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Archaeologists have unearthed rare artefacts dating to the last ice age at a cave in Australia’s Blue Mountains, providing definitive proof that the rugged ranges were once occupied by the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed rare artefacts dating to the last ice age at a cave in Australia’s Blue Mountains, providing definitive proof that the rugged ranges were once occupied by the continent’s ...

“Our people have walked, lived and thrived in the Blue Mountains for thousands of years and we knew the cave was there,” said study author and Dharug woman Leanne Watson Redpath.