Were the Dutch colonies here first?

[Adrian ss]

I recon they'll realise Lucy walked out of Africa, but humans walked out of Australia one day.

The oldest human fossils found in Australia are approx 40,000 years old the oldest other animal bones are stromatolites at approx 3.5 milion years.
40,000 years is like a microsecond in astronomical time. No way did human life begin in what is now Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/science...er-found-shake-foundations-of-the-human-story

 

[user 4386]

I recon they'll realise Lucy walked out of Africa, but humans walked out of Australia one day.

The oldest human fossils found in Australia are approx 40,000 years old the oldest other animal bones are stromatolites at approx 3.5 milion years.
40,000 years is like a microsecond in astronomical time. No way did human life begin in what is now Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/science...er-found-shake-foundations-of-the-human-story

Stromatolites are algae and the figure you were looking for is 3.5 billion years, not 3.5 million years.

 

[nojdam]

https://bushtuckerman.com.au/
Check the photo towards the end of the article
Page 20

 

[Adrian ss]

I recon they'll realise Lucy walked out of Africa, but humans walked out of Australia one day.

The oldest human fossils found in Australia are approx 40,000 years old the oldest other animal bones are stromatolites at approx 3.5 milion years.
40,000 years is like a microsecond in astronomical time. No way did human life begin in what is now Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/science...er-found-shake-foundations-of-the-human-story

Stromatolites are algae and the figure you were looking for is 3.5 billion years, not 3.5 million years.

OOPS.
You be correct..
Bummer! Now I have to figure out what I was thinking about when I wrote Stromatolite and 3.5 Million coz both are wrong. :argh: