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New dating techniques reveal Australia’s oldest known rock painting, and it’s a kangaroo – Phys.org
A two-meter-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been identified as Australia’s oldest intact rock painting.
A two-meter-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been identified as Australia’s oldest intact rock painting.
Using the radiocarbon dating of 27 mud wasp nests, collected from over and under 16 similar paintings, a University of Melbourne collaboration has put the painting at 17,500 and 17,100 years old.
“This makes the painting Australia’s oldest known in-situ painting,” said Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Damien Finch who pioneered the exciting new radiocarbon technique.
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