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Emerging Picture of Pleistocene Australians

Man was well established in Greater Australia between 25,000 and 30,000 years ago and by at least 20,000 BP was occupying almost all of the principal ecological zones of the continent.

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JONES, R. Emerging Picture of Pleistocene Australians. Nature 246, 278–281 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246278a0

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