Posted on 08/22/2024 5:24:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
In their study, Dr. Gaffney and colleagues say that new evidence of manually collected and processed 50,000-year-old tree resin shows that humans using sophisticated technological processes arrived on Waigeo Island, which lies along the northern route most suited for human expansion into Australia, as much as 50 to 55 thousand years ago. The new finding exceeds past estimates by close to 10,000 years, revealing that humans likely traversed the Pacific millennia earlier than once thought.
"The tree resin artefact provides evidence for complex plant processing during early human dispersal," they write. The researchers note that the resin sample is "rectilinear," which is "totally unlike globular, naturally formed resins." They argue that this finding indicates it was "collected by humans directly from the tree."
An analysis of the 50,000-year-old tree resin using a scanning electron microscope also showed that it was produced "in a multi-step sequence." This idea was supported by various "chipping and scraping" marks on the different surfaces of the resin. Furthermore, the researchers say the shape and structure of the ancient resin sample revealed that it was likely made by humans who "cut into the trunk of the tree itself."
(Excerpt) Read more at thedebrief.org ...
Tree resin artefact (WAI-1-1024) from trench 2, directly dated to >55 000–49 620 cal BP: A) lateral side with rough surface texture; B) dorsal side with flat surface, chipping and minor scraping marks; C) ventral side showing parallel marks, possibly from scraping or the imprint of a scraped surface; D) lateral side with rough surface texture showing snaps. E illustrates a provisional hypothesis for the sequence of resin artefact production.(figure by authors)
Thanks Red Badger.
Orthodox archaeology infuriates me.
There was almost a literal land bridge between Australia and Asia during the Pleistocene.
The one common factor among archaeologists is furious denial in the absence of evidence which proves them wrong.
And they call that ‘science’...
Someone was having too much fun with a microscope.
That would be “rigorous discussion”. The exchanges of “FU!” and “FU BACK!” are kept for the drinking that happens later in the evening.
No, there wasn’t, which is why the question of which water route was taken has been relevant.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Global_sea_levels_during_the_last_Ice_Age.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_history_of_Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line
“revealing that humans likely traversed the Pacific millennia earlier than once thought.”
50,000 years ago was during the last ice age which was a time when lands now below sea level were above sea level, and some islands today were not islands then but part of larger above sea level land masses - sea levels were about 400 feet lower
There was almost a literal land bridge between Australia and Asia during the Pleistocene.
Even if there wasn't a land bridge, water is the easiest way to travel, a couple strokes of a paddle and you and all your possessions and supplies glide a couple yards.
Much easier that schlepping everything on foot, and you don't have to chop your way through the undergrowth!
Yet in academe's ivory towers, a river, a lake, or a sea is an insurmountable barrier!
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Some were, but most were not. See an earlier reply.
Now THAT’s funny!
Ya just need a democrat label over the group in the foreground...
I think people were a lot smarter and more observant than they are today because they had to.
I believe we are moving backwards, when AI is fully unleased on us all, most will lazily give up thinking for a quick answer from a biased AI.
There’s also, if you do’t know, look it up (see post 8).
Australia has been separated from other land masses for millions of years.
What about Protestant archaeology? Are they any better?
I admit I’m not fully caffinated, but I can’t make heads or tails of what you’re saying here.
Are you agreeing with me or challenging me?
Nice map, shows there was no land bridge from the mainland, period.
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