Man searching for toilet in Australia's outback makes astounding discovery of 49,000-year-old human settlementFAIRFAX Archaeologists working with traditional Aboriginal owners have discovered astounding evidence of the earliest human habitation of inland Australia. He happened across a rock shelter, which has turned out to be one of the most important prehistoric sites in Australia. GILES HAMM The Warratyi rock shelter elevated above local stream catchment. GILES HAMM Giles Hamm inside the Warratyi rock shelter. "Immediately when we saw that we thought, 'Wow, that's people lighting fires inside that rock shelter, that's human activity'," he said.

Source: Stuff November 04, 2016 01:48 UTC