged by Petrochemical Emissions, Scientists Say ... | June 1, 2023

A University of Western Australia study shows clear evidence of the effect of industrial emissions on 40,000-year-old rock art.

The creation of the engravings on Murujuga – known today as the Burrup Peninsula – was art, but their survival is a question of commerce and science.

Stream or download audio For this article This article is also available in audio format. Listen now, download, or subscribe to “Hakai Magazine Audio Edition” through your favorite podcast app. Article body copy When one-third of the Australian continent was submerged, ancestors of the world’s oldest living cultures were there to see it. Lands that once were wide open to exploration and home to many people flooded as the ocean crept inland following the last ice age, some 10,000 years ago...