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Prehistoria australiana: nuevos aspectos de la antigüedad
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 5, 1979
Resumen
Los primeros australianos llegaron hace 50.000 años a través de viajes. Sus antiguas tecnologías y el uso de plantas probablemente se originaron localmente, sin evidencia que apoye un rápido evento de extinción de la megafauna.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Arqueología Arqueología.
- La Antropología Antropología Antropología.
- Paleontología Paleontología.
Sus antecedentes:
- La migración humana a Australia comenzó hace aproximadamente 50.000 años.
- La composición genética y cultural de las primeras poblaciones aborígenes es de gran interés.
- Se debate la relación entre la actividad humana temprana y la extinción de la megafauna.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el momento y la naturaleza del asentamiento humano inicial de Australia.
- Evaluar el impacto de las primeras poblaciones aborígenes en la megafauna.
- Determinar los orígenes de las antiguas tecnologías y prácticas económicas aborígenes australianas.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de la evidencia arqueológica. análisis de la evidencia arqueológica.
- Interpretación de los datos paleontológicos.
- Evaluación de artefactos tecnológicos y económicos.
Principales resultados:
- La ocupación humana de Australia se remonta al menos a hace 50.000 años, probablemente iniciada por una pequeña población fundadora.
- La evidencia no apoya una rápida hipótesis de "matanza excesiva del Pleistoceno" para la extinción de la megafauna.
- Los aspectos clave de la economía aborigen australiana (utilización de plantas) y la tecnología (tradición de herramientas pequeñas, hachas de piedra molida, boomerangs) son antiguos y probablemente indígenas.
Conclusiones:
- El poblado inicial de Australia fue un evento singular por un pequeño grupo.
- Las primeras poblaciones aborígenes no causaron una rápida extinción de la megafauna.
- La cultura y la tecnología de los antiguos aborígenes australianos poseen profundas raíces locales.
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