Submerged Ancient First Nations Areas Discovered

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New research has discovered ancient First Nations occupation patterns on Barrow Island, near the North West Shelf, Western Australia.

50,000 years ago, Barrow Island was once a hill overseeing a coastal plain, before being cut off from the mainland due to rising sea levels.

So what makes these discoveries so interesting?

 

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