Man searching for toilet in Australia's outback makes astounding discovery of 49,000-year-old human

[Judi Lynn]

Man searching for toilet in Australia's outback makes astounding discovery of 49,000-year-old human settlement video

Last updated 16:13, November 4 2016

Archaeologists working with traditional Aboriginal owners have discovered astounding evidence of the earliest human habitation of inland Australia.

A man answering a "call of nature" in Australia's Flinders made a chance discovery when stumbled across the earliest evident yet of human habitation in the country's arid interior.

Clifford Coulthard, an Adnyamathanha elder, was surveying gorges in the area in South Australian when "nature called". He happened across a rock shelter, which has turned out to be one of the most important prehistoric sites in Australia.

The site, known as Warratyi, shows that Aboriginal Australian occupied the country 10,000 years earlier than first thought - about 49,000 years ago, reported ABC Australia.

More:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/86056456/astounding-archaeology-discovery-places-inland-human-occupation-of-australia-at-49000-years

[Coyotl]

1. Amazing discoveries, pushing a few thresholds of cultural features back significantly.

and now that we know where to look, there will be much more preserved evidence in the arid zone. Exciting news for archaeology, not an everyday story.