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09-22-2016, 07:52 AM
Indige**us Australians the oldest living civilisation on Earth, study affirms
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An extensive DNA study confirms what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always believed: they're the oldest living civilisation on the planet.*
"We k**w that we were here forever, but Western science is slowly catching up," says a Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/decolonise/posts/1198669043538432) post from Indige**us Australian rights organisation Sovereign Union, led by activist and Euahlayi leader Ghillar Michael Anderson.
SEE ALSO: Indige**us people respond to dummies who got stuck on Uluru (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/uluru-rescue-climbing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
In fact, their relationship to the land stretches back over 50,000 years, according to new scientific research published in the journal Nature (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature18299.html). Led by Professor Eske Willerslev of the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with a host of Indige**us elders, the research team sequenced the ge**me of 83 Aboriginal Australians (from groups covering 90 percent of Australia's land mass) and 25 Highland Papuans. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/21/aboriginal-australians-oldest-on-earth/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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An extensive DNA study confirms what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always believed: they're the oldest living civilisation on the planet.*
"We k**w that we were here forever, but Western science is slowly catching up," says a Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/decolonise/posts/1198669043538432) post from Indige**us Australian rights organisation Sovereign Union, led by activist and Euahlayi leader Ghillar Michael Anderson.
SEE ALSO: Indige**us people respond to dummies who got stuck on Uluru (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/uluru-rescue-climbing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
In fact, their relationship to the land stretches back over 50,000 years, according to new scientific research published in the journal Nature (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature18299.html). Led by Professor Eske Willerslev of the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with a host of Indige**us elders, the research team sequenced the ge**me of 83 Aboriginal Australians (from groups covering 90 percent of Australia's land mass) and 25 Highland Papuans. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/21/aboriginal-australians-oldest-on-earth/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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